The purpose of the paper is to expose the role and the significance of teacher in the contemporary society of the 21st century as well as the different forms of transformations the modern way of educating is forced to go through in Slovenia.
A special emphasis will be on music education in primary schools and on searching answers on the following questions:
• how is the importance of the present migration streams reflecting on the transformation of the education process and on the renovation of the program for music education
• how does the renewed program for music education corresponds on the requests of the multicultural society and how are the teachers qualified for its representation
• in which way does the contemporary education of teachers consider the role of mass media and its significance in formation of a »mass opinion« in the field of music
In the last chapter of the paper, some activities during the study will be represented, which should be attended if choosing teaching at schools as a profession.