Moral is associated with human values and relations of sociability that nourish the construction of moral judgments. Due those evidences, this study aims to review the literature around morality, permeated by relations of coexistence within the school, seeking to establish the relationship between knowing how to live, the appropriation of values and sociability and justice's principles in school setting. Seeking to establish such relationships, based on selected studies reflect the following question: To what extent does moral education has been considered in the educational process of the student in school? The method used was a systematic review by selecting 21 articles that talk about morality in schools, published in full text form from the period January 2000 to May 2009. Existing study concern could be identified in regarding the urgency to confront the moral education in school, focusing on the importance of developing practices with the actors involved in the school setting, raising the students' desire to become moral subjects and contribute to construction of a more tolerant and fair world.
Moral education; schools; coexistence
