Lesson 7

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.”-Edgar Dale

What is Direct Purposeful Experiences?

-These are the first hand experiences which serve as the foundation of our learning. We build up our reservoir of meaningful information and ideas through seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and smelling.

- Direct experiences lead us to concept formation and abstraction.

- Direct experiences are basically what the students can learn by doing it.

- This way of teaching is the most effective way of teaching the students because experiences are the best teacher.

What is Indirect or Vicarious Experiences?

·         They are not our own self-experiences but experiences of other. In the sense that we see, read and hear about them.

·         They are not first hand experiences.

Why are these direct experiences described to be purposeful?

·         They are experiences that are internalized in the sense that these experiences involved the asking of questions that have significance in the life of the person undergoing the direct experience.

·         These experiences are undergone in relation to a purpose. i.e.learning

It is done in relation to a certain learning objective