There is a contention in circulation that students’ schedules in the academic years are unbalanced between acquiring the theoretical knowledge and practical abilities. This essay completely agrees with this statement because there is a limited fund in practical education and the rising standard in paper-based tests.
The primary reason why there is a theory-biased education is that in some developing countries, the government pays a little attention to invest in laboratory facilities. In fact, in some underprivileged countries, such as South Africa, the cramped government investment is used to improve the populace’s living conditions instead of training skilled pedagogical trainers and investing in practical education. This inevitably leads to outdated laboratories and restricted pragmatic practice, which hinders students’ curiosity and research abilities. For example, although Vietnam is well-known for its talented students, achieving high academic results in the International Olympics, it still has not had any break-through inventions due to lack of skilled practical experiences.
Another reason why practical skills are neglected is that factual learning is over-emphasised. In this era of standardized tests, many governments tend to introduce novel examinations, which are highlighted to test the factual knowledge, to measure students’ progress. This eventually makes students put significant efforts on acquiring facts to have high academic results, causing a reduction in emphasis on skills. For instance, in my country, students neglect and undermine scientific facts from experiments in favour of learning these from textbooks, which is entirely due to the importance placed on scientific examinations.
In conclusion, I strongly agree that there is an emphasis on learning facts in academical education because of limited investment and a rising of standardized tests.
There is a contention in circulation that
students’
schedules in the academic years
are unbalanced
between acquiring the theoretical knowledge and
practical
abilities. This essay completely
agrees
with this statement
because
there is a limited fund in
practical
education
and the rising standard in paper-based
tests
.
The primary reason why there is a theory-biased
education
is that in
some
developing countries
, the
government
pays a
little
attention to invest in laboratory facilities. In
fact
, in
some
underprivileged countries, such as South Africa, the cramped
government
investment is
used
to
improve
the populace’s living conditions
instead
of training skilled pedagogical trainers and investing in
practical
education
. This
inevitably
leads to outdated laboratories and restricted pragmatic practice, which hinders
students’
curiosity and research abilities.
For example
, although Vietnam is well-known for its talented
students
, achieving high academic results in the International Olympics, it
still
has not had any break-through inventions due to lack of skilled
practical
experiences.
Another reason why
practical
skills
are neglected
is that factual learning is
over-emphasised
. In this era of standardized
tests
,
many
governments
tend to introduce novel examinations, which
are highlighted
to
test
the factual knowledge, to measure
students’
progress. This
eventually
makes
students
put significant efforts on acquiring facts to have high academic results, causing a reduction in emphasis on
skills
.
For instance
, in my country,
students
neglect and undermine scientific facts from experiments in
favour
of learning these from textbooks, which is
entirely
due to the importance placed on scientific examinations.
In conclusion
, I
strongly
agree
that there is an emphasis on learning facts in academical
education
because
of limited investment and a rising of standardized
tests
.