The formation of a harmonious personality of a child is impossible without fostering a relationship with the beautiful, understanding the value of beauty of the world around him. To solve this problem, you must at least give an initial idea of the category of beauty. It is better to attach a child to abstract aesthetic principles through forms and images that are more understandable for his age. How can this be achieved? The shortest way is to form the ability to see beauty in natural phenomena.
Stages of aesthetic education of schoolchildren
If a child has no idea about the principles of harmony and beauty, it is difficult to talk about his ability to see beauty in the world around him. Activity limited to contemplation is also insufficient.
It will not allow in the future to form the pursuit of excellence through active development.
Ecological and aesthetic education of schoolchildren carried out in stages:
- Theoretical development of the category of beauty.
- The formation of the skill to see harmony in the world.
- The practical application of the acquired knowledge about beauty in subject activity.
Only in the presence of all three points can we talk about the system of aesthetic education of schoolchildren.
Theoretical development of the category of beauty
The student’s ability to see beauty occurs within the framework of subjects of creative and aesthetic learning. In elementary school, this is most accessible in the lessons of drawing, creative development (music, literature).
The beauty of the world in its most accessible form is revealed in natural phenomena.
In the process of observation, study and attempts to convey natural phenomena, the formation of aesthetic education of schoolchildren occurs. The environment as an aesthetic value appears exclusively in the process of its objective development.
How to do it? To explore the world of beauty at this stage, trips to the bosom of wildlife, participation in creative circles, and activities as “Young Naturalists” will help. A visit to the theater by children, exhibitions, art galleries allows children to understand how the aesthetic formation of environmental art. And as works of art reflect the aesthetics of everyday life and the culture of the people.
In high school, the concept of beauty as a subject of aesthetics, students learn not only in the classes of the creative cycle. They must learn to see the search for harmony and aesthetics of the surrounding world in everything: in the family, the surrounding space, in school subjects, clothing and norms of behavior. The ability to find harmony is the principle of aesthetic development of the world.
The formation of the ability to see harmony in the world
Aesthetic education is not limited to knowledge of beauty. The next step in the world of aesthetics is the ability to find beauty in the world around us.
At this stage, a general knowledge of beauty becomes the basis for finding harmony in all the phenomena of the world and, moreover, an incentive for correlating one's own ideas about beauty with classical standards.
The aesthetic formation of environmental art serves as the highest criterion for the value of creations. This is the bottom line of art. If children can understand the importance of this process, they will never belittle the value and role of creativity in people's lives.
Practical application of acquired knowledge about beauty in subject activity
Practical forms of children's creativity - this is a very important stage in the development of personality, they directly affect the formation of the aesthetic culture of students. The ability to be not only a consumer of theoretical knowledge, the opening in oneself of opportunities to exert a personal influence on the surrounding world is a stage in the formation of a creative person.
From this moment, the student can awaken creative forces and discover personal resources. To make the world around you more beautiful and more perfect is very significant. No matter what form this happens. The aesthetic formation by the art of the environment takes place in an accessible form for children: to make a beautiful craft, take part in a creative exhibition of paintings, capture on the photo the unique moment of nature’s awakening from hibernation ... It is important at the same time that the discovery of beauty and forms of its manifestation occurs through the prism of your personal visions.
Aesthetic development of children and its role in the formation of personality
The development of the objective world in accordance with the laws of beauty appears as aesthetic. The shaping of the environment by art is an active human process aimed at transforming reality.
To plant a tree, to arrange a bird feeder - this starts the aesthetic education, which is further fixed in the norm of responsibility for the world around us. His role in the formation of personality is significant:
- Helps a person become useful to society and gain recognition of its members.
- It forms a creative orientation of activity that has value for society and benefits it, forms new values and meanings.
- It has an impact on progressive development.