FOUR

PILLARS
OF
EDUCATION
 Objectives:
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

• identify the four pillars of education;

• create learning opportunities guided by the four
pillars education;
• develop an awareness of the importance of
living in harmony with each other and with
environment; and
• create an awareness of the solidarity of mankind
regardless of race, religion, and culture.
What Are The
Four Pillars of
Education?
 Pillars of
Education

Learning Learning Learning to Learning

to to Live to
Know Do Together Be
Learning to know, that is acquiring the
instrument of understanding;
Learning to do, so as to be able to act
creatively in one’s environment;
Learning to live together, so as to
participate in and cooperate with other people
in all human activities; and
Learning to be, so as to better one’s
personality and to act with ever greater
autonomy, judgment and personal
responsibility.
Learning to
Know:
First Pillar
 Implies learning how to learn by developing one’s

Components
Concentrat
Memory Thinking
ion The store of
things learned
Giving one’s own
and retained from Using one’s mind
attention or
one’s activities or to produce ideas,
thought to a
experiences as decisions,
single object or
evidenced by memories, etc.
activity.
recall and
recognition.
 Learning to Know

A means An end
This type of learning is
supported by pleasure
People have to learn to that can be derived from
understand the world understanding,
around them knowledge, and
discovery.
 Concerned less with acquisition
of structured knowledge but more
with the mastery of learning tools.
 Learn-To-Learn Skills
Learning to
Read w/
Listening Observing
Comprehensio
n
Asking Data
Note Taking
Questions Gathering

Accessing, Processing
and Selecting
Information
 Teacher’s Role
One that helps bring
Facilitator
outcomes
Person that quickly
Catalyst causes change/action

One that keeps an eye

Monitor on
One that gives
Evaluator judgment for
improvement
Learning to Do:
Second Pillar
 What does
Learning to Do
Demonstrates?
It demonstrates that in
order to learn to live
and work with others in
harmony, we must first
find peace within
ourselves.
 Learning to Do

Entails the acquisition of a

competence that enable
people to deal with a variety
of situations and to work in
teams.
Learning to do represents the
skilful, creative, and discerning
application of knowledge
because one must first learn
how to learn
Learning to Live
Together:
Third Pillar
 Learning to Live Together
One most vital to building a genuine and
lasting culture of peace.
One of the major issues in education
today.
Can be achieved by developing an
understanding of others and their history,
traditions and spiritual values
Requires quality of relationship at all
levels that is committed to peace, human
rights, democracy and social justice in an
ecology sustainable development.
Begins with the development of inner
peace in the minds and hearts.
Involves developing, broadening or
changing perceptions of an attitude
toward ourselves and others.
Involves development of self-awareness
and self-esteem as well as empathy and
respect with others.

Entails the capacity to develop one’s own

potential while learning to successfully
manage relationships with others.
Role of the Teacher

Helps the students to develop an

understanding of other people
and appreciation of
interdependence since we live in
a closely connected world.
Role of the Teacher

Teaching a wide range of

knowledge, skills, attitudes and
behaviours to enable us to interact
with others in just, equitable and
empathetic manner.
 Skills Needed
Self- Handling Critical
control Emotions Thinking

Rel.
Cooperation Negotiation
Building

Mediation & Problem Decision

Refusal Solving Making
 Skills Needed
Interpretation of
Behaviours

Communication

Self- Empathic
Expression Listening
Learning to Be:
Fourth Pillar
 Learning to Be
Refers to the development of all the
dimensions of the complete person.

The complete fulfilment of man, in all the

richness of his personality, the complexity
of his forms of expressions and his various
commitments.
Believes in a holistic and integrated
approach to educating the human person.

Operates on the fundamental principle

that education must contribute to the
total development of the whole person.
 Universal Aims of
Education
1. Towards a Scientific Humanism

2. Creativity

3. Towards Social Commitment

4. Toward a Complete Man

 Towards a Scientific
Humanism

Command of scientific thought and

language has become indispensable
today.
Citizens of the new millennium must
learn to be scientific humanists.
 Creativity

Preserving each individual’s

originality and creativity, along with
realism.
Towards Social Commitment

Consists of preparing the individual

for life in society, moving him/her
into coherent moral, intellectual and
affective universe.
Towards the Complete Man

Respects the many-sidedness of

personality as essential in education
if the individual is to develop for
himself/herself as well as for others.
 Test Yourself
Identify the given
activities under the four
pillars.
1. Following a given direction.
2. Reading a newspaper.
3. Diagramming a flowchart
4. Defining a hypothesis.
5. Completing a rubrics.
6. Researching for new strategies.
7. Abiding w/ the department’s rules and laws.
8. Adopting the policies of the government.
9. Attending a conference/seminar.
10.Consolidating a report.
11. Being promoted
12. Topping the board exam.
13. Being active in extra curricular activities
14. Deliberating a plan of action for the office
15. Riding in MRT/LRT
16. Cooking an original menu/recipe
17. Joining a camping activity
18. Encoding grades
19. Putting up a computer table alone
20. Joining a search and rescue team
21. Orienting people on the damages of the
typhoon
22. Classifying harmful and harmless chemicals
23. Identifying components of a product
24. Managing a corporate firm/school/department
25. Driving a car
Lets Check!!!!
1. Following a given direction. (to do)
2. Reading a newspaper. (to know)
3. Diagramming a flowchart. (to do)
4. Defining a hypothesis. (to know)
5. Completing a rubrics. (to know)
6. Researching for new strategies. (to know)
7. Abiding w/ the department’s rules and laws. (to live
together)
8. Adopting the policies of the government. (to live
together)
9. Attending a conference/seminar. (to live together)
10.Consolidating a report. (to live together)
11. Being promoted. (to be)
12. Topping the board exam. (to be)
13. Being active in extra curricular activities. (to be)
14. Deliberating a plan of action for the office. (to live
together)
15. Riding in MRT/LRT. (to live together)
16. Cooking an original menu/recipe. (to do)
17. Joining a camping activity. (to live together)
18. Encoding grades. (to do)
19. Putting up a computer table alone. (to do)
20. Joining a search and rescue team. (to live together)
21. Orienting people on the damages of the
Typhoon. (to live together)
22. Classifying harmful and harmless chemicals. (to
know)
23. Identifying components of a product. (to know)
24. Managing a corporate firm/school/
department. (to be)
25. Driving a car. (to do)
 Chapter II:

The Four Pillars of

Education
Submitted by:

Rowel Alfonso
3SED-SC
Submitted to:

Marjorrie Lazatin
Instructress