THE FOUR PILLARS OF LEARNING

The UNESCOs Four (4) Pillars of

Learning
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to
Know
Know

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to do
do

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to live
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Learnin
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LEARNING TO
KNOW

LEARNING TO KNOW

is more on the mastery of

learning tools than with
the
acquisition
of
structured knowledge

Numeracy

Learning
Tools

Literacy
Life skills

Mastery of these learning

tools is both a means and
an end
These 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
discovery

Delors Commission learning

to know implies learning how
to learn
Components of Learning to Learn

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Memory
Memory Skill
Skill

Thinking
Thinking

Concentration
the process of
improving
concentration
skills can take
different forms
and can be
aided with
various

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

Thinking skills
should
encompass
both practical
problemsolving and
abstract
thought.

LEARNING TO
DO

Traditional

UNESCOs

Perspective

Perspective

Certifie
d

Personal
Competenc
e

Skills

Personal Competence
mix of skills and talents,
combining certified skills
acquired through technical and
vocational training, social
behavior, personal initiative and
willingness to take risks

Inside the Classroom

use of Multiple Intelligence and
learning Styles
Key ingredients: creative and
innovative activities

LEARNING TO
LIVE TOGETHER

To learn to live together:

teach students about

human diversity

To 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
BE

Mind and body

Intelligence
Sensitivity

Spirituality
Independence
Judgment

Aesthetics
Critical Thinking

Individuality
Imagination

Creativity
Human Freedom

Rights and Responsibilities

The Commission powerfully reasserted 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 dreamer

This human development, is a

dialectic process which is based
both on self-knowledge and on
relationships with other people.

FOUR PILLLARS OF
EDUCATION
LEARNING
LEARNING
LEARNING
(Attitudes)
LEARNING

TO KNOW
HEAD (Knowledge)
TO DO
HAND (Skills, Actions)
TO LIVE TOGETHER
VALUES
TO BE
HEART (Awareness &
Understanding)

Thank you
for
listening