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 Let’s Try This (Activity 1.7)

What do the four pillars of learning mean for an individual? Zhou ( 2006)
provided an answer to this question when he revisited the four pillars of
learning, stressing the development of all-rounded human beings through
the
acquisition of fundamental skills, competencies, adaptabilities, and
values
needed for a new century.

The following table provides Zhou’s descriptions for each of the four
pillars. The
list shows some of the competencies and skills associated
with the four pillars.
In the last column, place a check mark (√) against the
elements that you think
you are already good at. Put a cross mark (X) if the
elements do not apply to
you. This is not a test, so try to be as honest as you
can in completing this
checklist.

Four Pillars of Learning

I think I
am
good at
Pillars Involves... this

√ X

mastering the skills and strategies of

       

knowing and understanding

learning to learn and discover

       

understanding about one’s environment

       

Learning to thinking in a coherent and critical way

       

Know
acquiring a knowledge of the scientific

       

method and instruments

developing a scientific spirit and an

       

inquiring mind

acquiring independence of judgement

       

Learning to knowing oneself

       

live together
discovering others
       

appreciating the diversity of the human

       

race

being receptive to others and open to

others’
ideas during dialogues and
       

debates

caring and sharing

       

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working toward common objectives in

       

cooperative undertakings

managing and resolving conflicts

       

shifting from skill and ‘practical

       

knowhow’
to competence

applying in practice what has been

       

learned

developing the ability to transform

knowledge
into innovations and job-
       

creation

developing competence, a mix of higher

Learning
to skills, of social behaviour, of an aptitude

       

do for team work, and initiative/readiness

to
take risks

acquiring new types of skills, more

       

behavioral than intellectual

learning that is no longer limited to work

but
responds to participation in
       

development

communicating, working with others,

       

and
managing and resolving conflicts

developing the mind and body,

intelligence,
sensitivity, aesthetic sense,

       

personal
responsibility, and spiritual
values

Learning
to nurturing imagination and creativity
       

be being complete in oneself, in all the

       

richness
of one’s personality

developing one’s full potentials and

tapping
the hidden treasure within
       

oneself
How did you fare in the activity? How is your profile as a teacher in
relation to
the four pillars of learning? If you have many check marks in
the table, it
means that you are as much an all-around learner as you are
a teacher fit for
the 21st century. You have done well. If you only have a
few check marks in
the table, do not feel bad; this module will help you
develop the competencies
under each pillar. Once you have developed
these in yourself, you can help
equip your students so that they will also be
prepared for the 21st century and
beyond.

You will start by learning more about the first pillar, Learning to Know, in
the
light of literacies expected or are required to be developed in you and
among
your students in the 21st century.

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