Keywords
Ideological and political class
Teaching reform
Situation integration
Submitted : 2026-05-31
Accepted : 2026-06-15
Published : 2026-06-30
Abstract
Against the background of the construction of “Big Ideological and Political Courses”, ideological and political (I&P) classes in universities are at a critical stage of transformation from knowledge instillation to value internalization. The traditional teaching mode easily leads to students’ separation of body and mind, which restricts the improvement of classroom quality. Based on embodied cognition theory, this study explains the core idea of dynamic unity of body, mind and environment and its enlightenment to I&P classes. The study finds that current I&P classes in universities are faced with embodied dilemmas such as illusory teaching situations, weakened teacher-student interaction and blocked value internalization. Therefore, this paper puts forward solutions from three aspects: innovating teaching concepts, extending learning fields and designing practical tasks, so as to promote the paradigm shift of I&P teaching from disembodied to embodied, and provide theoretical reference and practical guidance for improving the educating effectiveness of I&P classes.
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