Course ideological and political education is a key measure to implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and talents in universities. As an important component of the education system, the integration of public physical education courses with ideological and political education is an important direction of current education reform. This article takes sports dance courses as the research object, systematically exploring the organic integration path of ideological and political elements and teaching content in public sports courses. Research from three dimensions: teaching process, competition activities, and cultural connotations, to explore the ideological and political elements contained in sports dance, such as teamwork, rule awareness, resilience, and cultural confidence; Furthermore, this paper analyzes the problems of "emphasizing skills over value" and "fragmented integration" in the integration of ideological and political elements in current sports dance teaching, and proposes optimization strategies based on the principles of "organic integration, moderate moderation, and individualized teaching", including restructuring teaching objectives, innovating teaching methods, improving evaluation systems, etc. The effectiveness of these strategies is verified through teaching practice cases. Research has shown that sports dance courses have unique advantages in ideological and political education. Through a scientific integration path, it can achieve the synergy of knowledge imparting, skill cultivation, and value guidance, providing theoretical references and practical paradigms for the ideological and political construction of public sports courses. 

Zhe Ma, Huali Yang, Xiaoliang Li, Mengran Li. Research on the Organic Integration of Ideological and Political Elements and Teaching Content in Public Physical Education Courses: Taking Sports Dance as an Example. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2025), Vol. 7, Issue 9: 47-53. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2025.070907.

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