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"Comparative Political Systems" course characteristics and teaching methods Abstract: "Comparative Political System" is a political one important class of professional courses to learn the course has important theoretical and practical significance. The course has a special object of study, in particular, rely on comparative research methods and extensive connections with related disciplines and rich in content and so on. Professor "Comparative political systems," the combination of the above-mentioned subject characteristics, using appropriate teaching methods to arrange the activities of teaching practice, we can achieve good teaching results. Key words: comparative political systems; curriculum characteristics; comparison "Comparative Political Systems" course is a political science major specialty courses. College students and opened "Comparative Political Systems" course, has important theoretical and practical significance. This course will help deepen the students to the scientific understanding of the socialist political system, making it more consciously adhere to socialism; help students understand the objective understanding of the capitalist system and a variety of diverse and complex political systems; a help in strengthening the building of socialist democratic politics and comprehensively push forward the process of building a well-off society, consciously drawing on the development of human political civilization, all the useful results. In the era of globalization, international exchanges and cooperation in studying the comparative political systems also have a strong practical significance. For the teaching of this course, to achieve better teaching results, we must combine the features of the course subject, and attention to the appropriate teaching methods. 1, "Comparative Political Systems" course features (A) to study the particularity of the object Politics is a system of human knowledge in an ancient discipline, as Aristotle said: "The human nature is a political animal." Therefore, political science in the early phase of human civilization, the origin of developed. Study of the political system, with the development of research in political science, and gradually from the political science field of study divided out to form a unique object of study and research methods, and comparative political systems is the study of the political system once again divide the results of the research object and research methods in the discipline is still in the development of continuous improvement and development. Comparative political systems, by definition, its core content is the country's political system, while the comparison refers to the perspective of research, methods and scope. In general, the political system research has always specific, individual, such as domestic, foreign, or some kind of political system. With the general study of the different political systems, comparative political systems is the study of ancient and modern types of political system, it is always put some kind of system of two or several countries together as their object of study, such as the more Anglo-American political system, Comparing parliamentary system, comparative political systems, comparative electoral systems, and so on. This is its uniqueness lies. (B) the dependence of the comparative method In the five branches of political science, the comparative political science is relatively young subjects. Comparison of comparative political system belongs to an important area of political science. In the modern building in the discipline of political science, comparative politics at a very special status. Comparative political science fields of political science in a fairly unique branches. This uniqueness comes from its emphasis on comparative method and dependence. If political science and other branches of the unique areas of research are mainly classified, with its object of study to the provisions of the special nature of its specificity, then comparative politics are mainly distinguished from its unique methodology of other subjects to study methods to the unique nature of the provisions of its own specificity; and in the field of study, the comparative politics are covered by the other branches of political science content, the performance of a specific compatibility. Therefore, the study of comparative political systems, we must adhere to compare a basic method. (3) and the related disciplines of cross-permeability Comparative political system and the other branches of political science, law, sociology, history and economics are closely related disciplines, such as those related disciplines research methods and research results in large part to compare the political system provides the academic disciplines supported and promoted the development of research in comparative political systems. Political Science To compare the political system provides the basic theory and knowledge of the source. Comparative political institutions and the Constitutional Law on the content have a close relationship, comparing the political system and constitution from different point of view the content of some common carried out studies confirm each other. Sociological research methods the study of comparative political systems has important significance as reference, sociological research but also a political system in ecological research foundation. Economics institutional economics and new institutional economics the study of comparative political systems also has important theoretical significance and role of comparative political systems can provide some relevant theoretical perspectives and analytical framework. Therefore, the coach, "Comparative Political Systems" This course requires teachers to have a relatively broad background knowledge in related disciplines. 2, "Comparative Political Systems" course in teaching methods Decide the effectiveness of classroom teaching is an important factor in the characteristics depending on the course, choose a practical and effective teaching methods. In the "comparative political system" of teaching practice, in accordance with lesson plans and teaching the basic requirements, according to "Comparative Political Systems" course of the above-mentioned characteristics, the following teaching methods can be used to conduct teaching activities. (A) adhere to the basic viewpoint of dialectical materialism Dialectical method is a kind of a historical approach, which in the 19th century, after Hegel and Marx's systematic social science research had a tremendous impact. Historicism clung to a belief that to understand and judge the existence of a thing, we must observe this thing finds itself in the process of world development, has the status and role. This approach focus on the macro and the whole, things at the time of the observation that things in a broader context, and note that the thing with the other things the relationship between and roles. It persists in general, contact, and the development of the basic ideas and try to find objective laws. "The task now lies in thinking through all the road twists and turns to explore the process followed by the development stage, and the instructions through all the surface of chance inherent regularity of the process." In the interest of individual things, at the same time, emphasizing the individual phenomenon found in general laws, rather than being confused by the individual imagination. So, after talking about a certain kind of political system we should maximize the use of systematic and comprehensive knowledge of history to explain the circumstances surrounding the formation of the political system. To restore the system through the formation of a realistic historical context, it can ensure students grasp the macro level and the whole political system of some sort of formation, development history, and the system with the interaction between the social environment at that time, on the other hand, you can also enable students to enrich historical knowledge, increasing classroom teaching more interesting and stimulate students interest in learning, in order to help students avoid some of the views to be taken for granted in today's view of historical issues. For example, in explaining the British constitutional monarchy, the first overview of the bourgeois revolution, the United Kingdom before the British throne, the succession of history and history of the English bourgeois revolution, the bourgeois revolution, the religious strife around the UK, the British historical tradition of political compromise, the United Kingdom finds itself the international context and the domestic social situation, and even the British king's marital and family status and so on. At the same time be able to recommend a series of extra-curricular student reading lists, such as Huang Jen-yu's "Capitalism and the twenty-first century", Locke's "Two Treatises of Government" and so on. (B) the extensive use of comparative method "Comparative political systems" is an emphasis and reliance on comparative research methods courses. The human understanding of things in the process of comparison is to determine similarities and differences between things, relations between the thought processes and research methods. Marx and Engels will compare as a "rational method of the main condition" is one. Marx spoke highly of the comparative study of the approach: "very similar things, but in a different historical context on the rise appears in a completely different result. If these developments in the process of each one separately to study it in, and then their comparison, we will be very easy to find the key to understand this phenomenon; however, use the general history of philosophy that the master key, it is never reach this purpose, this kind of philosophy of history the greatest strengths of the is that it is super-historical. " Comparisons are from the comparison and identification of the basic method in the understanding of things is the fact that from experience and refining theoretical proposition outlined in the basic method, but also from a recurring phenomenon, and concluded to make laws to predict the future, according to the method. As the American anthropologist Swanson pointed out: "No more thinking is unthinkable. If you do not compare, all scientific thought, and all scientific research, are also incredible. Obvious comparison is full of implicit social scientists works, and from the beginning like this: the role of the contrast between the organizations and associations, institutional, social and cultural contrast between, no one should be surprised. " Therefore, based on "comparative political systems," the characteristics of this course, you can in the classroom teaching process a large number of comparative analysis of the use of the method, the proposed comparison method is used mainly country-specific comparative methods (such as the Sino-US comparison, the Anglo-American comparison, etc.), Comparison of the topic or specific methods (such as the comparative electoral systems, comparative parliamentary system, etc.) and focus on the value of a comprehensive comparative analysis. Also in teaching the history of the political system comparison of vertical and horizontal inter-state comparisons to draw scientific conclusions. In addition to the focus on the comparison of the political system itself, but also from the system environment for the growth and transportation to do comparative studies to clarify the political system can not simply be transplanted truth. (C) the proper design of teaching content "Comparative Political Systems" course and related disciplines, a strong cross-permeability of the need to draw heavily on research methods related disciplines and research, so invisible in the teaching process on the need to expand the knowledge of the content taught. At the same time, "Comparative Political Systems" course itself is rich in content, it is a country, need to explain the parliamentary system, electoral system, party system, the judicial system, the president and the system, administrative system etc. In addition, there still exist in the world the socialist system, the capitalist system and all forms of third world countries, the different types of basic political system. Therefore, to the dozens of hours of classroom instruction process, to explain such a large number of knowledge is impossible. To solve this problem, you can use this in several ways to arrange the teaching content. First, those who need to borrow from other disciplines involved in research methods and research areas, but briefly the main points of their methods and results-oriented courses available, but recommended the bibliography to spare and are interested in learning anything in-depth study of students in extra-curricular reading . Secondly, more countries in the world political system that focused on the comparison of Chinese and Western political system, so that students deepen their understanding of the superiority of socialism, for the formation of an objective grasp of the capitalist system. Third, the clear and concise introduction to Third World countries, the political system so that students from various countries of the complicated political system, a basic understanding. Fourth, the political system in a more objective assessment of the value, not only explain the basic ideas on the textbooks, but also explain the teacher's own understanding, inspire students to think. Fifth, the use of basic political theory, combined with the development of China's political situation and problems to predict the future development trend of China's political system, to stimulate students interest in learning. In addition, in teaching, but also by organizing students to say what the discussions, teachers and students quiz each other to form an active classroom atmosphere. In short, by grasping the "comparative political system" characteristics of the course, using the right teaching methods to stimulate students interest in learning the system so that students master the basic theoretical knowledge of the discipline, we can achieve good teaching results. "Comparative Political Systems" teaching practice in previous competitions in school teaching, were appraised as excellent access to the student and peer experts.