中小学美术教学是学校进行审美教育的主要途径，也是推行素质教育的主要手段。中小学美术课教学的现状是，突出绘画技法的训练，忽视对学生审美意识的培养；重视知识的传授，不注意人的能力的培养。笔者认为应在中小学美术课的教学中，加强对艺术作品的欣赏介绍，以提高学生的审美鉴赏力，加强创作能力的训练，以充分利用有限不多的课时。 Art teaching in primary and secondary schools is the main way for aesthetic education in schools. It is also the main means to promote quality education. The status quo of primary and middle school art teaching is to emphasize the training of painting techniques, neglect the cultivation of students’ aesthetic awareness, emphasize the impartment of knowledge, and pay little attention to the cultivation of human abilities. In my opinion, we should enhance the introduction and appreciation of works of art in the teaching of art in primary and secondary schools so as to enhance students’ appreciation of the aesthetic taste and strengthen the training of their creative ability so as to make full use of the limited hours available.