{"id":12100,"date":"2023-10-25T10:56:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T03:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcvaa.edu.vn\/hieu-ve-nghe-thuat-va-tham-my-trong-giao-duc-nghe-thuat-cho-tre\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T07:58:59","slug":"art-and-aesthetics-in-education-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vcvaa.edu.vn\/en\/art-and-aesthetics-in-education-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDERSTANDING ART AND AESTHETICS IN ART EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before reading, VCVAA invites parents to reflect on the following questions from their perspective:<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. What do you think art is? What is aesthetics? <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Why do we need art and aesthetics in life? <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Have you ever practiced art before? How did you feel during that process?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Do you think art and aesthetics are only for those in the art world? <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Have you ever wondered, \"<\/span><\/span>W<\/span>h<\/span>at is art? How is an art object different from another object? <\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\nFirst, if we can agree that an art object is an object that human beings make and that originates in someone's mind and imagination, we have a working base, a starting point. However \"beautiful\" a sunset or an autumn tree, they are natural phenomena, not works of art. We use \"art\" words to describe the colors, lines, and shapes that we see in these natural objects, and in so doing, we find parallels between art and nature. <\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\nSo, what is a work of art, and how is it different from other things? How does a painting of sunflowers by van Gogh differ from the actual sunflowers? <\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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    \"<\/span>Vincent van Gogh, Three Sunflowers (1888). S\u01a1n d\u1ea7u tr\u00ean v\u1ea3i.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n
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    \"<\/span>Howard Roark, Hoa h\u01b0\u1edbng d\u01b0\u01a1ng (2020). \u1ea2nh ch\u1ee5p.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
    The difference is that van Gogh was inspired by the visual information before him and interpreted it in his own unique way to make the painting. Art, then, is a visible expression of perceptions, feelings, ideas, and values. It is based on human perceptions, and we recognize and understand it through our senses. <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nA wide range of objects can be considered works of art, but all will have distinctive or valued qualities and meanings that individuals or particular cultures accept and preserve. Works of art can make us think about ideas, people, places, events, and spiritual matters, and can make us feel and understand things in the world more deeply than we would otherwise. Some cultures have no word for art since everything the people in those cultures make, wear, and use\u2014even the dwellings in which they live\u2014are artifacts with significant symbolic content, skillful workmanship, and artistic style. <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nAESTHETICS FOR CHILDREN<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<\/b><\/span>\r\nBy definition, aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art and, as such, is concerned with questions and thoughtful reflections about the meaning and purpose of artistic processes and products, concepts that help us better understand what we see and encounter.<\/span>\r\n<\/span>\r\nWhen we think, converse, and form questions on aesthetic concerns, we try to evaluate, define, and clarify different cognitive and emotional responses to artworks. Such aesthetic questions cause us to take a fresh look at some of our long-held opinions and ask us to withhold judgments until we have done some critical thinking and some careful studying to learn all we can about what we see. The deeper we delve into the issue of aesthetics, the more we find that the questions we ask, or that others ask us, cannot be answered with a simple yes or no. Often, we find that understanding aesthetics involves being able to accept answers that are neither right nor wrong and to tolerate several points of view. And we often wind up with one question leading us to yet another question.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nAesthetics is the enjoyment, sensitivity, and appreciation of beauty that can involve nature, human creations, and all art forms. It exists in a person's senses, in the object, and in the mind, and it comes quite naturally to children.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>\r\n\r\nWhen we say something is beautiful, we are talking primarily about its effect on the senses. For children, aesthetics develops as they actively explore their environment through hearing, seeing, touching, tasting, and smelling. The new information that children take in through their senses strengthens their understanding and capitalises on their natural curiosity and sense of wonder about their environment. We want children to be curious about their world, to stop and look at a butterfly, to notice buds on the trees, to share a beautiful sunset, or to be intrigued by a waterfall.<\/span> \r\n<\/span>\r\nBENEFITS OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCES <\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nAlthough young children naturally appreciate their environment, their aesthetic sense needs to be fostered. Sensory experiences invite appreciation, wonder, and enjoyment. They also orient children toward discovery and imagination. When children and artists respond to materials and people in their environment, they become aesthetic participants in specific experiences. Aesthetic experiences emphasize doing things for the pure joy of it.  <\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nAesthetic experiences benefit young children in various ways:<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n