Examination of views on socializing blended with arts education

The aim of this study is to determine the role of art education in developing the social emotional learning skills of primary school students by taking the opinions of teachers, parents and students. In the research, which was designed with the case study approach, one of the qualitative research methods, the data were collected with semi-structured interview forms. The participants of the research consist of five primary school class and branch teachers, five primary school students, and five primary school students working in a private school in the Ümraniye district of Istanbul in the 2020-2021 academic year. While some of the interviews could be done face to face, some of them were made via phone call and e-mail due to the pandemic. The obtained data were analyzed by subjecting the content analysis method. According to the results of the research, it was concluded that the participants' art education contributed positively to the development of social emotional learning skills in children. Suggestions were made in line with the results.