This document discusses the importance of direct, hands-on experiences in learning. It notes that we construct ideas and meaning from our senses and experiences, not just from theories. Direct experiences are purposeful because any theory is only significant if it has real-world application. While experiences are crucial for learning, the document cautions that teachers should still challenge students to higher-level thinking and not get stuck on concrete experiences alone. Sensory experiences like sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell provide the majority of information we learn.

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6. “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

7. We learned the skills by
doing.

9. What are referred to
as direct, purposeful
experiences?

10. Why are these direct
experiences described
to be purposeful?

11. An ounce of experience is better than a ton of
theory, because it is only in experience that any
theory has vital and verifiable significance. An
experience, a very humble experience, is capable
of generating and carrying any amount of theory
(or intellectual content), but a theory apart from an
experience cannot be definitely grasped as a
theory. It tends to become a mere verbal formula,
a set of catchwords used to render thinking or
genuine theorizing unnecessary and impossible.
(John Dewey, 1910)

12. What does this imply to
the teaching-learning
process?
Caution: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.

13. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Sensory Experiences
75%
13%
6% 3% 3%
Sight
Hearing
Touch
Taste
Smell

14. 1) Educational Field trips
A school field trip is a
common option for
schools to expand
their students' learning
experience. A well-
organized school trip
can be fun for students
and give teachers a
chance to conduct a
lesson without the
limitation of a
classroom.

15. • Advantage: Hands-On Learning
• Advantage: Community Interaction
• Disadvantage: Opportunity and
Actual Cost
• Disadvantage: Liability

17. • opportunities for personal growth.
• exposure to people and experiences that
broaden awareness and understanding of the
world around them.
• learn new skills in these situations and work
with people of diverse backgrounds and
lifestyles. This is often the first time some of
them have worked for a boss, and it is helpful
in learning how to follow orders on the job.

18. -might interfere with school works,
study time or sleep
-Health might be at risk
-Behaviour of the teenager

19. Apprentice-a person who learns a job or skill
by working for a fixed period of time for someone
who is very good at that job or skill

20. 1. One-to-one mentorship.
Benefit:
-emotional bond with your teacher
- Source of Motivation
Drawback:
-when you don’t have a good relationship
with your teacher

21. Benefit:
• mastering a specific skill
• job security and work experience.
Drawback: Because you are choosing a skill to
master earlier on in life, perhaps before you’ve
explored the range of all the possible skills, you
may not pick the right one for you.

22. • Benefit: You’ll become more emotionally
mature and more socially flexible. This will
become apparent when you spend time
with your peers.
• Drawback: Dating can be difficult. Making
close friends can be difficult. Neither is
undoable.