Direct, Purposeful Experiences and Beyond......
Direct experiences lead us to
concept formation and abstraction. We should not end our lessons knowing only
the concrete. We go beyond the concrete by reaching the level of abstract
concepts and also a complex, integrated
process involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization for
analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing
solution to those problems, involved in all aspects of human learning.. It is
the application of scientific findings in our method, process or procedure of
working in the field trip of education in order to effect learning. It embraces
curriculum and instructional design, learning environment, theories of
teaching-learning. It is also a filed study and a profession. It is the use of
all human inventions for teachers to realize their mission to teach in order
that students learn.
v These are our concrete and
first hand experiences that make up the foundation of our learning.
v 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)
v Example of Direct activities
v Preparing meals
v Making a piece of furniture
v Performing a laboratory
experiment
v Delivering a speech
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