Art education oriented towards developing students' qualities and abilities

On behalf of the leaders of Hanoi National University of Education, in the opening speech, Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Minh Lam, Head of the Department of Science and Technology, said that in the general education program issued in 2018, art subjects including Music and Fine Arts have been identified as playing a core role in forming and developing students' qualities and aesthetic abilities to train the young generation to become responsible citizens, cultured, diligent and creative workers in the era of globalization and the 4.0 industrial revolution.

Faced with that reality, as one of the leading and key institutions in training history teachers and researching theories and teaching methods of Music and Fine Arts, Hanoi National University of Education has developed a plan to organize a national scientific conference "Art education towards developing qualities and capacities in general education institutions in Vietnam".

Delegates attending the workshop shared their valuable and dedicated opinions on education in general and Music and Fine Arts education in particular, clarifying reliable scientific bases, thereby making practical proposals and recommendations to contribute to solving the problems arising in arts education with the goal of training a young generation to develop comprehensively, with enough virtue and talent to build the country.

According to the organizers, in 2018, the Ministry of Education and Training issued a new general education program.

The basic point of art education according to the 2018 general education program compared to the 2006 general education program is the innovation in orientation, contributing to the formation and development of the main qualities and general abilities for students.

At the same time, through equipping core knowledge and basic skills in the fields of art, focusing on forming and developing aesthetic capacity and discovering and nurturing artistic talents for students; educating the attitude of respect, the ability to inherit and promote traditional cultural and artistic values ​​of the nation in the process of integration and exchange with the world, meeting the goal of harmonious education of morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics for students.

Art education is carried out through many subjects, the core of which is Music and Fine Arts. From grade 10 to grade 12, students can choose subjects from the technology and art groups that suit their career orientation, interests and abilities.

Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha, Head of the Faculty of Arts, Hanoi National University of Education, said that the Organizing Committee received 64 reports to attend the conference. The reports were divided into 3 topics including: Art teachers; art education in the 2018 general education program; art subjects in general schools.

Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha, Head of the Faculty of Arts, Hanoi National University of Education, gave her opinion.

With the theme of art teachers, the Organizing Committee said that this theme shows an overall picture of art teacher training (Music, Fine Arts) at art education institutions nationwide today. In which, most of the articles mention the difficulties and problems in training teachers in the direction of developing learners' qualities and abilities, and at the same time, propose solutions to overcome this situation.

In the topic of art education in the 2018 general education program, this is a research direction with new perspectives and important contributions to the content of the conference, and is also the content that attracts the participation of many scientists.

The papers mentioned the objectives, orientations, and arts education in the direction of developing qualities and capacities in general education institutions in Vietnam; methods of arts education; the current situation and solutions to improve the quality of art teaching in general schools in the direction of approaching learners' capacities. Some papers were reflections on the program, on compiling textbooks, on bringing folk music into the current general education curriculum...

With topic 3, many papers mentioned the current situation and solutions for the shortage of art teachers, facilities and equipment for teaching art; the views of teachers on the implementation of art, the current situation and solutions for teaching art in high schools. Some other papers mentioned the position and role of art in high schools...

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