Contrived experiences are edited copies of reality used as substitutes for real things in the classroom. They are designed to simulate real-life situations. Examples include models, mock-ups, specimens, simulations, and games. Dramatized experiences range from plays and pageants to tableaus, pantomimes, puppets, and role-playing. They are used to vividly portray ideas about life. There are five types of puppets: hand puppets, shadow puppets, finger-glove puppets, marionettes, and rod puppets. Role-playing involves students spontaneously acting out assigned roles in described situations. Both contrived and dramatized experiences motivate students and help them learn.

1. CHAPTER I
TEACHING WITH CONTRIVE EXPERIENCES
TEACHING WITH DRAMATIZED EXPERIENCES
Aladin M. Awa – Reporter

2. What are contrived experiences?
 These are edited copies of reality and are use as substitute for a real things
when it is not practical or no possible to bring or do real think in a classroom.
 These contrived experiences are designed to simulate to real-life situations.
 The atoms, planetarium, globe, the simulated election process and preserve
specimen are examples of contrived experiences
Types of contrived experiences
Models, and mock-up-atom, planetarium are reproductions of a real thing in a small
or large scale which may not be operational.
Specimen & objects - is any individual or item considered typical or a group. Object
may include artifacts displayed in a museum or objects displayed in exhibits.
Simulation - is a “representation” of a manageable real event in which the learner is an
active participant engaged in learning a behavior or in applying previously acquired
skills or knowledge.
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
3. To serve as a summation or review and
4. To develop new relationship among concepts and principles.
Why do we make use of contrived experiences?
1. Overcome limitations of space and time
2. To “edit” reality to be able to focus on parts
Objectives: the students are expected to do the following
 Differentiate the Contrive Experiences and Dramatized
Experiences types of Teaching
 Elaborate the different types of Puppets
 Define Contrive Experiences and Dramatized Experiences

3. 3. To overcome difficulties of size
4. to understand the inaccessible and help the learners understand abstraction.
We use simulations and games to make our classes interactive and to develop the
decision-making skills and knowledge construction skills of the students it should use
simulations and games.
• to develop changes in attitudes
• to change specific behaviors
• to prepare participants for assuming new roles in the future
• to help individuals understand their current roles
• to increase the students ability to apply principles
• to reduce complex problems
• to illustrate roles that may affect one's life but it may never assume
• to motivate learners
• to develop analytical processes and
• to sensitize individuals to another person’s life role.
Teaching with dramatized experience
A dramatic entrance is something that catches an holds our attention and has
an emotional impact. Something dramatic is something that is stirring or affecting or
moving. If our teaching is dramatic, students may get attracted, interested and affected
and may leave an impact on them.
Dramatized experiences can range from the formal plays, pageants to less formal
tableau, pantomime, puppets and role playing.
1. PLAYS
Depict life, character, or culture or a combination of all three. They offer excellent
opportunities to poverty vividly important ideas about life.

4. 2. PAGEANTS
Usually community dramas that are based on local history, presented by local
actors. An example is a historical pageant that traces the growth of a school.
3. PANTOMIME
Art of conveying a story through bodily movements only. Its effects on the
audience depend on the movements of the actors.
4. TABLEAU
(A French word which means picture). A picture like scene composed of people
against a background. Often used to celebrate Independence Day, Christmas, and
United Nations Day.
TYPES OF PUPPETS
These are the most common:
 SHADOW PUPPETS
Flat black silhouette made from lightweight cardboard and shown behind a screen.
 ROD PUPPETS
flat cut out figures tacked to a stick, with one or more movable parts, and operated from
below the stage level by wire rods or slender sticks.
 HAND PUPPETS
The puppet’s head is operated by the forefinger of the puppeteer, the little finger and
thumb being used to animate the puppet.
 GLOVE-and-FINGER PUPPET
Make use of old gloves to which small costumed figures are attached
 MARIONETTES
Flexible, jointed puppets operated by strings or wires attached to a cross bar and
maneuvered from directly above the stage.
Making Puppet Theaters
1. Get a big cardboard box (appliance boxes work best)and stand it on end. It
should be able to stand by itself. Or you can use the bottom of a TV box as the

5. bottom of the puppet theater into to make it more secure. The children will stand
on the lid of the box when they use it.
2. Cut a rectangle at the top of the bottom part of the box.
3. You can hot glue a material to look like a curtain to the top of the cut out window.
Used oil cloth and gathered it a little (about every inch) to look like a valance.
4. Now the fun part: decorate the box! Paint the front and sides a light tan. Then
sponge paints it, so it looks like bricks. Paint a vine going up the side and hot
glue silk flowers to it. Paint grass and hot glue flowers around the bottom of the
theater as well. You could decorate the theater to go with whatever theme you
have in your room. Children love to play in it. Even big kids, so retelling with this
theater will spark their interest.
5. Have fun with your new Puppet Theater!.
5. ROLE PLAYING
Is an unrehearsed, unprepared and spontaneous dramatization of a “let’s
pretend” situation where assigned participants are absorbed by their own roles in the
situation described by the teachers.
How is role-playing done?
It can be done by describing a situation which would create different viewpoints
on an issue and then asking the students to play the roles of the individuals involved.
SUMMARY
Contrived experiences are edited copies of reality and are use as substitute for a
real things when it is not practical or no possible to bring or do real think in a classroom.
These contrived experiences are designed to simulate to real-life situations. Models,
mock-up-atom, planetarium, Specimen & objects, Simulation, Games are examples of
Contrived Experiences.
A dramatic entrance is something that catches an holds our attention and has an
emotional impact. Dramatized experiences can range from the formal plays, pageants
to less formal tableau, pantomime, puppets and role playing. Plays depict life, character,
or culture or a combination of all three. They offer excellent opportunities to poverty
vividly important ideas about life. Pageants usually community dramas that are based
on local history, presented by local actors. An example is a historical pageant that
traces the growth of a school. Pantomime is the art of conveying a story through bodily
movements only. Its effects on the audience depend on the movements of the actors.
Tableau (a French word which means picture). A picture like scene composed of people

6. against a background. Often used to celebrate Independence Day, Christmas, and
United Nations Day. There are five types of Puppet: Hand Puppet, Shadow Puppet,
Finger – Gloves Puppet, Marionette, and the Rod Puppet.
REFLECTION
Teaching using this kind of Experiences is the best way on promoting good
behavior of the students and also these kinds of teaching can motivate the students on
participating the lesson in the class. Because it can easily catch attention.