Valores personales e interpersonales en adolescentes de 13 a 16 años y en profesores de Educación General Básica y Bachillerato. Estudio realizado en el centro educativo Lauro Damerval Ayora Nº1 de la ciudad de Loja, provincia de Loja, en el año lectivo 2013-2014

Abstract

The crisis of values being experienced in education today, leading to the preparation of this study, which aim at analyzing and reflecting the personal, interpersonal and high-rank human values prevailing in a group of teenagers and teachers in both sexes belonging to “Lauro Damerval Ayora. - 1” public school in the city of Loja. The sample was established with 20 students from the ninth year of basic General education, whose average age was 14 years old; it also included 6 teachers of the same grade. The Schwartz PVQ-RR personal value questionnaire was used as the measuring instrument of the variables under research. Statistical, Descriptive, Analytical and Synthetic research methods were used in the tabulation, analysis and interpretation of data collected while documentary and on-field techniques were applied along the investigation. Concluding, teens prioritize social security and tradition; while teacher’s nest-concern universalism and benevolence-reliability values externalize submissive behavior in the retention of staff welfare. Coinciding as higher order values the self-transcendence as opposed to self-improvement.