1. THE CONE OF
EXPERIENCE

2. The cone of experience
the cone is a visual analogy, and like all analogies, it does not
bear an exact and detailed relationship to the complex elements it
represents.

3. Cone of experiences
Direct Purposeful Experiences
 these are first-hand experiences or learning by doing.
 these are our concrete and that make up the foundation of our
learning.

4. Contrived Experiences
 this are edited copies of reality and are used as substitutes for
real things.
 we make use of a representative models or mock-ups.

5. Dramatized Experiences
 all dramatization is essentially a process of communication.
 can arrange from the formal plays, pageants, tableau,
pantomime and role playing.

6. Demonstration
 good demonstration is good communication.
 guiding principles must we observe in using demonstration as a
teaching learning.
• Establish Rapport
• Avoid the COIK fallacy(Clear Only If Known)
• Watch for key points.

7. Study trips
 field trips offer an excellent bridge between the work of the
school and the work of the world outside.
 procedures must we follow to avoid the failed study trips.
• preliminary planning by the teacher.
• pre-planning with others going on the trip.

8. Exhibits
 these are displays to be seen by spectators.

9. Television and motion picture
 can reconstruct the reality of the past so effectively that we are
made to feel are there.

10. Still pictures, Recording, Radio
 these are visual and auditory devices which may be used by an
individual or a group.

11. Visual Symbols
 it is not tangible
 visual symbols include drawing, cartoons, strip drawings,
diagram, charts, graphs and maps.

12. Verbal Symbols
 it is a critical thinking and have a formula’s.

13. The cone of experience is a visual, a pictorial
device that presents band of experience arrange
according to degree of abstract and not degree of
difficulty.