AESTHETIC EDUCATION IN PRIMARY EDUCATION: VALUE GUIDELINES AND PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES

This article presents the author's perspective on the nature and mechanisms of aesthetic education for primary school-age children. It demonstrates that aesthetic education is not limited to the acquisition of artistic skills but represents a systemic process of developing an individual's value-based attitude toward the world. The importance of the national cultural context—the architectural heritage, decorative and applied arts, and literary classics of Uzbekistan—as an inexhaustible resource for aesthetic development is substantiated. Pedagogical strategies that ensure the unity of intellectual, emotional, and creative principles in learning are considered. Recommendations for building collaboration between school and family in addressing aesthetic education issues are offered.