DIRECT PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES THE MOST REAL IN DALES

DIRECT, PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES THE MOST REAL IN DALE’S CONE OF EXPERIENCES PREPARED BY: JEANELYN R.

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“FROM THE RICH EXPERIENCE THAT OUR SENSES BRING, WE CONSTRUCT THE IDEAS, THE CONCEPTS, THE GENERALIZATIONS THAT GIVE THE MEANING AND ORDER TO OUR LIVES”

HOW DO WE LEARN SPECIAL SKILLS?

DANCING

SINGING

PLAYING BASKETBALL

“LEARNING BY DOING. ”

“EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER. ”

WHAT ARE DIRECT, PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES?

ANSWERS: üCONCRETE AND FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES THAT MAKE UP OUR FOUNDATION OF LEARNING. üRICH EXPERIENCES THAT OUR SENSES BRING FROM WHICH WE CONSTRUCT THE IDEAS, THE CONCEPTS, THE GENERALIZATIONS THAT GIVE MEANING AND ORDER TO OUR LIVES. (DALE, 1969)

INDIRECT EXPERIENCES ØEXPERIENCES OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE OBSERVE, READ OR HEAR ABOUT.

IN OTHER WORDS… DIRECT, PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES ARE FIRSTHAND, SENSORY EXPERIENCES THAT SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNING.

EXAMPLES

PREPARING MEALS

MAKING A PIECE OF FURNITURE

DOING A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

PERFORMING AN EXPERIMENT

DELIVERING A SPEECH

TAKING A TRIP

WHY ARE THESE DIRECT EXPERIENCES DESCRIBED TO BE PURPOSEFUL?

ANSWERS: üTHEY ARE NOT PURELY MECHANICAL. THEY INVOLVE THE ASKING OF SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS. üTHEY ARE UNDERGONE IN RELATION TO A PURPOSE.

IMPLICATIONS TO THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

1. GIVE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN BY DOING.

2. MAKE USE OF REAL THINGS AS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN.

3. HELP THE STUDENTS DEVELOP THE FIVE SENSES TO THE FULL TO HEIGHTEN THEIR SENSITIVITY TO THE WORLD.

4. GUIDE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN DRAW MEANING FROM THEIR FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES.

SUMMARY: DIRECT EXPERIENCES • • • ARE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCES THAT SERVED AS THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNING THE OPPOSITE OF INDIRECT OR VICARIOUS EXPERIENCES LEAD US TO CONCEPT FORMATION AND ABSTRACTION

THESE DIRECT EXPERIENCES MUST NOT BE THE PERIOD OR THE END. WE MUST BE BROUGHT TO A HIGHER PLANE. THE HIGHER PLANE REFERRED TO HERE IS THE LEVEL OF GENERALIZATION AND ABSTRACTION.

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