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Some people say that in all levels of education, from primary schools to universities, too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skill. Do you agree or disagree?

Some people say that in all levels of education, from primary schools to universities, too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skill. 9dYp
There is no doubt that practical exposure is as important as theoretical knowledge. A number of people think that much time is devoted to teaching the facts instead of focusing on hands-on experience in all phases of learning, whether it is school or college. I completely agree with the statement and in this essay I will support my view with valid arguments and examples. Most of the institutes follow conventional method of teaching which includes reading, learning and writing. By this method, children can only recall concepts for a limited amount of time and when it is time to apply that knowledge at work they have forgotten it. Consequently, many students who have degrees in physics or electronics cannot even change bulbs. Likewise, many MBAs cannot fill out a tax form. All of these point to the shortcomings of a system of learning that focuses only on theory. Another example of this is that the current curriculum does not have an equal number of theory and practical classes. To illustrate, while I had one lecture each day on the theoretical aspects of computers), there was only 1 laboratory session in the whole week. Due to this improper division, I could not practice everything being taught and hence lacked proper understanding of the concepts. If we had equal proportion of theory and practical classes, I would have gained better skills and confidence. A recent study by the educational department of New Delhi has shown that youngsters who were shown experiments were able to memorize and retain the information for a longer period of time then the ones who read it. To conclude, I agree with the argument that much time is being spent on cramming instead of experimental learning because of the current structure of teaching. Unfortunately, this overemphasis on theory prevents / stops students from acquiring real world skills.
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, whether it is school or college. I completely
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agree
with the statement and in this essay I will support my view with valid arguments and examples.

Most of the institutes follow conventional method of teaching which includes reading,
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learning
and writing. By this method, children can
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only
recall concepts for a limited amount of
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time
and when it is
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time
to apply that knowledge at work they have forgotten it.
Consequently
,
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many
students who have degrees in physics or electronics cannot even
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change
bulbs.
Likewise
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many
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MBAs
cannot fill out a tax form. All of these point to the shortcomings of a system of
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learning
that focuses
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only
on theory.

Another example of this is that the
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current
curriculum does not have an equal number of theory and practical classes. To illustrate, while I had one lecture each day on the theoretical aspects of computers
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, there was
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only
1 laboratory session in the whole week. Due to this improper division, I could not practice everything
being taught
and
hence
lacked proper understanding of the concepts. If we had equal proportion of theory and practical classes, I would have gained better
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skills
and confidence. A recent study by the educational department of New Delhi has shown that youngsters who
were shown
experiments were able to memorize and retain the information for a longer period of
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time
then the ones who read it.

To conclude
, I
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agree
with the argument that much
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time
is
being spent
on cramming
instead
of experimental
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learning
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because
of the
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current
structure of teaching. Unfortunately, this overemphasis on theory
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prevents
/
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stops
students from acquiring real world
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skills
.

IELTS essay Some people say that in all levels of education, from primary schools to universities, too much time is spent on learning facts and not enough on learning practical skill.

Essay
  American English
4 paragraphs
309 words
6.0
Overall Band Score
Coherence and Cohesion: 6.0
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