6月18日，本会核心委员、广州美术学院教授张幼云博士以协办单位代表的身份出席在北京中华世纪坛举行的2019“向未来”GAE全球儿童与青少年美育发展峰会。
这次峰会由北京斯玛特教育集团发起，中央美术学院靳尚谊艺术基金会、清华大学美术学院社会美育研究所、中国人民大学艺术学院东方艺术研究所、社会美育联盟、斯玛特美术教育研究院联合主办，世界华人美术教育协会参与协办。
大会旨在建立一个国际交流平台，以促进国际間美育和艺术教育理念、方法与实践案例的分享，并实施真正适合中国教育发展需要且有世界眼光的教育理念和教学模式。
它以全球化美育发展为核心，立足智能化新时代的社会发展方向，探讨内容涉及美育在教育中的定位、全球美育现状、儿童美育诉求、教师成长规划、美育质量评价标准体系的建立等多项议题。
全美艺术教育学会（NAEA）Mr. Dennis Inhulsen, Dr. Kim Defibaugh, Mr. Thomas Knab, 和 Dr. James Haywood Rollins等四届主席也应邀出席了这次盛会。
张幼云教授和来自全球各地的美育专家在圆桌闭门论坛上就大会主题展开了思想交流与碰撞，并参加了由SMART美育倡仪的蓝皮书计划启动仪式。
本会学术部主任马菁汝委员则以主办方代表参与了这次大会的组织、策划与演讲；在京教学考察的本会网站总编王昌景委员，也带领学生到场，全程参加这次盛会。
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世界华人美术教育协会(WCAEA)
2019年7月
Prof. You-yun Zhang, the board member of the WCAEA, attend the 2019 “Toward Future” Global Aesthetic Education (GAE) - Children and Youth Arts Education Development Summit in Beijing
Dr. You-yun Zhang, professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and the board member of the World Chinese Arts Education Association (WCAEA), represented WCAEA to attend the 2019 “Toward Future [向未來]” Global Aesthetic Education (GAE) - Children and Youth Arts Education Development Summit [GAE全球儿童与青少年美育发展峰会] that was held at the China Millennium Monument in Beijing on June 18th.
Supported by the WCAEA, this Summit was initiated by Beijing Smart Art Education Group and co-organized by Beijing Jin Shangyi Art Foundation, the Art Education Research Center of Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design, the Eastern Art Research Center of Renmin University of China School of Arts, the Social Art Education Alliance, the China Millennium Monument, Social Science Academic Press, and Smart Academy of Arts.
The Summit is aimed to provide a platform for intercultural and international exchanges of ideas, methods, and practice on arts education. To facilitate the development of arts education, the ultimate goal is to embrace worldwide educational ideas and pedagogies that are applicable to the educational context of China.
Focusing on the development of global aesthetic education and based on the societal changes in the new era of intelligence, the discussions included positioning of arts education in educational settings, the current trend in global arts education, the needs of arts education for children, the regulation of teacher professional development, and the establishment of art assessment and evaluation systems.
Four past and current presidents at U.S. National Art Education Association (NAEA), namely, Mr. Dennis Inhulsen, Dr. Kim Defibaugh, Mr. Thomas Knab, and Dr. James Haywood Rollins, were invited Keynotes at the conference.
Prof. You-yun Zhang not only participated in the launching ceremony of the Blue Book Project that was initiated by SMART arts education but also had an extensive discussion with experts from all over the world at a roundtable meeting.
Two other WCAEA board members also attended this unique gathering. Specifically, Dr. Jing-ru Ma, the Chair of the WCAEA Academic Division and an organizer for this Summit, also gave a presentation. Furthermore, the Chair of Memberships and Communication Division of the WCAEA, Professor Chang-jing Wang, also led a group of students to attend the conference as well.
Posted by the International Affair Division World Chinese Arts Education Association (WCAEA)
July 2019