Consensus and dissension in education in values. The collective construction of a hierarchy in a secondary school
Consensus and dissension in education in values. The collective construction of a hierarchy in a secondary school

Summary/Abstract: Value-based education is a top-level social concern and lies at the core of the educational process. Education centers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to design contextualized action plans that enable agreed and systematic interventions. An action plan must be based on a hierarchy of values that is supported by the entire educational community. In this article we introduce the diagnosis of the needs of a high school and the development of a value hierarchy for it. We used structured questionnaires to gather the opinion of the different sectors of the educational community-families, pupils and teachers. The results of our research reveal the points of agreement, disagreement and the priorities for each sector and other groups in their own right. Finally, we show how it was possible to agree on a single hierarchy of values that are represented by those sections and allowed for an action plan for that particular education center to be formulated.

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