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Direct Purposeful Learning and Beyond
Direct Purposeful Learning and Beyond
Direct Purposeful Learning and Beyond
PURPOSEFUL
EXPERIENCES AND
BEYOND
The most real in Dales Cone of Experiences
Prepared by: SHEENA APULI
HOW DO WE LEARN
SPECIAL SKILLS?
COOKING
DANCING
SINGING
PLAYING BASKETBALL
LEARNING BY DOING.
INDIRECT EXPERIENCES
Experiences of
other people that
we observe, read or
hear about.
vicarious
(substitute
experience, clear)
DIRECT,PURPOSEFUL
EXPERIENCES
Concrete and firsthand
experiences that make
up our foundation of
learning.
Rich 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)
IN OTHER WORDS
Direct, purposeful
experiences are
firsthand, sensory
experiences that
serve as the
foundation of
learning.
Learning-by-doing
technique
Sensory experience
(Dale, 1969)
EXAMPLES
PREPARING MEALS
MAKING A PIECE OF
FURNITURE
PERFORMING
AN EXPERIMENT
DELIVERING A SPEECH
TAKING A TRIP
It
DOING A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION
Serves
one goal:
LEARNING
An ounce of experience
is better than a ton of
theories.
-John Dewey
IMPLICATIONS
TO THE
TEACHING-LEARNING
PROCESS
MAKING THE
CONNECTION
6%
3% 3%
13%
75%
Sight
Hearing
Touch
Taste
Smell
QUESTION: