THE FOUR PILLARS OF LEARNING

THE FOUR PILLARS OF LEARNING

The UNESCOs Four (4) Pillars of LearningLearning to beLearning to live togetherLearning to doLearning to KnowLEARNING TO KNOWLEARNING TO KNOW is more on the mastery of learning tools than with the acquisition of structured knowledgeLearning ToolsNumeracyLiteracyLife skillsMastery of these learning tools is both a means and an endThese are means for the students to understand the world around them.These are ends for the students that can be derived from the pleasures on understanding, knowledge and discoveryDelors Commission learning to know implies learning how to learnComponents of Learning to LearnThinkingMemory SkillConcentrationConcentration the process of improving concentration skills can take different forms and can be aided with various learning skills.

Memory skills learnt by heart associative memorization has to be carefully cultivated and learned

Thinking skills should encompass both practical problem-solving and abstract thought.

LEARNING TO DOTraditional Perspective

Certified SkillsUNESCOsPerspective

Personal CompetencePersonal Competence mix of skills and talents, combining certified skills acquired through technical and vocational training, social behavior, personal initiative and willingness to take risksInside the Classroom use of Multiple Intelligence and learning Styles Key ingredients: creative and innovative activitiesLEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHERTo learn to live together:

teach students about human diversityTo learn to live together: instill in them an awareness of the similarities and interdependence of all people.To learn to live together: children should be taught to understand other people's reactions by looking at things from their point of view spirit of empathy is encouraged in schools, it has a positive effect on young persons' social behaviour for the rest of their lives School should promote social awareness, acceptance and respect.LEARNING TO BEMind and bodyIntelligenceSensitivityAestheticsIndividualityImaginationRights and ResponsibilitiesSpiritualityIndependenceJudgmentCritical ThinkingCreativityHuman FreedomThe Commission powerfully re-asserted a fundamental principle: education should contribute to every person's complete development - mind and body, intelligence, sensitivity, aesthetic appreciation and spirituality. All people should receive in their childhood and youth an education that equips them to develop their own independent, critical way of thinking and judgment so that they can make up their own minds on the best courses of action in the different circumstances in their lives Learning to Be:The aim of development is the complete fulfillment of man, in all the richness of his personality, The Commission embraces one of the complexity of his forms of expression and his various commitments as individual, member of a family and of a community, citizen producer, inventor of techniques and creative dreamerThis human development, is a dialectic process which is based both on self-knowledge and on relationships with other people. FOUR PILLLARS OF EDUCATION

LEARNING TO KNOWHEAD (Knowledge)LEARNING TO DO HAND (Skills, Actions)LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER VALUES (Attitudes)LEARNING TO BE HEART (Awareness & Understanding)

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