2. WHAT IS DIRECT, PURPOSEFUL
AXPERIENCE?
It is 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.
3. TWO KINDS OF EXPERIENCE
•DIRECT EXPERIENCE
*Preparing meals
*Making a piece of furniture
*Doing powerpoint presentation
*Performing a laboratory experiment
*Delivering a speech
*Taking a trip
4. Indirect experiences
*Are experiences of other people that
we observe, read or hear about. They are
not firsthand but rather vicarious
experiences.
*People that we observe, read / hear
about.
*They are not our own self-experiences
but still experiences in the sense that we
see, read and hear about them.
5. Why 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 that are internalized in the
sense that these experiences involve the
asking of questions that have significance
in the life of the person undergoing the
direct experience.
6. If direct, purposeful
experiences or firsthand
sensory experiences make us
learn concepts and skills
effectively, what does this
imply to the teaching-
learning process?
7. -Let us give our students opportunities to
learn by doing. Let us immerse our students in
the world of experience.
-Let us make use of real things as
instructional materials for as long as we can.
-Let us help the students develop the five
senses to the full to heighten their sensitivity
to the world.
8. -Let us guide our students so that they can
draw meaning from their firsthand
experiences and elevate their level of
thinking.
-Let us not be tempted to get stuck to the
concrete and fail to bring up our students
to the higher level of thinking process.
