Educ 4 tThe Four Pillars of Education

Educ 4Social Dimensions

of Learning

Perlita M. BallesterosBSEd – EnglishCore Gateway College, Inc.

The Four Pillars

of Education

1. Learning To Know2. Learning To Do3. Learning To Live

Together4. Learning To Be

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I

remember. Involve me and I learn.”

- Benjamin Franklin

Learning To

Know

GOAL

•develops one’s concentration,

memory skills and ability to think

FOCUS•less concerned with

the acquisition of structured knowledge

but more with the mastery of learning

tools

DESCRIPTION

•regarded as both a means and an end of

human existence

ROLE OF TEACHER AND STUDENT

•teacher act as facilitator, catalyst, monitor and evaluator of learning

•student needs to develop learn-to-learn skills

Learning To Do

GOAL

•helps one to think creatively, holistically,

critically and understand deeply the information

presented

FOCUS•entails the acquisition of competence that enables

people to deal with a variety of situations, often unforeseeable, and to work

in teams

DESCRIPTION

•represent the skillful, creative and

discerning application of knowledge

ROLE OF STUDENT

•student puts into practice the things

he learns

Learning To

Live Together

•establishes an understanding of others

and their history, traditions and spiritual

values

GOAL

FOCUS

•quality of relationship at all levels is committed to

peace, human rights, democracy and social justice in an ecology

sustainable development

DESCRIPTION•a dynamic, holistic and lifelong

process through which mutual respect, understanding, caring and sharing, compassion, social

responsibility, solidarity, acceptance and tolerance of

diversity among individuals and groups are internalized and

practiced together

ROLE OF TEACHER AND STUDENT•teacher helps the students to develop an understanding of

other people and appreciation of interdependence

•student has to develop her/his own potential while

learning to successfully manage relationships with

others

Learning To Be

•upgrades man on his realization of the

Universal Aims of Education

GOAL

FOCUS

•operates on the fundamentals principle that

education must contribute to the total development of the

whole person

DESCRIPTION

•a dialectical process which starts knowing

oneself and then opens to relationship with

others

ROLE OF TEACHER AND STUDENT

•teacher provides learning opportunities for students that

bring the best in them

•student integrates her/his knowledge, Values and attitude, abilities and skills to bring about

her/his development

Thank You!