This document discusses the four pillars of education: learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, and learning to be. It emphasizes developing a complete person through education, preparing pupils for further learning, and developing competency to adapt to change. The document is authored by Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen and references several other works from UNESCO and related organizations on the topics of the four pillars of education.

1. The PILLARS of
EDUCATION
EDU3093i
Teachers & Current Challenges
Sumitra
Kan F.K.
IPGKTHO
June 2015

2. “Learning is a process that lasts a lifetime,
both in its duration and its diversity”
~ Fuare Report, 2013
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3. “Curriculum”
… may mean “the way educational content is
organized and presented in classroom and after-
school activities to meet different learning needs”.
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4. Should the education system be
centred on:
•Economic development?
•Human development?
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5. Leraning to
know
Learning
to do
Learning to
live
together
Learning
to be
FOUR PILLARS
OF EDUCATION
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6. Learning to know
• Acquiring the tools to understand the world
• A process of dicovery
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7. Learning to know
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~ development of the faculties of:
Memory Imagination Reasoning Problem
solving
Ability to
think
coherently
& critically

8. Learning to do
Put into practice
From skills to
competence
Adapt and change
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9. Learning to live together
Awareness &
understanding
Appreciation Cooperate
Resolve
conflicts
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10. Learning to live together
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11. Learning to be Virtuous
personality
Commitment
and responsible
to social roles
Develop the
potential
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Complete fulfilment
of human

12. The pillars of education :
emphasis on
•the development of a complete person
•to resolve and manage conflicts for peace
•prepare the pupils for further learning
•to develop competency in adapting to
change
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13. Reference
• Faure, Edgar; Herrera, Felipe; Abdul-Razzak Kaddoura; Lopes, Henri; Petrovsky,
Arthur V.; Rahnema, Majid & Ward,Frederick Champion. (2013). Learning to be:
the world of education today and tomorrow. Report of the International
Commission on the Development of Education, UNESCO, Paris, 1972. Retrieved
June 12, 2015
from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002232/223222e.pdf.
• Learning to do: values for learning and working together in a globalized
world. (2005). Retrieved June 12, 2015
from http://www.unevoc.net/fileadmin/user_upload/pubs/LearningToDo.pdf
• Learning together throughout our lives: Discussion kit on the Report to UNESCO
of the International Commission on education for the 21st century. (1997).
Retrieved June 12, 2015 from http://www.unesco.ca/en/home-
accueil/resources-ressources/~/media/PDF/UNESCO/LearningTogether.ashx
• Zhou, Nan-Zhao. (). Four ‘Pillars of Learning’ for the Reorientation and
Reorganization of Curriculum: Reflections and Discussions. Retrieved June 12,
2015
from http://www.ibe.unesco.org/cops/Competencies/PillarsLearningZhou.pdf.
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