Tuesday, September 27, 2016

CHAPTER 7: DIRECT, PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES AND BEYOND



Direct purposeful experiences are concrete and firsthand experiences that make up the foundation of learning. The students immerse on hands-on activities to gain learning and experience. It also uses more senses, thus, we can conclude that it is an effective method of learning. Our sense helps us to construct ideas, concepts and generalizations that give meaning and order to our lives. This experience is also called firsthand sensory experiences.

On the other hand, indirect purposeful experiences are experiences of other people that we observe, read or hear about. They are not firsthand experiences but still a experience since we learn from it. Indirect purposeful experience is a substitute of the experiences we have from reality.

Although firsthand experiences are proven effective, there is still a downside of it. If not guided correctly by the teacher, the students may interpret the concept or idea differently. This misconception can possibly lead to confusion. Making the learning and experience vague.

Therefore, the teacher should provide proper guidance to the students, along with proper instruction, precaution, and any necessary things the teacher should do to ensure that the students will get the proper idea ad build a clear and correct conception of what they are doing.

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