MORAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS: REPORT OF EXPERIENCES

Moral development is the result of an ongoing process that occurs through the relationships established between individuals in different spaces. During this process, the school and the teachers play a fundamental role, since it is believed that through the interaction between the students and the experiences lived in school, students have the opportunity to build concepts in relation to moral and the importance of their applicability in the context of school and in their daily life. This article has as objective to present data from a study that sought to identify teaching experience, developed in schools located in the region of Amplasc - Association of Municipalities of Planalto Sul of Santa Catarina, who intend to contribute on the moral development of students, the procedures, the objectives and the evaluation made with respect to the experiments performed. The sample was comprised of education professionals that work in three municipal schools. As data collection procedure, we used a questionnaire consisting of open questions. The data analysis was done by analyzing the content of the responses given by the respondents. The data collected allowed us to verify that the purpose of the experiments indicates the importance attached by the school in relation to full training, critical and autonomous student. The way teaching experiences are worked demonstrates efficiency, which reverses the posture and attitude of the students. In relation to the procedures used in developing the activities, it was noticed the necessity of the professionals to promote situations for reflection, triggering processes of organization and reorganization of thinking of each student, which is the realization of the moral development of the student. It was revealed the concern of professionals surveyed in relation to the moral development of students, which is an important starting point for the effective work of this dimension in schools.