Among the tasks of teachers is a particularly relevant, namely the teaching of values, a key aspect in the process of building a personality. This feature becomes much more significant in the current context, characterized by intense acute crisis and social fragmentation. Indeed, in democratic societies and multicultural ethics and moral education has to understand both the universal principles such as transmission various ideals and life plans that must be respected, although its membership can not be required of everyone.
This adds to a take away from that authoritative training which sought to impose a single model of person on whose virtues are uncritical and dogmatic preaching in the classroom. are many challenges in mind, starting with the need to consider the different aspects of understanding of the purpose, meaning and rationality of human actions, and that through the introduction of this approach kids can consider human beings as ends in themselves, and not as mere means or instruments. It is also necessary the classroom environment is not ruled by an anachronistic find authoritarian model, which seeks only to impose concepts to students. This way hinders the gestation of an independent and, moreover, often cause discomfort discipline. It is therefore necessary that the same rules and structural principles of a democratic system constitute the framework for the transmission of moral questions. In this regard, and as with the parents at home, teachers must take their responsibility as role models for citizens in school and to students.
In a pluralistic society there is no single world view, but it is equally possible make democratic values they are recorded on a basic consensus on the part of the general membership of the society. While it will be from the interaction with the other members of the community and the kids will forge their ideas of right and justice, the educational process I found the respect and recognition of otherness, which would help to build both autonomous persons as a collective order more just and equitable.
