Different from domestic mathematics, Chinese and other subjects, French preschool education pays more attention to music and art. All kindergartens in France regard art education as the basis of education, and more than 80% of preschool courses are related to art. In order to cultivate children's creativity, they attach great importance to activities such as visiting and traveling, and let children describe their own experiences and feelings with brushes or words. In the study of geography, music and other subjects, children are also actively encouraged to exert their imagination and create works with unique personality, thus cultivating their love for art.

In order to create a family art atmosphere, French parents like to buy a lot of handmade materials for their children, so that they can create whatever they want when they are interested. French parents still stick a lot of white paper on the wall at home, and there are painting tools everywhere. French parents also like to take their children to various art activities, so that they can experience life and art for themselves.

With the joint efforts of kindergartens, schools and families, French children generally have a unique understanding of architecture, art and music. Show them a picture. They can talk about its color scheme, material, light and shade, composition and so on, and tell them how they feel about the picture.

United States: Civil Society Renaissance Education

Since 1970s and 1980s, American art education has declined for various reasons, including the shortage of funds, too many compulsory courses prescribed by the government, and insufficient public awareness. The result is that the generation of Americans who are now teachers and parents have not received a good art education themselves and cannot see the value of art education. Now, American educational circles have deeply realized the seriousness of the problem. Scientists have also provided strong evidence for the revival of art education, asserting that "education without art is incomplete education." Put art education in an extremely important position.

"If you are worried about students' test scores and try to get high marks, then you should give your children more art education, not less. "Inspector Tom of Arizona Public Education Bureau? Horn said: "Many studies show that children immersed in art perform better in exams. "

DALI is an art education group composed of artists, philanthropists, educators and business leaders. The group has long been committed to promoting art in primary and secondary schools and trying to introduce students into the art community in this city. Team leader Gigi? Anthony said: "Our ideas are both idealistic and scientifically proven. When creativity promotes learning, students will thrive. " .

In Minneapolis and Chicago, people from all walks of life are also trying to inject rich local artistic and cultural resources into schools to carry out comprehensive and sustainable art education, rather than projects that can be increased or decreased casually because of changes in budgets and officials.

Tom? Horn regards providing high-quality and comprehensive art education for all primary and secondary school students as his policy goal. Horn himself is a professionally trained classical pianist and the founder of the Phoenix Baroque Choir. He hasn't finished his task yet, but he has made remarkable achievements: he has set a higher standard for art education, appointed art experts in the state education bureau, and obtained 4 million US dollars of federal education funds for art education in the state. Thanks to his efforts, some schools resumed art and music classes that had been neglected for more than ten years. "Education has three purposes," Horn said. "We prepare our children for future employment and earning a living; We prepare our children to become citizens; We should also cultivate them into people with deep aesthetic ability. The third goal is as important as the first two goals. "

Japan: Strong Family Art Atmosphere

Japan advocates individualized education, and teachers pay attention to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. At the same time, Japanese primary and secondary education attaches great importance to practice, emphasizing the cultivation of students' practical ability and activity ability. In several primary and secondary schools I visited, students' practical activities are very rich, including chorus, instrumental ensemble, gymnastics, handicrafts, drama, dance, paper-cutting, calligraphy, painting, flower arrangement and so on. Students can participate in various practical activities according to their hobbies.

There is a Japanese worker's family. The owner is Kagawa, 45 years old, and his wife is a housewife. He lives with his 25-year-old daughter and 3-year-old grandson. The family it runs is very happy.

Walking into the living room, you can see a Yamaha grand piano and an electronic organ side by side in the corner. Watercolor paintings and decorative paintings are hung on the surrounding walls. The hostess and daughter sang a Japanese song for the guests, and the beautiful female duet was quite standard. The hostess introduced to the guests that the watercolors on the wall were all her works. The flower arrangements placed in the living room are all picked from the small garden at the door of their own house, which is very warm; The decorative paintings on the wall made me feel the harmonious artistic atmosphere of my host family.

The noble artistic taste of Japanese families is closely related to the art education in Japanese schools. The goal of art education is to improve students' comprehensive quality, get rid of "pure art" education, make students gain aesthetic experience and beautiful feeling in creating art forms, and stimulate their creative enthusiasm.

Britain: Feel the Art in Art Class

A few days ago, Ms. Claire, a British artist, gave an art class to kindergarten children at the Shanghai Art Museum, which opened China's eyes.

On the floor of the classroom, large pieces of white paper form a circle. Claire instructed the children to take their places, each with a piece of paper, and said, "Start drawing, and draw whatever you want." Most children choose to draw a bottle of flowers in the middle of the room. Five-year-old Ma Licheng drew a house with extremely simple lines. "Very good!" Claire came over and gave her a thumbs-up sign.

Five minutes later, Claire asked the children to change their seats clockwise in circles and continue to draw other people's pictures. The children were very happy and excited. Some are kneeling on the ground, others are lying on the drawing paper, writing freely according to their own ideas on the basis of the previous child's drawing. After several transposition, a painting has passed through the hands of four or five children, and the image in front of it is different. During the two-hour class, Claire constantly encouraged the children, and the atmosphere was always relaxed and lively.

As an artist, Ms. Claire often attends school art education in Britain. She believes that this kind of class has four advantages: "First, children will not be bored by frequent rotation, thus cultivating their interest in painting;" Second, children will not be swayed by considerations of gain and loss because they are fixed on a painting; Third, every rotation to face other people's thinking can give children new inspiration; Fourth, they can cultivate their team spirit. "