@article{article_1771706, title={Integrating ideological and political education into cheerleading curriculum in Chinese universities: A pedagogical design study}, journal={Turkish Journal of Kinesiology}, volume={11}, pages={292–298}, year={2025}, DOI={10.31459/turkjkin.1771706}, author={Jiang, Sijia and Huang, Junhao}, keywords={Cheerleading curriculum, ideological and political education, socio-cultural literacy, technical performance, university students}, abstract={This study designed and evaluated a pedagogical model integrating Ideological and Political Education (IPE) into university cheerleading curricula in China. The aim was to enhance students’ physical fitness, technical performance, and socio-cultural literacy. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was employed with 250 undergraduate students randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 125) or a control group (n = 125). The intervention lasted 16 weeks and included four modules: value guidance, skill enhancement, physical and mental development, and evaluation-feedback. Outcome measures included flexibility, endurance, coordination, technical proficiency, and IPE perception scores, complemented by qualitative feedback. The experimental group demonstrated significantly greater improvements than the control group in physical and technical domains (p < 0.05), as well as in moral values, civic responsibility, and national identity (p < 0.01). Qualitative analysis indicated increased team cohesion, resilience, and cultural pride. This study advances prior work by proposing a replicable four-module instructional model that integrates IPE explicitly into cheerleading through defined objectives, rubrics, and procedures, and by evaluating both technical/physical outcomes and IPE literacy within a quasi-experimental design.}, number={5}, publisher={Nurtekin ERKMEN}, organization={Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications}