Music Aesthetic Education Research

The nature of education is the training of humans and the subject of education is humans.Throughout human history of ideology and the educational practice, any research related to the existence and development of human being is always, to some degree, concerned with human worth of aesthetic education and concerned with its philosophical foundation.In order to explore the humanistic issue of music aesthetic education, this dissertation uses the methodology of judging and analyzing values to examine and analyze the current music education. The theoretical base of the study will be the humanistic concept in music aesthetic education. Under the background of the development of modern society, in this dissertation, music aesthetic education is considered as the education of improving life quality. With respect to humanistic aspect of music aesthetic education, the dissertation analyzes the reality and development of music education, clarifies the inner value of music aesthetic education, and explores the following questions regarding music aesthetic education as a cultural phenomenon of the human society: What are its philosophical, historical and cultural sources? Why can it promote the balance of various factors within oneself? Why can it influence and improve the quality of life? What are the implementing mechanism, strategies, and methods of this influence? The rational thinking over these questions will help clear the myth regarding music aesthetic education in terms of theory, content and methodology, help explore music aesthetic education from the perspective of the meaning and quality of human life, and help explore the function and value of music aesthetic education in improving human life quality.This dissertation has the following parts:IntroductionIn this part, I raise the question of humanistic in music aesthetic education, and explore its theoretical and practical values, and put forward the original ideas after a complete literature review on the relevant theories and current research.Humanistic Interpretation in Music Aesthetic EducationThis part tries to interpret the humanistic core of music aesthetic education through analyzing the connotation and denotation of three pairs of terms that are interrelated yet independent of each other. The three pairs of terms are music and humanistic nature of music aesthetics, music education and music aesthetic education, humanistic study and the humanistic promises of music aesthetic education.This part also tries to interpret the value of music aesthetic education through reflecting on the history and change of human orientation in traditional Chinese culture, the spirit of freedom in western culture, and the humanistic value in the development of both cultures. Finally, this part interpret why human being becomes the main body of music creation and appreciation through analyzing the "semiology" in philosophy and humanism and the common structure of life form and art form.Reasons for the humanistic promises in music aesthetic educationThrough retrospection on music aesthetic education in ancient China and Greece, this part clearly states the view that the ancient Chinese and Greek cultures provide us with good foundation and reasons for the currentrecognition and practice of humanistic issues in music aesthetic education. Music aesthetic education is one of the basic human activities, and is unique to human being. The beauty of music is the self-assurance and mutual assurance of human beings. It is like a mirror that reflects the inner world and strength of human. Human beings' self-assurance and mutual assurance is the number one reason for the existence of music aesthetic education. It is human's highest level of experience and is the feeling of returning to nature or mixing with nature. At the same time, the activities in music aesthetic education bring to people enlightenment and inspiration. It helps people form a perfect character. As something unique to human being, the highest level of experience in music aesthetic education can show better the nature of...