Critical examination of contemporary education and the alternative that presents complex thinking to address it. Immediate actors of the educational process and distance decision making in contemporary education. The dilemma of purposes in education: profession versus life. Importance for contemporary education to redo the links between citizenship, democracy and education. Dilemmas of the assimilation of the complex thought of Edgar Morin in the community of educators in Latin America. Educational challenges in the face of the industrial revolution 4.0.