Principles of Development of Musical and Aesthetic Culture of Schoolchildren in the Conditions of Children's Music School

The article examines the problem of developing the musical and aesthetic culture of schoolchildren in the conditions of a children's music school.In this aspect, the author emphasises the need to introduce a number of principles into the educational process that would contribute to the development of the phenomenon under study.Among them are: cultural integration, effectiveness, ensuring the unity of sensual and rational cognition, activation of the child's creative attitude to reality and art, creation of an artistic and creative environment, positivity, cultural and aesthetic dialogue.It is proved that the principle of cultural integration is based on the idea of the importance of integration as a system-wide principle in the formation of aesthetic culture of schoolchildren.The principle of effectiveness of the process of development of musical and aesthetic culture requires ensuring a positive result in the pedagogical process.The principle of ensuring the unity of sensory and rational cognition is based on the assumption that the figurative and aesthetic reflection of reality, which is the basis for the formation of aesthetic culture, is based on the connection between abstract thinking and the practice of sensory experience and ensures the process of working with aesthetic images that carry a semantic load.The principle of activating a child's creative attitude to reality and art is based on the notion of the spiritual and practical nature of human artistic and aesthetic activity.The principle of creating an artistic and creative environment in an institution of additional music education, which is based on the aesthetic attitude that the problem of creativity, its essence and realisation is solved in a certain social context and specific conditions.The principle of positivity is based on the provisions of the personality-oriented approach to education, which substantiates dialogue as the main method of pedagogical interaction.The principle of cultural and aesthetic dialogue involves the intersubjective exchange of knowledge, feelings and experiences, methods of artistic and aesthetic activity, aesthetic meanings, i.e. aesthetic experience.