The Four Pillars of Education and "The Harmony Model"

The Quintessence of Life lies on:(cf. the Harmony Model)

(“The Four Pillars of Learning”/ cf. UNESCO*)

I. The social plane

1.“Learning to do”

Family, Community, State :

The process of “learning to do”

begins in the family, extends

in the community and obtains its

sublime nature in the state.

II. The cultural plane

2.“Learning to live together”

Love, Ethics, Laws:

The fundamentals of “Learning to live

together” takes its initials in love, begins

to take norms in moral ethics of the

community to sublime in the laws of

the “democratic”state.

III. The Material plane

3.“Learning to know”

Mankind, Nature, The Universe:

“Learning to know” mankind, nature and

the universe at large is the basics of Life

escorting man from the cradle up to the

depth of That Beyond.

IV. The Spiritual plane

4.“Learning to be”

Conscience, Religion, Faith:

“Learning to be” is the ultimate

purpose of life, be it to take its final

or intermittent expression in a healthy

social conscience, tolerant religion or faith,

philosophically sound to sublime in the

maturity of the Human.

*The Harmony model I like to promote, as demonstrated here in short, happens to go with

“UNESCO’s “The Four Pillars of Education” (J. Delors).

From the Four Pillars of Education (UNESCO)

From the Four Pillars of Education (UNESCO):

http://www.unesco.org/delors/delors_e.pdf

Learning to be

http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/LearningToBe/index.htm

"....

education should contribute to every person's complete development - mind and body, intelligence, sensitivity, aesthetic appreciation and spirituality. All people should receive in their childhood and youth an education that equips them to develop their own independent, critical way of thinking and judgement so that they can make up their own minds on the best courses of action in the different circumstances in their lives.

......

This human development, which begins at birth and continues all through a person's life, is a dialectic process which is based both on self-knowledge and on relationships with other people. It also presupposes successful personal experience. As a means of personality training, education should be a highly individualized process and at the same time an interactive social experience."

http://www.unesco.org/delors/delors_e.pdf

Learning to Live together:

"Learning to Jive together in peace and harmony is 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 (ethnic, social, cultural, religious, national and regional) are internalized and practised together to solve problems and to work towards a just and free, peaceful and democratic society.
This process begins with the development of inner peace in the minds and hearts of individuals engaged in the search for truth, knowledge and understanding of each others cultures. and the appreciation of shared common values to achieve a better future.
Learning to live together in peace and harmony requires that quality of relationships at all levels is committed to peace. human rights, democracy and social justice in an ecologically sustainable environment."

http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/LearningToLive/LearningToLive.pdf

Learning to DO:

http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/pubs//LearningToDo.pdf