中学思想政治课是培养学生思维能力、提高学生思想觉悟和传授知识的课程。它在中学各科教学中起着不可估量的作用。新时期的中学思想政治课应该改变传统教学方法,坚持以人为本,尊重学生的主体人格;转变观念,深化教学改革,以此增强学生的参与性,教师的主导性、提高政治教学的实效。 Secondary school politics class is to develop students ’thinking ability, improve students’ ideological consciousness and impart knowledge. It plays an inestimable role in the teaching of all subjects in secondary schools. In the new era, the ideological and political lessons in secondary schools should change the traditional teaching methods, adhere to the people-oriented principle, respect the students ’personality, change their concepts and deepen the teaching reform, so as to enhance their participation, teachers’ leading and political teaching effectiveness.