| Educational Aesthetic is a fundamental way that should be held for life and living,and it is also a commitment to beauty that education makes.As an intersectional concept,educational aesthetic,however,has left itself wandering in an ill-defined relationship between aesthetics and education due to a lack of clarity in its own subject orientation,so that many studies of educational aesthetic have to in view of the classical theories of aesthetics.Although the independence of educational aesthetic turns to education as the object of aesthetics,the scientific orientation of aesthetics,essentialism and excessive reconciliation have led to the misinterpretation of educational aesthetics,which is not only reflected in the misinterpretation of the ontological relationship between education and aesthetics,but also in the ambiguity of the connotation and nature of educational aesthetic.Thus,clarifying the misunderstanding of educational aesthetic,asking the true connotation of the aesthetic of education,and seeking a good perspective to overview and present the process of educational aesthetic,have become the core issues for educational aesthetic to gain its own legitimacy.Thus,if educational aesthetic is to clarify its misunderstanding,it is necessary to return to the aesthetic roots of education from a theoretical point of view,and to look for the basis for the existence of aesthetics from the ontology of education.The root of educational aesthetic is meant to promotes the excellence of the human soul and character as well as aesthetics to appears in educational life.It is they that reveal the aesthetic nature of education,that is,the human nature of education itself and from the natural promises of educational life.These two attributes are the special characteristics of educational aesthetic,which contain the basic connotation of educational aesthetic.The aesthetic connotation of education is embedded in the complete practice of humanity,and through the invitation and guidance of aesthetics,people are prompted to obtain the presence of life and spiritual transcendence in the educational life.Since educational aesthetic is a practical activity based on educational life,and the generation and manifestation of beauty in education is constantly changing with the educational context,the aesthetic connotation of education can only be grasped in the description of essential features.In terms of specific expression,the aesthetic connotation of education is mainly reflected in four characteristics: its human nature,its generation in life,its non-essential and openness,and its passive contains active way of being.However,these characteristics also reveal the uncertainty and complexity of education in the aesthetic process,which is limited by the pursuit of deterministic thinking,and educational aesthetic is always hold back by presuppositionism,scientism and legalism.Since the beauty of education can only exist in the action of education itself,educational aesthetic must also require that the object is not subordinated to any external purpose.Grasping the aesthetic process of education from a dynamic,organic and holistic art form,play as a form of empirical art reveal their own edifying meaning and can provide a unique perspective for us to explore the aesthetic intention of education.In terms of the structure of indoctrination itself,it shows a back-and-forth structure of play.It is this structure,which is of an active historical nature,that calls us to a constant inquiry,maintenance,and renewal of education.Education finds in play the appropriate art form to be the driving force of its development process,without having to be guided by external purposes,because the resources needed for its own change are contained in the process of its development.The non-essential nature of play determines that its meaning exists only in its concrete use,which presupposes its compatibility with indoctrination and has no purpose outside of itself,but focuses only on the continuation of its own existence or on the way it continues to operate.What play brings us is the return of the delivered self.In this opening to our own past and new creations,we gain a new understanding beyond ourselves,reaching the meaning of indoctrination while displaying the meaning of beauty in the world within it.Therefore,the beauty of play as a theoretical perspective for our understanding of educational aesthetic,which not only provides a theoretical basis for educational aesthetic to confirm its own legitimacy,but also provides a normative role for educational aesthetic practice.The beauty of play serves as a reason for educational aesthetic,guides the development of educational aesthetic with the value orientation in line with human nature in terms of purpose,shows the beauty of education with the artistic form in line with nature in terms of process,and grasps the whole picture of educational aesthetic process with a dynamic and holistic overview in terms of method.The involvement of the play brings the person’s full attention and presence in the education,and the beauty of the play shows the education as a pleasant way to practice the promise of making people good.As a way of presenting educational aesthetic,the beauty of play embodies educational creation by showing beauty,confirms aesthetic experience by participating in educational life,and achieves life self-education by integrating into educational activities,thus fully presenting the dynamics and diversity of the educational beauty. |