Translation (2009) of: Die Betekenis van die Beskouinge oor die Ervaring vir die Opbou van 'n Didaktiese Teorie, Pedagogiekstudies/Pedagogic Studies, No. 79, 1975, pp. 1-72. CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 1. THE PEDAGOGIC: A SCIENCE OF EXPERIENCE 2. FOUR PERSPECTIVES ON EXPERIENCE 3. ESSENCES OF EXPERIENCING CHAPTER 2: EXPERIENCING AND DIDASKEIN 1. DIDASKEIN AS AN EXPRESSION OF ORIGINAL EXPERIENCING: THE ESSENCES 2. EXPERIENCING AND THE TEACHING TASK (THE DIDACTIC IMPERATIVE) CHAPTER 3: TEACHING PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCING 1. INTRODUCTION 2. EXPERIENCING AND THE FORMS OF TEACHING 3. EXPERIENCING AND TEACHING CONTENTS 4. EXPERIENCING AND THE DIDACTIC MODALITIES 5. EXPERIENCING AND THE LESSON STRUCTURE SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY