| Abstract [eng] |
SUMMARY FACTORS AND SPECIFICS OF THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS BEAUTY IN SENIOR PUPILS Beauty is one of human values, that why positive attitude toward beauty is very important aesthetic education task. Beauty is a quality or the combination of qualities that give pleasure to the senses or to the mind. Beautiful is all that perfectly reflects the nature and the essence of the things, events and relationships. View is a personal opinion or attitude; it is one’s way of understanding and interpreting a subject, events or even oneself. It is formed during individual and social experiences. The objects of the research — the attitude toward beauty among the senior pupils and promotion. The purpose of the research — to reveal the specifics of the attitude toward beauty among the senior pupils, factors, which have influence for it and some guidelines that stimulate positive attitude toward beauty. The tasks of the research: 1. to determinate concept of beauty; 2. define main sources of beauty; 3. to reveal the specifics of the attitude toward beauty among the senior pupils; 4. to show up pupils’ positive aesthetic emotions; 5. to compare attitude towards beauty in regard to gender and type of school; 6. to exclude factors of developing the attitude toward on beauty The hypothesis of the research — the attitude toward beauty in the senior pupils is determined by: • how actively pupils are participating in the aesthetic activities • how many positive emotions they experience during the aesthetic activities • how the aesthetic activities satisfy pupils’ need to express themselves • how humane are the relationships among the pupils, the teachers and the other participants during the activities 206 pupils who attend 10-12 grades at the schools in Vilnius were participating in the research. This research reveals that senior pupils understand important of beauty and acknowledge, that need to know beauty. But they had difficulty, when they realize and value beauty; the specifics of the attitude on beauty in the pupils as well as the directions of their emotions, the attitude on the certain aspects of relationships and the reasons for choosing their activities. |
