Red Cross Society of China－Sunshine in Your Heart Project

In recent years psychological problems with college students arrive at a very serious degree which arouses attention from all society. China Red Cross Society Sunshine in Your Heart Project promoted public-spirited activities targeting at public psychological health since 2004 and held Campus Lecture at 100 Universities for college students providing them an effective access to understanding, probing into and solving psychological problems which was very popular among students. In the first

semester of 2006 it held 17 campus lectures at 13 universities and the number of participants reaches to 7000. In March Peking University suggest Sunshine in Your Heart Project turn campus lecture into standard course and the application to be included into standard curriculum system receives support from China Red Cross Society. Sunshine in Your Heart Project not only offers teaching materials for free but also arranges specially-invited foreign experts to teach. Last semester Peking University used YTL Contemporary Youth Education published by China Red Cross Society as teaching blueprint and officially opened public selective course-Life Education-Basis of Successful Life which is opened during March to June, September to December each year. Once the curriculum was publicized it received positive response from students. The quota of 100 soon filled up and another 20 was augmented still not meeting the demand. Often there were students standing to listen.

Students commonly reflected that this course goes close to the psychology of college students. This teaching content and mode adapting to the development demand of college students is more persuasive in explaining various psychological problems with college students and provides practical and feasible suggestions for solving problems. During a term of continuous study and receiving tutorship many students begin to take the initiative to think about how to cope with various problems in life and

ems deal with and solve these problems. "study and learn to resolve pressure an try to change their attitude and concept in daily life and they understand how to care about others and the society. Assistant professor with Peking University Education School Tian Ling said, "We are gratified at the effect of opening the course that we not only need to explain and display various problems encountered in the growth of current college students but also need to show them the access to dealing with these problems or difficulties. Among 113 assignments at the end of the semester 90% students tell from their bosom their experiences, gains and inspirations in this semester. Some students wrote over 10 thousand words of retrospect of personal growth or emotional experience which is real and touchy. We plan to collect the assignments to compile a book letting more college students understand how people with the same probl

The psychological health status of college students has always attracted close attention from media. Hearing that Peking University uses class teaching mode to help students deal with psychological problems journalists from CCTV programs such as Documentary and Oriental Horizon go to class spot to shoot. For instance in April 2006 CCTV in a documentary called Tristimania taking the example of the host Cui Yongyuan specially covered the psychological health courses developed in Peking University by China Red Cross Society Sunshine in Your Heart Project and ended this film with delightful laughs of students at class.