PCK 4 Cone of Experience

These are actual visits to certain locations to observe a situation or a case which may not be available inside the classroom.

• Exhibits

• Study trips

• Demonstrations

• Motion pictures

These are more abstract representations for the concept or the information. Examples of these are information presentes through a graph or chart.

• Still pictures, recordings, radio

• Verbal symbols

• Visual symbols

• Television or motion pictures

These are commonly used as activities that allows students to actively participate in a reconstructed experience through role-playing.

• Dramatized Experiences

• Exhibits

• Contrived Experiences

• Direct Purposeful Experiences

These refer to foundation of experiencing learning. Using the senses, meaningful knowledge and understanding are established. This is experiential learning where one learns by doing.

• Contrived experiences

• Direct purposeful experiences

• Dramatized experiences

• Demonstrations

It is in this category that representations such as miniatures, models or mock-ups are used. There are things or events that may be beyond the learners' grasp and so ___________________ can provide a substitute.

• Contrived experiences

• Direct purposeful experiences

• Demonstrations

• Dramatized experiences

These are displays of models such as pictures, artifacts, posters and among others that provide the message or information. These are basically viewed however there are some that allow viewers to manipulate or interact with the display. Thus, becomes more interesting and fun.

• Still pictures, recordings, radio

• Visual symbols

• Exhibits

• Television and motion pictures

This category appears to be the most abstract because they may not exactly look like the concept or object they represent but are symbols, words, codes or formulae.

• Verbal symbols

• Visual symbols

• Demonstrations

• Television or motion pictures

These technology equipment provide a two-dimensional reconstruction of a reality. These allows learners to experience the situation being communicated through the mediated tools.

• Exhibits

• Still pictures, recordings, radio

• Television and motion pictures

• Demonstrations

These are the actual execution of a procedure or process.

• Dramatized experiences

• Demonstrations

• Study trips

• Direct purposeful experiences

Together in this category are the audio-recorded materials or information broadcast.

• Visual symbols

• Verbal symbols

• Still pictures, recordings, radio

• Television and motion pictures