Four Pillars of Learning and Theological Education
Workshop Talk Delivered at NATA-AGM, March 2014 In its Report to UNESCO in the document Learning: The Treasure Within (1996) [1] , also referred to as the Delors Report, the International Commission on Education for the 21 st Century, proposed the following four pillars of education as listed below: Learning to know Learning to do Learning to live together Learning to be Learning to know involves “combining a sufficiently broad general education with the possibility of in-depth work on a selected number of subjects.” [2] The goal is “to provide the cognitive tools required to better comprehend the world and its complexities, and to provide an appropriate and adequate foundation for future learning.” [3] The scheme is first to provide general education as an introductory foundation for special education later on. Learning to do involves “the acquisition of the practical skills needed in the workplace along with the ability to contribute as part of a team and to demonstrate in