Since antiquity, the idea of aesthetic education has been present in pedagogical theories as an essential element of the theoretical debate on the role of art and the beautiful in the shaping of the individual: Plato regarded aesthetic education as an indispensable composite part of the upbringing or education of the free man; Schiller says that it is possible to realize pedagogical goals only I through aesthetic education and emphasizes the educational functions of the aesthetic in art, those which enrich man, cultivate him and develop within him a sense of genuine humanity Estelik ta'limning muhim elementlari sifatida san'atning o'rni shaxs shakllanishidagi go'zal xislatlar pedagogikada ham mavjud. Aflotun estetik ta'limning kompozitsion qismi deb erkin shaxsning ta’lim va tarbiya olishiga qaratilgan; Scheller esa shunday deydi: estetik ta'lim orqali pedagogik maqsadni amalga oshirish mumkin, insonni kamolotga yetkazish, uni rivojlantirish va ichidagi haqiqiy insoniy hislar urug'ini sochishni bildiradi. The Significance and Role of Aesthetic Education in Schooling. | Published Online November 2014 in SciRes. Estetik kechinmalarda har doim xayol ishtirok etadi, busiz go'zallikni idrok etish ham, ijodiy faoliyatni rivojlantirish ham mumkin emas. Xayol faoliyat jarayonida shakllanadi. O'yin, rasm chizish, ertaklarni eshitish xayolning ishlashini talab etadi. Dastlabki vaqtlarda xayol faoliyat jarayonida narsalar bilan ta'sir etish natijasida yuzaga keladi. Keyingi bosqichlarda esa ijodiy faollikning tashqi shakllaridan sekin-asta fikrlash- ga o'tadi. Bola rasm chizganda yoki o'ynaganda obrazni tasvir- lashdan yoki ifodalashdan oldin shu obrazni idealida yarata- di. Badiiy asarlarni idrok qilganda ham xuddi shunga o'xshash voqea yuz beradiki, bolalar asardagi qahramonlarga xayolan qo'shilib, ularning xatti-harakatlarida o'z xayollari bilan qatna- sha boshlaydilar. Demak, estetik kechinmalar murakkab hodisa bo'lib, hissi- yotlar, xayol va fikrning faol ishlashini, o'z fikr va hissiyotlari- ni ifodalashga, faoliyatga ehtiyoj tug'ilishi kabi xususiyatlarni o'z ichiga oladi.