Abstract: To a great extent, the “PAD class” mode has changed the traditional “duck-stuffing” teaching situation of the ideological and political theory course in colleges and universities, emphasize the main position of students in all links of teaching. It's an effective approach for breaking through the teaching bottleneck and improving the pragmaticality of the course by integrating the principle of inculcation-heuristic coordination with the “PAD class” teaching mode. The role reposition of teacher and students can be realized by the implementation of all teaching steps such as inculcation of teacher, knowledge internalization of students and “discussion + guide” in an orderly way. More learning initiative and sense of accomplishment can be obtained by creative and personalized cognitive process of students during the overall “PAD class” teaching mode.

Key words: PAD class, Inculcation, Heuristic, Ideological and political theory course