For educational use

1. DIRECT,
PURPOSEFUL
EXPERIENCES AND
BEYOND
BY: ENAJ SELOLAM

2. HOW DO WE
LEARN SPECIAL
SKILLS?

3. • COOKING

4. • DANCING

5. • SINGING

6. • PLAYING BASKETBALL

7. LEARNING BY DOING

9. 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

10. IN OTHER WORDS…
Direct,
purposeful
experiences
are firsthand,
sensory
experiences
that serve as
the foundation
of learning.

11. EXAMPLES

12. PREPARING MEALS

13. MAKING A PIECE OF FURNITURE

14. DOING A POWER POINT PRESENTATION

15. PERFORMING AN EXPERIMENT

16. DELIVERING A SPEECH

17. TAKING A TRIP

18. INDIRECT PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES
 Are experiences of other people that
we observe, read and hear about.
They are not firsthand
but rather vicarious experiences.
 They are not our own self-
experiences but still
experiences in the sense that we see,

19. INDIRECT ACTIVITIES
 Climbing a mountain is firsthand, direct
experience. Seeing it done in a film 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 .

20. EXAMPLES OF INDIRECT
EXPERIENCES

22. What 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 involve
the asking of questions that have significance in
the life of the person undergoing the direct
experiences.

23. IMPLICATIONS TO
THE TEACHING
PROCESS

24. 1. GIVE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN
BY DOING.

25. 2. MAKE USE OF REAL THINGS AS
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR AS LONG
AS WE CAN

26. 3. HELP THE STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR FIVE
SENSES TO THE FULL TO HEIGHTEN THEIR
SENSITIVITY TO THE WORLD.

27. 4. GUIDE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN
DRAW MEANING FROM THEIR FIRSTHAND
EXPERIENCES.

28. 5. LET US NOT BE TEMPTED TO GET
STUCK TO THE CONCRETE AND
FAIL TO BRING UP STUDENTS TO
THE HIGHER LEVEL OF THINKING
PROCESS

29. APPROXIMATION OF HOW MUCH PERSONS
LEARN THROUGH THE FIVE SENSES

30. PERSONAL POSTSCRIPT
 LEAD THE STUDENTS IN DRAWING
GENERALIZATION OR ABSTRACTION ABOUT THE
DIRECT EXPERIENCE FOR MEANING
FIRSTHAND SENSORY EXPERIENCE ALONE DOES
NOT ENSURE ADEQUATE LEARNING.

31. THANK YOU!!!