Edgar Dale was an American educator who made significant contributions to audiovisual instruction. He wrote a paper in 1933 on how to effectively create a high school film appreciation class. Throughout his career, Dale held teaching positions in North Dakota and Illinois. He developed the Cone of Experience in 1946 to describe various learning experiences and how much information people typically retain from different types of experiences. Dale received several awards over his career for his contributions to education and audiovisual instruction.

1. Edgar Dale
Prepared by:
Jayson B. Lagade
Jojo G. Guntang
Resiel T Mendoza
Andrew Joseph N. Dela Cruz
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2. CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION
 He made several contributions to audio and visual instruction.
 In 1933 Dale wrote a paper on how to effectively create a
High School film appreciation class.

3. CAREER
North Dakota (1918–19)
Webster, North Dakota (1921–24)
Winnetka, Illinois (1024–26)
Member of the editorial staff of Eastman
Teaching Films (1928–29)

4. AWARDS
Educational Film Library Association Award
(1961)
Eastman Kodak Gold Medal Award (1968)
Distinguished Services Award (1972)
National Reading Hall of Fame (1972)

5. CONE OF LEARNING
Developed in 1946
It is a way to describe various learning
experiences
The perc
entages given relate to how much people
remember and is a recent modification

7. REFERENCES
 Wagner, Robert W. Edgar Dale: Professional. Theory into
Practice. Vol. 9, No. 2, Edgar Dale (Apr., 1970), pp. 89-95 -
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 http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4174355
 http://prezi.com/xptp82dt9ysr/edgar-dale/
 http://www.willatworklearning.com/2006/10/people_rememb
er.html