LESSON 5- THE CONE OF EXPERIENCE

                          Media and Material are the 2 M's or the elements of this cone of experience.
The Cone of experience is a visual model,a pictorial device that presents bands of experience arranged according to degree of abstraction and not degree of difficulty. The farther you go from the bottom of the cone,the more abstract the experience becomes.
                         Dale asserted that "the pattern of arrangement of the bands of experience is not difficulty but degree of abstraction-the amount of immediate sensory participation that is involved. A still photograph of a tree is not more difficult to understand than a dramatization of Hamlet. It is simply in itself a less,concrete teaching material than the dramatization. He further explains that "the individual bands of the Cone of experience stand for experiences that are fluid,extensive and continually interact. it should not be taken literally in its simplest form.

INSIGHTS AND REACTION:

                        This lesson implicates that teachers must used several or different medium to students. It needs adequate foundation of concrete experience before moving to the abstract experience. Edgar Dale's Cone of Experiences is a visual representation of learning resources arranged according to degree of abstractness. The farther you move away from the base of the cone,the more abstract the learning resources becomes.
                      Computer system were not yet a part of educational or home settings. In order for the student to comprehend precisely,never stuck in the concrete,it must be moving to the abstract. in this way,it makes the learner finds easy and quickly concentrate on their penetration which is suitable for their learning process. It could no longer hamper students higher thinking skills. It indicates that teachers must use different or several combination,examples of a learning resources before proceeding to the abstract.

                     Learning here is a cycle. It might be from the concrete to the abstract,from the abstract to the concrete and vise versa.