EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

1. DIRECT,
PURPOSEFUL
EXPERIENCES
AND BEYOND

2. Direct, Purposeful Experiences
These are concrete and first-hand
experiences that make up the
foundation of learning.
These are the rich experiences that our
senses bring from which we construct
ideas, the concepts, the generalizations
that give meaning and order to our
lives. (Dale, 1969).
They are sensory experiences.

3. EXAMPLES

4. Preparing meals

5. Making a piece of furniture

6. Playing Basketball

7. Performing a laboratory experiment

8. Delivering speech

9. Taking a trip

10. INDIRECT
EXPERIENCES

11. Indirect Experiences
In contrast to direct experiences, it is the experiences
of the other people that we observe, read, and hear
about.
They are not our own self experiences but still
experiences in the sense that we see, read, and hear
about them.

12. For Example
 Climbing mountain is first-
hand, direct experiences.
Seeing done in the films or
reading about it is a
vicarious, substitute
experiences (indirect
experiences). It is clear
therefore, that we can
approach the world of
reality directly through the
sense and indirectly reduced
sensory experiences.

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

14. Purposeful because the experiences are not purely
mechanical. They are not the 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 questions that
have significance in the life of the person undergoing
the direct experiences.
They are also described as purposeful because these
experiences in undergone in relation to a purposeful
indirect experiences learning.

15. Direct serve as the foundation concept
information, generalization, and
abstraction.
1. Let us give our student opportunities to learn by doing.
2. Let us make use of real things as instructional materials for as long as we can.
3. Let us help the student to develop the five senses to the full heighten their sensitivity to
the world.
4. Let us guide our students so that they can meaning from their first-hand experiences.

16. Any question?

17. Thank you