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LESSON 7DIRECT-PURPOSEFUL

EXPERIENCES

Prepared by: XANDREX KEMM BOLAÑO

MAR ALVAROBSED FILIPINO 2

Republic of the Philippines Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology (Masbate State College)Cabitan, Mandaon, Masbate

What do direct, Purposeful Experiences refers to?

•These are our concrete experiences and first hand 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 generalization that give meaning and order to our lives.( Dale, 1969)

• Direct, purposeful experiences are first hand, sensory experiences that serves as the foundation of our learning.

In other words…

DIRECT ACTIVITIES:

Preparing a Meal

Making a Furniture

DOING A POWER POINT PRESENTATION

PERFORMING/

CONDUCTING AN

EXPERIMENT

DELIVERING A SPEECH

An Ounce of EXPERIENCE is BETTER than a

TON of THEORIES-John Dewey

INDIRECT, PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES

• Are experience 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 them.

INDIRECT ACTIVITIES :

Climbing a mountain is firsthand, direct experience. Seeing it done in films or reading about it is a vicarious, substitute experience. It is a clear, therefore , that we can approach the world of reality directly through the senses and indirectly with reduced sensory experience.

Why are these direct experiences described to be

purposeful?

• Purposeful because 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 these experiences involve the asking of questions that have significance in the life of the person undergoing the direct experience

QUESTION:• Why do we want our students to have a direct experience in conducting an experiment in the laboratory?

• Where should these direct, purposeful experiences lead us to?

It is done in relation to a certain learning objective.

Implies that 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.

IMPLICATIONS TO THE

TEACHING PROCESS

1. GIVE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIESTO 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.

“EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER.”

THANK YOU!!!FOR READING and LISTENING