On the McDonaldisation and Transcendency of Kindergarten Art Education

McDonaldisation is a fast-food-restaurant featured process that a society undergoes—the pursuit of quantity rather than quality of efficiency,and calculability,predictability and non-human control is the core of its success.Kindergarten art education in China is also experiencing such a process,manifested in attaching importance to quantity rather than quality in teaching methods,adopting adult-oriented evaluation in teaching standard,adopting rigid model in teaching content and constraining children in teaching process.We should recognize the hazards and risks of McDonaldisation of kindergarten art education,and revert to reality of education.Therefore,we need to take open and flexible teaching methods,change evaluation methods,encourage children to choose the art content freely,and emphasize aesthetic education.