The thesis “Development of artistic perception by means of animation at out-of-school activities of 12-16 year old pupils” was worked out to analyze ways and possibilities of pedagogical impact by means of animation, as well as to elaborate the influence of the theory and practice of animation on artistic perception. The aim of this study work is to reveal development possibilities of artistic perception through animation. The subject of the research paper is many-sided artistic perception of school children from 12 to 16 years of age and its development. Brief history of animation origination and formation in the world, its development in Lithuania as well as pedagogical methods of application of Lithuanian animation are presented in the first part of the thesis. Second part of the study work elaborates on animation terms and the description of its specifics. Presumptions of pedagogical and psychological impact on teenagers, visual (screen) communications, including animation, are also reviewed in the second part. The third part examines development of artistic perception in the process of creation of animation films. An experiment carried out in animation school along with questionnaires reflecting viewpoints of secondary school children and animation hobby groups also find its description in the third part. This part also analyses the differences in artistic perception. Survey data are being illustrated via diagrams. The whole research paper confirmed that animation... [to full text]