Tuesday, December 14, 2010

LB# 7 DIRECT,PURPOSEFUL EXPERIENCES and BEYOND

1. What are referred to as direct, purposeful experiences?
         These re our concrete and firsthand experiences that make up the foundation of our learning. These are the rich experiences that our senses bring from which we construct the ideas, the concepts, the generalizations that give meaning and order to our lives.They are sensory experiences.
        These direct activities may be preparing meals, making a piece of furniture,doing power point presentation, performing a laboratory experiment, delivering a speech, taking a trip, or making a piece of furniture.
2.Where should these direct, purposeful experiences lead us to?
       Direct, Purposeful Experiences and Beyond implies that these direct experiences must not be the period or the end. We must be brought to a higher plane. The higher plane referred to here is the level of generalization and abstraction.

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