Teaching With Contrived Experiences
Teaching With Contrived Experiences
Teaching With Contrived Experiences
Contrived
experiences
What is Contrived experience?
▪ Edited version of direct experience
▪ These are “edited copies of reality
and are used as substitutes for real
things
when it is not practical or not possible
to
bring or do the real thing in the
classroom.
▪ Simulate to real-life situations
Types of Contrived experiences
▪ Model
▪ Mock up
▪ Specimen
▪ Objects
▪ Simulation
▪ Games
M
o ❖ Reproduction of a
real thing in a smalls
d scale, or large scale,
e or exact size but
made of synthetic
l materials
❖ Substitutes for a
real thing
Mock-up
An arrangement of real
device or associated
devices, displayed
devices in such a way that
representation of reality
is created.
Specimen
Any individual or
item considered
typical of a group,
class or whole.
Objects
Artifacts displayed in a
museum or objects displayed
in exhibits or preserved
insects specimen in science.
Simulation
Representation of
manageable real event in
which the learner is an active
participant engaged in
learning a behaviour or in
applying previously acquired
skills or knowledge.
Games
What is the difference
between a game and a
simulation?
✔ Games are played
to win while
simulations need
not have a
winner.
Games are used for any of these
purposes:
1. To practice and/or refine
knowledge/skills already
acquired.
2.To identify gaps or weaknesses
in knowledge or skills.