ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.

Sec. Assessment, Testing and Applied Measurement

Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1595372

An Empirical Study on Traditional Culture and Interdisciplinary Teaching: A Case Study of the San Zhao Lantern

Provisionally accepted
Shan Wei  ChenShan Wei Chen1,2*Guo  jinGuo jin1Boyi  HuangBoyi Huang2Xixi  DuanXixi Duan2
  • 1Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Xi'an, China
  • 2School of Education, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Baoji, China

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As traditional culture becomes increasingly emphasized in modern education, how to integrate Chinese traditional culture into classroom teaching effectively has become an important research topic. This study, based on Stimulus-Organism-Response framework, uses 5th and 6th-grade students from G Primary School in City B as the research subjects. Through classroom observation, questionnaires, and learning outcome assessments, data on students' cultural identity, learning interest, and classroom engagement were collected to analyze the application of traditional cultural elements in interdisciplinary teaching. The San Zhao Lantern, as one of the representations of traditional culture, was used as a teaching medium in this study. The results show that the introduction of traditional culture significantly enhances students' cultural identity, increases their learning interest, and improves classroom engagement. This study provides empirical support for the integration of traditional culture into modern education, validating the effectiveness of interdisciplinary teaching design under the Stimulus-Organism-Response framework and offering new perspectives and insights for educational practice.

Keywords: Sanzhao Lantern, Traditional culture, Interdisciplinary teaching, Empirical study, Cultural identity

Received: 18 Mar 2025; Accepted: 23 May 2025.

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* Correspondence: Shan Wei Chen, Baoji University of Arts and Sciences, Xi'an, China

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