Los valores en educación secundaria y su relación con los agentes educativos

Abstract

This paper approaches the concept of values and its integration in the educational practice, understanding that it is an essential topic for the adequate coexistence in secondary education. Firstly, it is important to differentiate the following terms: values, feelings and emotions. Secondly, we address values within different fields such as social, scholar and familiar contexts. In the family sphere are assessed concepts such as "responsible love", "honesty", "guilt", "self-esteem" or "family models". Regarding the school environment, we delve into the moral component that every teaching activity inevitably has. From this approach, we try to answer questions such as which values should we convey and how to do it. Finally, considering the social sphere, we point at how from this sociological scope of the study of values human beings are the object of social relations and are determined by social influence. Furthermore, human beings also actively reproduce certain influences, that is why education of values is a product and consequence of the social environment. In conclusion, we stress the importance of an education for citizenship that support the inspiring values of international organizations such as UNESCO and more locally with the Recommendations of the European Parliament and the Spanish Constitution.