Learning: The Treasure Within Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-First Century
- ISBN-10
- 9234032748
- ISBN-13
- 9789234032742
- Series
- Learning
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-01-01
- Authors
- Karan Singh, Michael Manley, Roberto Carneiro
Description
The outcome of a three-year process of consultation by a distinguished panel chaired by Jacques Delors, this reports considers the requirements for an education for the twenty-first century capable of tapping and nurturing the rich potential for learning inherent in every individual. Education is viewed firstly in its social setting - in the light of the challenges of global interdependence, enhanced democratic participation and sustainable development. The report goes on to define the four pillars of learning to live together - and to review the task of formal and nonformal education in the context of the tasks of formal and nonformal education in the context of the learning society. A series of pointers and recommendations complete a document that is establishing itself as required reading for anyone with a profesional or informed interest in educational matters. Published also in Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish
