Integrating Ideological and Political Education into Junior High School Music and History Courses — An Interdisciplinary Exploration under the Framework of "Ideological and Political Big Class"

Abstract

Against the background of deepening reforms in China's socialist education system and the comprehensive promotion of "Ideological and Political Big Class" construction, this study focuses on the interdisciplinary integration of ideological and political education with music and history courses at the junior high school level. Based on interdisciplinary integration theory, a "Music-History" dual-dimensional teaching model was constructed. Through methods such as situational setting, music appreciation, and historical explanation, classic red music works were closely integrated with the curriculum of modern Chinese history, guiding students to experience the essence of ideological and political education within the interplay of music and history. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design, selecting two seventh-grade classes for a comparative experiment. Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), a comprehensive quantitative evaluation was conducted across three dimensions—knowledge mastery, emotional attitude, and ideological identification—to assess the experimental class and the control class. The results showed that the experimental class significantly outperformed the control class across all dimensions (p = 0.0078 < 0.05). This indicates that the "Music-History" interdisciplinary teaching model can effectively enhance the effectiveness of ideological and political education, providing empirical support and theoretical foundations for the innovative development of ideological and political education in the new era.