21st century education: a process of integral formation of human person

Abstract

The education of man is an issue that continues to be questioned. Despite the efforts and various innovations in the field, the educational crisis of  the «liquid society» is increasingly deep and at the same time more relative  (Bauman, 2004). The man and his attitudes, today strongly controversial  due to their manifestations of violence, irrationality, corruption and  rejection of values, reveal the harsh educational reality. Faced with the situation described, this research aims to analyze the roots of this problem and at the same time propose reflections and innovative alternatives that help to overcome said crisis.
 The results found are revealing and encouraging. Several of the approaches of this work have already been contemplated in the legislation and in educational theory for several decades; however, they have been forgotten by the effects of individualism, anomie, skepticism and nihilism typical of postmodern society. The feasible and necessary contribution is the systemic education of the person that, overcoming the various reductionisms, focuses on «integral human development» (Benedict XVI, 2009); making clear, also, the roles of the family, the State, the school, the media, society and the same educating against the challenge of current education.