寓教于“美”:南大美育的演进逻辑及其当代启示

Teaching Through Aesthetics:The Developmental Logic of Aesthetic Education in Nanjing University and Its Contemporary Enlightenment

近年来,美育在中国当代高校教育系统中的地位和作用越来越受到关注,围绕高校美育的理论与实践反思也愈发显得重要。作为一个颇具典型性的高校美育个案,南京大学美育工作的发展历程对于当前高校美育的开展具有显著的启示意义。历时性来看,南京大学自20世纪初创建以来,其美育发展既经历了开拓期、过渡期和定型期三个历史阶段,又与时代主题构成了一种无法割裂的逻辑关系。时至今日,南大美育正迈向一个可持续发展的制度化进程之中。在这一进程中,不仅美育与艺术教育、通识教育及素质教育之间的复杂关系可以得到更有效的清理,而且高校美育实施的政策保障、制度设计等一系列问题也将得到更具现实指向性的考察。

Recently,the status and function of aesthetic education in Chinese contemporary higher education system have attracted more and more attention,and the reflection on its theory and practice in higher institutions has become increasingly important.As a typical case of aesthetic education in colleges and universities,the history of this discipline in Nanjing University(NJU)is of great significance to the development of other colleges and universities in China at present.Diachronically,since the NJU was founded in the early 20th century,its aesthetic development has experienced three historical phases,namely,development stage,transition stage and finalization stage,and has developed an inseparable logical relationship with the theme of the times.Up to now,the NJU aesthetic education is in the process of institutionalization of sustainable development.In this process,not only the intricacies,between aesthetic education and art education,as well as general education and quality education,can be more effectively handled,but also a series of problems,including policy guarantee and institutional design implemented in the aesthetic education by colleges and universities,will be investigated in a more realistic and targeted way.