Values are considered useful for a given culture , not true or right in any universal sense. Since teachers cannot avoid teaching their own values, it's okay for teachers to openly promote their values and social agendas in the classroom. Important values to teach include striving for diversity, tolerance, freedom, creativity, emotions and intuition. Human Nature Modernists generally believe in a stable, inherent self that can be objectively known. By giving them mastery over subject matter, teachers enhance students' self-esteem.
Education helps individuals discover their identities.
Individuals and society progress by learning and applying objective knowledge. Rather, selves are social constructs. They view education as a type of therapy. Education helps individuals construct their identities rather than discover them. Individuals and society progress when people are empowered to attain their own chosen goals.