Edgar Dale created the Cone of Experience model to show that learning is most effective when it moves from concrete to abstract experiences. The cone illustrates a progression from direct experiences at the base to verbal and visual symbols at the top as learners gain understanding. Educators should utilize a variety of methods along this continuum to actively engage students and develop their higher-order thinking.
Contrived experiences are the second band of Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience. These are "edited" copies of reality and are used as substitutes for real things when it is not practical or not possible to bring or do the real thing in the classroom.
This pdf came from my keynote presentation. It was converted to easily be read. The presentation was titled as Elements of Teaching and Learning. It doesn't have the encoded words put on slides, nevertheless, there are of knowledge you can earn as you go through the presentation *pdf.
Contrived experiences are the second band of Edgar Dale's Cone of Experience. These are "edited" copies of reality and are used as substitutes for real things when it is not practical or not possible to bring or do the real thing in the classroom.
This pdf came from my keynote presentation. It was converted to easily be read. The presentation was titled as Elements of Teaching and Learning. It doesn't have the encoded words put on slides, nevertheless, there are of knowledge you can earn as you go through the presentation *pdf.
This is the Basic Education Curriculum developed by the Education Department as a guide for teachers handling the subject English. Included are the COMPETENCIES that the learners must acquire in the course of the session
(MST) The Teaching and Learning Process in Educational Practices
(class report(s)/discussion(s))
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10. “The Cone is a visual
analogy, and like all
analogies, it does not bear
an exact and detailed
relationship to complex
elements it represents.”
- Edgar Dale -
11. Given 11 randomized bands
of the Cone of Experience,
arrange the jumbled bands
in order inside a cone
according to the degree of
abstraction.
12. Direct Purposeful Experiences Demonstrations
Dramatized Experiences Study Trips
Contrived Experiences Educational Television
Visual Symbols Exhibits
Recordings: Radio, Still
Verbal Symbols
Pictures
Motion Pictures
13. Verbal
Symbols
Visual
Symbols
Recordings, Radio,
Still Pictures
Motion Pictures
Educational Television
Exhibits
Study Trips
Demonstrations
Dramatized Experiences
Contrived Experiences
Direct Purposeful Experiences
EDGAR DALE’S: THE CONE OF EXPERIENCE
14. Direct Purposeful Experiences
First hand experience
that serve as the
foundation of learning.
Learning by doing.
15. Contrived Experiences
We make use of a
representative models or
mock ups of reality for
practical reasons.
16. Dramatized Experiences
By dramatization, we can
participate in a
reconstructed experience
even though the original
event is far removed from
us in time.
17. Demonstrations
A visualized explanation
of an important fact,
idea, or process by the
use of photographs,
drawings, films, displays,
or guided motion.
18. Study Trips
Excursions or visits
conducted to observe an
event that is unavailable
inside the classroom.
28. If you teach a lesson on
the meaning of ½, 1/3,
and ¼ how will you
proceed if you follow the
pattern in Dale’s Cone of
Experience beginning with
the concrete moving
toward the abstract.
30. How does the dictum in
philosophy “there is
nothing in mind that was
not first in the senses”
relate what you learned
from the cone of
experience?
31. Alfred North Whitehead said:
“In the Garden of Eden, Adam
saw the animals before he
named them. In the
traditional system, children
name the animals before they
see them.” How would you
relate this remark to the Cone
of Experience?
