Social and Emotional Learning in School Art Education(A-SEL) Plan as High-Touch Education in the Era of Grand Digital Transformation

In the era of grand digital transformation, where changes werer accelerating based on data-driven technological innovation, education played an important role as a core driving force that leads change and creates value. The 2022 rev. Korean National Curriculum(MoE, 2022b) emphasized digital literacy and AI·SW education as innovations in school education, while also emphasizing customized education that supports learning suited to each student’s characteristics and career. The emphasis on basic digital literacy was clearly an important measure for fostering future society talent, but if the corresponding social and emotional support was lacking, it may be difficult to achieve the essential goal of education, so it can be seen that HTHT education that emphasized interaction with technological development was considered. CASEL’s SEL, which emerged as an educational alternative to problem behaviors in the midst of a social crisis, was being applied in various ways for the purpose of pursuing holistic development. Thus, this study proposed ‘A-SEL’ applicable to art departments as customized high-touch education in the era of digital transformation, and aims to assess its potential as customized education that supports students’ socio-emotional well-being, including their character.