Analysis of Reasons for The Absence of Aesthetic Education in University Education and Exploration of Aesthetic Education's Future

摘要

As one of the four educations of morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetic, aesthetic education is the key measure and call for all-round quality education in China. University education aims at fostering "perfect man", who is a cultivated and sensible person. Aesthetic education is to cultivate college students' aesthetics, shape their sound personality and beautiful soul, so as to improve their sentiment and make them become a sound college students with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetic. However, in college education aesthetic education is still in the absence situation because of some factors. We need to recognize and analyze the reasons for these deficiencies to find out and develop the future of aesthetic education in university education. University education influences people's values, career, way of thinking, critical spirit, persistent willpower, professional knowledge and so on. Jaspers said in "what is education", education is nothing more than the spiritual and physical exchanges between human beings, including the imparting of knowledge, the understanding of the connotation of life, the standardization of volitional behavior, and the teaching of cultural heritage to the younger generation through the function of cultural transmission, so that they can freely generate and inspire their free nature. Educational activities are concerned with how to maximize the mobilization and realization of human potential, and how the internal spirituality and possibilities of the full generation, in other words, education is the education of the human soul, rather than the accumulation of rational knowledge. Education is the education of the human soul, not the accumulation of knowledge. Therefore, university education should bear multiple values. University is the spiritual home of scholars, the foundation of their studies and careers, the cornerstone of their adulthood and happiness, and the place where they grow up. Therefore, aesthetic education in university education naturally edify the sentiment of university students, improve their personality, cultivate their aesthetic, improve the composition of their studies. However, the current understanding of university students' aesthetic education is still in the absent position, so we need to explore the reasons for its absence to find the future of aesthetic education in university education.