International Journal of Education

Based on the policy background of "integration of five educations", this study explores the characteristics of aesthetic education elements in continuing education physical education courses and their influence on the course preferences of continuing education learners. Through a questionnaire survey of 315 students from 5 open universities in Zhejiang Province, and by using exploratory factor analysis and multiple linear regression methods, five factors were extracted, including course preference and four aesthetic education dimensions: aesthetic sense of sports spirit, aesthetic sense of sports form, environmental value and aesthetic promotion of participation. The results show that the aesthetic sense of sportsmanship and the aesthetic sense of sports form have a significant positive impact on the liking degree of the course (β=0.401, p<0.001; β=0.203, p<0.05). The degree of course preference has a significant positive predictive effect on all four dimensions of aesthetic education, especially having the strongest explanatory power for the aesthetic sense of sportsmanship and the aesthetic sense of sports forms (R² is 32.0% and 28.2% respectively). Research shows that aesthetic education elements enhance the appeal of courses through a two-way emotional interaction relationship, providing empirical evidence for the integration of physical education and aesthetics.

Continuing education; Physical education courses; Aesthetic education elements; Course preference; Exploratory factor analysis; Multiple linear regression