CHAPTER II : The Four Pillars of
Learning to Do
Education
International Commission on Education
for the 21st Century (UNESCO-APNIEVE):
1. Learning to know
-acquiring the instrument of
understanding.
-implies learning how to learn by
developing one’s concentration,
memory skills, and ability to think.
*from infancy, young people must learn
how to concentrate-on objects and other
people.
*the broader our knowledge, the better
we can understand the many different
aspects of our environment.
+if as a teacher, you have been
helping the students to develop
their skills that would make the
independent learners, you are doing
well on the first pillar of education
because you have prepared them for
life in the knowledge society in which
we all now live.
+ A truly educated person nowadays
needs a broad general education and
the opportunity to study a small number
of subjects in depth.
Thinking- is something children learn
first from their parents and then from
their teacher.
*to learn to know, students need to
develop learn-to-learn skills :
1.) learning to read w/ comprehension
2.) listening
3.) observing
4.) asking questions
5.) Data gathering
6.)note taking
7.) accessing processing and selecting
information
2.
- so as to be to act creatively in one’s
environment.(acquisition of competence
that enables people to deal w/ a variety
of situations, often unforeseeable, and
to work in teams.
-demonstrates that in order to learn to
live and work together productively and
harmoniously, we must first find peace
within ourselves, expand our
acceptance and understanding of
others. (development of competence,
life skills, personal qualities, aptitudes
and attitudes.
- represents the skillful, creative
and discerning application of
knowledge. One must learn to think
creatively, critically, and
holistically, and how deeply
understand the information that is
represented.
Teacher’s role:
+ facilitator
+ Catalyst
+ monitor
+ evaluator
* Education must contribute to the all-
round development of each individual –
mind and body, intelligence, sensitivity,
aesthetic sense, personal responsibility,
and spiritual values.-Delors Report
Edgar Faure :(Learning To Be: the
World of Education today and Tomorrow
—reaching out to embrace the whole of
society and the entire lifespan of the
individual)
-according to EDGAR FAURE:
“EDUCATION means reaching out to
embrace the whole of society and the
entire lifespan of the individual…”
Learning throughout life – is the “key
to the 21st century- essential for
adapting to the evolving requirements
of the labor market and for better
mastery of the changing time frame and
rhythms of individual existence.”
Personal and work values for
Learning to do: (human dignity)
-Peace and Justice -respect for
human rights harmony, cooperation,
and teamwork tolerance for diversity
equity.
- Creativity – imagination, innovation,
and flexibility
- Love and Compassion- ethical and
moral sense, empathy
- Truth and wisdom- enlightened
conscience insight and understanding.
- Health and Harmony with nature-
respect for life and nature.
-Global Spirituality- reverence for the
sacred inner peace.
- National unity/ Global Solidarity-
responsible citizenship, committed
leadership.
- Sustainable Development- future
orientation
3. Learning to Live Together in
Peace and Harmony
-Is the most vital to building a genuine
and lasting culture of peace in both
Asia-Pacific region and throughout the
world.
-is one of the major issues in education
today, since the contemporary world is
too often a world of violence.
-requires the quality of relationship
at all levels is committed to peace,
human rights, democracy and social
justice in ecology sustainable
environment.
-is dynamic, holistic, and lifelong
process through which mutual respect,
understanding, caring and sharing,
compassion, social responsibility,
solidarity, acceptance, and tolerance
diversity among individuals and groups
(ethnic, social, cultural, religious,
national, regional)
BASES: learning to know, to do, to be
JAVIER PEREZ (UN secretary general):
“peace must begin w/ each one of us.
Through quiet and serious reflection on
its meaning, new, creative ways can be
found to foster understanding,
friendship and cooperation among all
people.
LIFE SKILL- being seen as essential to
meaningful personal development and
social relationships in today’s world.
4. Learning to be (Edgar Faure):
“learning To Be: The World of Education
Today and Tomorrow”
- refers to the role of education in
developing all dimensions of the
complete person: the physical,
intellectual, emotional and ethical
integration of the individual into a
competence man.
-(Delors Commission)as dialectical
process, which starts w/ knowing
oneself and then opens to relationship
w/ others.
- operates on the fundamental principle
that education must contribute to the
total development of the whole person-
body and soul, mind and spirit,
intelligence and emotion, creativity and
sensitivity, personal autonomy..etc.
*Faure’s report refers to the Individual
as “unfinished” , “divided”, and
“incomplete”.
Paulo Freire- an outstanding Brazilian
educator, recipient of the UNESCO
International Award on Education, the
Comenius Medal, “humanization is
man’s ultimate vocation and destiny”
and this can be accomplished through
conscientization.
Conscientization - is the process of
becoming aware of the contradictions
existing within oneself and in society
and of gradually being able to bring
about personal and social
transformation.
Universal Aim :

+ Towards scientific humanism

+ Creativity- means each individual’s

originality and creative ingenuity , along
with realism.(Perez de Cuellar refers to
“creative diversity”)

+ Towards social commitment- this

is in essence is the practice of
democracy.

+ Towards the complete man

*It seeks an integration of the

learner’s knowledge, values and
attitudes, abilities and skills, to
bring out his/ her full
development.