In a narrow sense, aesthetic education is defined as "art education" in the extreme sense. Its general definition is: aesthetic education refers to aesthetic education, aesthetic education, aesthetic education and aesthetic literacy education. Aesthetic education in a broad sense, some people think: "The real aesthetic education is the education formed by infiltrating aesthetic principles into the teaching of various disciplines."
Another dimension change in the process of defining aesthetic education from narrow sense to broad sense is: from formal aesthetic education to substantive aesthetic education. The so-called "formal aesthetic education" refers to educational activities aimed at cultivating the aesthetic quality of the object (such as aesthetic ability, ability to appreciate beauty and create beauty, etc.). On the other hand, "substantial aesthetic education" pursues the spiritual essence of aesthetic education through the above goals: the aesthetic taste of life and the aesthetic realm of education. It has become the core of modern aesthetic education to emphasize the promotion of aesthetic education to poetic life. In this way, the concept of aesthetic education should not only move from narrow sense to broad sense, but also realize the revolution from form to substance.
Function of aesthetic education
Cai Yuanpei listed aesthetic education as one of five kinds of education (the other four are military nationalism, utilitarianism, moral education and world outlook) in his Opinions on New Education written in February 19 12, and thought that "a person with aesthetic feeling is just a bridge between the phenomenal world and the physical world in terms of beauty and dignity." Through aesthetic education, people's interest and sentiment can be improved, and a beautiful outlook on life and world can be established. This idea was later established as one of the purposes of national education by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China. 19 17 in April, he once again focused on aesthetic education, thinking that pure aesthetic education can cultivate people's feelings, make people have noble and pure habits, make people go beyond their own opinions and gradually eliminate their selfishness. It is believed that "covering the disadvantages of stimulating feelings and specializing in feelings is nothing more than using pure aesthetic education instead of religion." Before Cai Yuanpei, Yan Fu talked about the role of art in improving social morality. After Cai, the concept of aesthetic education gradually penetrated into people's hearts.
Aesthetic education in socialist society serves the construction of socialist spiritual civilization and the cultivation of students' spiritual beauty and behavioral beauty. It infects the educated with the thoughts, feelings and activities of advanced figures reflected in beautiful things and artistic images in real life. It affects students' emotion, imagination, thought, will and character extensively and profoundly. It can enrich the school's cultural and spiritual life, arouse students' emotional experience, help cultivate noble sentiments, improve socialist consciousness, motivate students to strive to realize socialist ideals and create all beautiful things.
Aesthetic education has a positive impact on moral education, intellectual education and physical education. Aesthetic education with beautiful and touching artistic images can help students understand people's life, ideals and struggles, make them receive vivid ideological and moral education, and promote the healthy growth of their political quality, moral outlook and thoughts and feelings. Aesthetic education can not only help students understand the reality and history, but also develop their abilities of observation, imagination, thinking in images and creativity. You can also adjust your life and improve your learning effect. In aesthetic education, neatness and cleanliness are required to beautify the environment, which is also conducive to the development of health and sports.
Aesthetic education can promote students' intellectual development, expand and deepen their understanding of the objective world; Promote the formation of students' good moral quality; It promotes exercise and has the functions of fitness and pleasure.