Direct, purposeful experiences and beyond

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
Read the following testimonies
It was only when I went to the Manila Zoo that I learned that a giraffe is that tall and an
elephant is that big. - Grade 4 pupil
My boss assigned me to put the transparencies on the plate of the overhead projector while he
delivered his lecture on stage. It turned out that the first transparency was not positioned upright
for the audience. I repositioned the transparency but it was still inverted. I felt nervous and the
woman in the audience who was seated nearby came to my rescue. I have never forgotten that
experience but having been assigned the task repeatedly, I can say I am now expert at the OHP.
- Secretary to the Dean
What are referred to as direct, purposeful experiences?
*These are our concrete 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 generalizations that give meaning and order to our lives (Dale, 1969)
Example of direct activities
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Preparing meals
Laboratory experiment
Delivering a speech
Taking a trip

Indirect experiences- are experience of other people that we observe, read or hear about. They
are not our experiences but still experiences in the sense that we see, read and hear.

Bataan Peninsula State University

Bayan, Orani, Bataan
S.Y 2016-2017

EdTech
Name:_____________________________________________

Date:_____________

Year and section:_____________

I. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not.

_____1. First-hand experiences make up the foundation of learning.
_____2. Indirect experiences are the concrete and first-hand experience.
_____3. Direct experiences are experience of the other people.
_____4. Experience help us to learn many new things.
_____5. We cannot construct ideas base from our own experience.
II. Enumeration
Give at least 5 direct experiences

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III. Fill in the blanks:

1. Let us give our students _______________to learn by doing.
2. Let us __________ our students in the world of experience.
3. Let us make use of real things as ____________________ for as long as we can.
4. Let us help our students develop the ____________________ to the full to heighten
their sensitivity to the world.
5. Let us guide our students so that they can draw meaning from their
_________________________ and elevate their level of thinking.
Enumeration: Give the five senses
1.__________________________
2.__________________________
3.__________________________
4.__________________________

5.__________________________

Answer key
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3.
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5.

True
False
False
True
False