There is greater interest increased in character education in Korea these days
as an alternative for decreasing school violence. It is understood that the subject
‘Ethics’ is the core of personality and moral character education in school
curriculum, and also ‘Korean National Language’ and ‘Social Studies’ curriculum
deal with personality factors. ‘Visual Arts’, ‘Music’ and ‘Physical Training’
curriculums also contribute to foster character education through experiential
activities. Even though there were many studies done already on character
education in school art education, more researches are needed for activation. The
purpose of the study was 1) to analyze contents of 10 middle-school art textbooks
which were government-authorized and published in 2013 in relation to the sub
elements of character education in art education, ‘aesthetics’, ‘trustworthiness’,
‘respect’, ‘responsibility’, ‘fairness’, ‘caring’ and ‘citizenship’, 2) to suggest an
application method for activating character education in school art education. In
conclusion, ‘Aesthetics’, ‘Trustworthiness’, ‘Respect’, ‘Responsibility’, ‘Fairness’,
‘Caring’ and ‘Citizenship’ as the sub elements of character education in art
education was deeply related to art education for human education, and also the
goal and contents of 2009 National Art Curriculum of Korea. For its implication
and implementation, the importance and curriculum plan for character education in
art education should be recognized and developed.