Book Title: World of Philosophy
Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan
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Four Pillars of Education - A True Philosophy In
The Field of Education
- Dr. R.S. Patel Education plays an important role in the life of human-beings. It is time high that we should recognize its importance and start thinking about its necessity.Nowdays also, education is taken in narrow sense rather understanding its broader meaning to the people itself as well as its need to be comprehending the basic four pillars of education. In the changing world, education is the only centre point from which all other streams can be channelized. Education doesn't mean only to acquire knowledge but it should be such that it helps the mankind to develop his/her attitude, interest and aptitude thereby making him/her always curious in learning the things more. To match the steps with the changing scenario of the world, man should understand first the basic pillars of education from which he can develop concrete start of new vision.
Towards the end of the 20th century, in the year 1999, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization have set up a new commission with the name The International Commission on Education for Twenty First Century in which the representatives from 146 countries had participated. The chairman of this Commission was Prof. Jacques Dellors. From India, Dr.Karan Singh was the representative in this event who presented the report on how Education should be?, and delivered the necessary implications. The name of this report was "Learning: The Treasures Within". In this report he mentioned the perennial need of learning in human life and the basic four pillars of Learning.
Learning to know Learning to do Learning to live together Learning to be Learning to know:
This type of learning is concerned less with the acquisition of structured knowledge than with the mastery of learning tools. It may be regarded as both a means and an end of human existence. Looking at it as a means, people have to learn to understand the world around them, at least as much as is necessary for them to lead their lives with some dignity, develop their occupational skills and communicate with other people. Regarded as an end, it is underpinned by the pleasure that can be derived from understanding, knowledge and discovery. That aspect of learning is typically enjoyed by researchers, but good teaching can help everyone to enjoy it. Even if study for its own sake is a dying pursuit with so much emphasis now being put on the acquisition of marketable skills, the raising of the school-leaving age and an
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