The Cone of Experience

Lesson 5

Tips to be covered The cone of experience Direct purposeful experiences Contrived experiences Dramatized experiences Demonstration Study trips Exhibits Educational television Motion pictures Recordings, radio, still pictures Visual symbols Verbal symbols

The Cone of Experience

Proposed by Edgar Dale Pictorial device that presents band of experience. Arranged according to degree of abstraction.

Direct Purposeful Experiences

These are first hand experiences. Serve as the foundation of learning.

Contrived Experiences Substitute to real things and eventsExamples:

• mock up- A special model where parts are singled out, heightened and

magnified.

• model- Reproduction of a real thing.

• Specimen- Part of a real thing.

• Simulation- Representation of a manageable real event.

Dramatized Experiences

These are reconstructed experiencesExamples:

• Plays

• Pageants

• Pantomime

• Tableau

• puppets

Demonstration

Showing how things are done. Visualized explanation.

Study Trips

These are excursions, educational trips, tours and field trips.

Visits conducted to observe an event that is unavailable within the school.

Exhibits

These are displays to be seen by the spectators. Sometimes “for your eyes only”.

Educational Television & Motion Pictures

Reconstruct the reality of past. Bring the world of reality. Can be both instructive & enjoyable.

Recordings, Radio, Still Pictures

Visual and auditory devices.

Visual Symbols

“we don’t see real things but symbols”. “a visual symbols are worth a thousand words”.

Examples:

• Drawings

• Cartoons

• Strip drawings

• Diagrams, Charts, and Graphs

• Maps

Verbal Symbols

Most abstract in the band of experience.

Examples:

• Written words

• Numbers

• Formulas

Reference

Educational technology 1 (2nd edition)Brenda B. Corpuz, Ph. D.

Paz I. Lucido, Ph. D.