Abstract: The original intention of the establishment of history teaching groups is to use the Marxism theory to guide university history teachers to reinterpret the development process and laws of Chinese history,so as to meet the needs of the political situation at that time.In 1950,HOU Wailu learned the experience of the political mutual-aid study group in the North China People's Revolution University,and set up teaching groups in the department of history.This is not only an important measure to transform the history teaching and research in colleges and universities in the new period,but also in line with the needs of the country to transform the ideological system of intellectuals at that time.Each teaching group carried out teaching activities in the form of teacher-student forums,collective lesson preparation and listening,group regular meetings,tutorials etc., which achieved great repercussions.After Guangming Daily reported this as a typical case of teaching reform in colleges and universities,the Ministry of Education recommended its experience to colleges and universities all over the country.Subsequently,many universities in China set up their similar teaching organizations one after another.In a word,the establishment and operation of history teaching groups in Beijing Normal University has objectively promoted the process of reinterpreting the historical process and establishing a new discourse system by using the Marxism theory in history teaching in domestic universities.

Key words: Beijing Normal University, teaching groups, Marxism, Guangming Daily, the teaching reform in colleges and universities