蔡元培美育思想探析

伟大的教育家、原北京大学校长蔡元培先生,首先将美育列入国民教育方针五项内容之一。在科学技术高度发展的今天,人类社会面临诸多情感问题,更加认识到美感教育的重要时,人们不能不佩服蔡元培先生的远见卓识,而益增崇敬之意。本文从蔡元培对近代中国美育事业的贡献、蔡元培美育思想的基本内涵、蔡元培美育思想的文化基础、蔡元培美育思想的现实意义等方面做了探析。

Cai yuanpei's Idea of Aesthetic Education

Mr.Cai yuanpei, the great educationist and former president of Peking University, was the first who included esthetics into the national education policy. His insights definitely deserves our respect when concerning many problems of people's feeling in modern society. This paper explores such issues as the contribution of Cai to modern esthetic education in China, the main implications cultural basis, and practical value of Cai's esthetic education ideas.