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Teachers & Current

Challenges

PILLARS of
EDUCATION
The

Sumitra
Kan F.K.
IPGKTHO
June 2015

Learning is a process that lasts a

lifetime, both in its duration and
its diversity
~ Fuare Report, 2013

Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen

Curriculum
may mean the way educational
content is organized and presented in
classroom and after-school activities to
meet different learning needs.

Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen

Should the education system

be centred on:
Economic development?
Human development?

Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen

Leran
ing to

FOUR PILLARS
OF EDUCATION
Learning
to live
together

Lear
ning

to
do

kno
w

Lear
ning

to
be

Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen

Learning to

know

Acquiring the tools to understand the

world
A process of dicovery

Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen

Learning to

know

~ development of the faculties of:

Memory

Imaginati
on

Reasonin
g

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Problem
solving

Ability to
think
coherentl
y&
critically

Learning to

do
Adapt and
change

From skills to
competence
Put into
practice
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Learning to

together
Awarenes
s&
understa
nding

live

Appreciat
ion

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Cooperat
e

Resolve
conflicts

Learning to

live

Setogether
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Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen

Learning to

be

Complete
fulfilment of
human

Virtuous
personality
Commitmen
t and
responsible
to social
roles
Develop
the
potential

Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen

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
Sumitra Kan Fong Kuen

Reference
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