Study On Aesthetic Thinking In Chen Heqin's “Living Education”

Chen Heqin is a famous contemporary Chinese educator.His theory of “Living Education” has a deep influence on China's education up to this day,especially in pedagogy.“Living Education” is rich in aesthetic connotation,especially in the field of child aesthetic education there are many original views.Regrettably,nowadays educational circles almost do not conduct systematic research on Chen Heqin's aesthetic thinking.Nevertheless,Mr.Chen Heqin is an educator who pays attention to practical experience.He had worked for a long time on the educational front line,established many institutes,including Jiangxi experimental kindergarten.He also had personally carried out numerous educational experiments,and had a rich practical experience in aesthetics.This text carries out a study of aesthetic thinking presented in Chen Heqin's theory of “Living Education”,which is of both theoretical and practical significant.This paper conducts a research on several aspects of aesthetic thinking in Chen Heqin's “Living Education”.First of all,I will elaborate three aspects;starting from the emergence of the ideology of “Living Education”,basic framework of “Living Education” and then the main features of “Living Education”.The emergence of “Living Education” was influenced by the historical event of “saving the nation through education”,experienced from the vapidity of traditional private school education and its establishment during university faith.The framework of “Living Education” mainly includes: views on purpose of “Zhenren”,views on “life course”,views on practical methods.Secondly,this paper elaborates the relation between Chen Heqin's theory of “Living Education” and aesthetics in four aspects: “sensibility and rationality,unity and harmony,ideal and passion,individuality and creation”.It also carries out a special analysis on child aesthetics education,systematically elaborates with the pedagogical aesthetic ideologies of “child center,recreation center,health center” advocated by Mr.Chen Heqin.Meanwhile,in “Living Education” Chen Heqin had tremendous of practice,which is also Mr.Chen Heqin's distinctive contribution to aesthetical education.Moreover,it is also an important guide to the present aesthetic education practice.For this reason,this text opens up an independent chapter for his commentaries on practice of specific designs,activities,and scenarios.At last,the text summarizes main features of Chen Heqin's aesthetic thinking,stresses its practical,psychological and learning characteristics.Having conducted my own research,I hope it can be used to complete the Chen Heqin's aesthetic education thought.