DIRECT, PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES AND BEYOND

Direct, Purposeful Experiences And Beyond “ From the rich experiences that our senses bring, we construct the ideas, the concepts, the generalizations that give meaning and order to our lives. ”

Focus Questions:

2. For meaningful learning, where should these direct and purposeful experiences lead the learners to?

1. What do direct, purposeful experiences refer to?

What are referred to as direct, purposeful experiences?These are concrete and firsthand experiences that make up the foundation of our learning These are the rich experiences that our senses bring from which we construct the ideas, the concepts, the generalizations that give meaning and order to our lives

They are sensory experiences.

EXAMPLE OF DIRECT

ACTIVITIES:

Preparing meals

Driving

Doing powerpoint presentation

Performing a laboratory experiment

Delivering a speech

Taking a trip

Indirect Purposeful ExperiencesAre experiences of other people that we observe, read or hear about

They are not our own self-experiences but still experiences in the sense that we see, read and hear about themThey are not firsthand but rather vicarious experiences

Why are these direct

experiences described to

be purposeful?

The experiences are not purely mechanical. They are not a matter of going through the motion. These are not “mere sensory excitation”. They are experiences that are internalized in the sense that this experiences involve the asking of questions that have significance in the life of a person undergoing the direct experience.

WHERE SHOULD THESE DIRECT, PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES LEAD US TO?

An ounce of experience is better than a ton of theory because it is only in experience that any theory has vital and verifiable significance. An experience, a very humble experience, is capable of generating and carrying any amount of theory (or intellectual content), but a theory apart from an experience cannot be definitely grasped as a theory. It tends to become a mere verbal formula, a set of catchwords used to render thinking, or genuine theorizing unnecessary and impossible.

John Dewey (1916) Fundamental Point

If direct, purposeful experiences or firsthand sensory experiences make us learn concepts and skills effectively, what does this imply to the teaching learning process?

Provide students the opportunities to learn by doingMake use of real instructional materials as much as we canHelping the development of five senses to the full to heighten their sensitivity to the world

Draw meaning from their firsthand experienceBudget of purchasing materials sets the teacher free from worrying

Implications of direct, purposeful experience to teaching-learning process

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The Contribution of the Senses to Learning

Verbal symbols

Visual symbols

Recording Radio Still Pictures

Motion Pictures

Educational Television

Exhibits

Study Trips

Demonstration

Dramatized Experiences

Contrived Experiences

Direct Purposeful Experiences

The Cone of Experiences

Learning is an active processNobody can learn for us in the same

way that nobody can eat for us, nor live for us, nor die for us. “Only I can learn for myself. As a learner , I must therefore, be actively engage in the learning process.” This means that we actively engage the learners in the learning activities if we want them to learn what we intend to teach. We have to give varied activities to our students for “hands-on-minds-on” learning.

References:Educational Technology 1

By: Brenda B. Corpuz, Ph.D.Second Edition

Principles of Teaching 1 By: Brenda B. Corpuz, Ph.D.

Gloria G. Salandanan, Ph.D P. 73-74

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