The first lesson of the new year
What is the ultimate purpose of educating our children? This is a question that we need to think about. In the process of passing on knowledge and experience, I believe that it is very important to respect the existence of each child. We should help them have a unique, positive life experience and prepare them for future growth and development. This is the responsibility and ultimate goal of education as a parent.
Feng Zikai is a well-known painter and art educator who has always emphasized the importance of children's aesthetic education. He believed that the educational role of beauty and art was to touch people's emotions. Without art, the world would be lonely and boring.
Feng Zikai said: "No matter how lonely, troubled, worried, or depressed I am, as long as I sing my childhood songs, my childhood heart will come out to comfort me, encourage me, relieve my loneliness, troubles, worries and depression, and make me return to the integrity of my childhood." "Art is a more concentrated expression of beauty, because human beings need to express various emotions such as love, hate, pleasure and other emotions for nature and the world, as well as the projection of the self in it. From worshipping nature, worshipping gods, expressing love, narrating epic ......Art is beauty, and it is also the most realistic condensation of the history of the development of human civilization.
So why should children learn art? Many mothers and friends send their children to study art, and they say "I don't expect him to learn anything", so what do they expect? Most of the answers are: "After the child grows up, no matter in good times or bad, there can be a sustenance and spiritual comfort." ”
I saw a report on global arts education at the National Association for Arts Education. The report compares and examines in detail the national standards for art education in 13 countries and regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and China. Although these countries and regions have different expressions, frameworks, and forms, researchers have extracted "four reasons to study art", which I believe can bring us a lot of inspiration.
First of all, the social, historical, and cultural context behind a work of art can promote an understanding of multiculturalism. Understanding multiculturalism allows us to face the world with a more open mind, to have more equal and open communication, and to be able to work and be friends with people from different cultural backgrounds. Society and history are hidden behind art, and in the process of appreciating art, a mask from a primitive tribe in Africa and a work by an American surrealist master are equal and do not have to distinguish between superior and inferior.
Second, the arts promote critical and creative thinking and improve problem-solving skills. Art education can help us develop critical thinking skills and improve problem-solving skills. There is no single standard for art, but art education has its own. Through the techniques of art criticism, we can understand the meaning behind a work of art and find the meaning of our own life. In the process of making art, we need to solve problems by mastering materials, setting goals, and dealing with uncertainty.
The importance of arts education cannot be overlooked. It helps children develop the ability to express themselves freely, improve creative thinking, understand multiculturalism, and solve problems. Let's work together for the opportunity for children to learn art!