The development of aesthetic education curriculum based on activity theory to promote college students’ body and mind harmonious development

Song Xiaoxi

Immersive learning

Tour guide oral communication

Virtual reality environment

PIE teaching method

The research objectives were: 1) to investigate the current situation and
effectiveness of college students’ body and mind harmonious development, 2) to develop aesthetic education curriculum based on activity theory to promote college students’ body and mind harmonious development, 3) to assess the aesthetic education curriculum based on activity theory through comparing to the college students’ body and mind harmonious before and after the implementation of curriculum. the population of this study was 300 freshman students majoring in art and design in 2023 at Guangxi University of Science and Technology. the samples are 170 freshman students participated in a survey on the status of body and mind harmonious development of university students and 30 freshman students participated in the pilot study. this research tool were questionnaires on the current status of body and mind harmonious development of college students and Body and Mind Harmonious Development Scale. the statistic used were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependent sample.

The results of this study were as follows:1) the current situation and
effectiveness of college students’ body and mind harmonious of respondents were in high level, considering each item separately, it was found that, “Physical health” was the highest rank, followed by “Value of life” “Aesthetic ability”, “Social adaptation”, “Psycho emotional” respectively, 2) the goal of the aesthetic education curriculum based on activity theory to promote college students’ body and mind harmonious development was to improve the body and mind harmonious development of freshmen students. The curriculum consisted of five units, totaling 24 hours of "The aesthetic education curriculum based on activity theory to promote college students’
body and mind harmonious development" were offered. 3) after attending the 24-hour course, there was a significant increase in the development of body and mind harmonious development of students (t = 6.43). sig. = 0.00). at the same time, the five dimensions of value of life, aesthetic ability, physical health, social adaptation, and psycho-emotional were also improved.

Keywords: Immersive learning; Tour guide oral communication; Virtual reality
environment; PIE teaching model.

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University. Office of Academic Resources and Information Technology

Wirot Watananimitgul

Wichian Intarasompun

Areewan Iamsa-ard

2023

2024-11-26

2024-11-26

2024-11-26

thesis

application/pdf

TH 378.178 S233T 2023

eng

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University

Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Doctoral degree

Curriculum and Instruction

Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University