著名教育家蔡元培先生早在上个世纪五十年代曾提出“德、智、体、美”的四育教育方针,并对其中的美育作过这样的阐释:“美育者,应用美学之理论于教育,以陶养情感为目的者也。”(见蔡元培《美育》文选)这句话明确点出了美育的内涵和意义。进入新世纪之后,美育事业又有了新的发展,随着两个文明建设进程的加快和教育改革的不断深化,美育对于提高全民族素质所具有的作用越来越被人们所认识和重视。中学的美术课程,作为艺术教育 Famous educator Cai Yuanpei as early as in the fifties of the last century had put forward the “moral, intellectual, physical, beauty,” the four-ying education policy, and one of the aesthetic education made such an explanation: “aesthetic educator, applied aesthetics Theory of education in order to cultivate feelings for the purpose of Tao also. ”(See Cai Yuanpei“ aesthetic education ”anthology) This sentence clearly points out the meaning and significance of aesthetic education. With the accelerating process of the two civilizations and the deepening of education reform, the role of aesthetic education in improving the quality of the entire nation has become more and more recognized and valued by the people in the new century. Secondary art courses as art education