Practical skills are of the utmost importance to students, yet it is argued by many people that schools and universities seldom teach them and instead focus on theories. I completely agree with this as students are rarely exposed to any practical knowledge throughout their education.
Teachers and professors have very little knowledge of the practical skills that should be taught to students. They have spent their whole lives in the academic field teaching facts and have no experience of the required skills in the workplace. Take, for example, professors who teach software engineering subjects to university students. They have never worked in IT companies or had prior experience in designing real-life applications. All they can do is explain theoretical knowledge to students without demonstrating anything. In this case, students will graduate without the practical skills required to work and they might struggle and spend months taking courses after their graduation in order to work in an IT company.
Another point is the pressure put on students during their school and university years. They are supposed to attend classes, do their homework and study for exams to obtain high grades. They are evaluated based on their grades and not on their knowledge in their own field. In other words, too much attention is given to collecting grades and too little to the actual knowledge and outcome. Furthermore, universities do not contain suitable training programs that can prepare students for the workplace and enhance their experience, soft skills and other qualities they would need to succeed at work. For instance, there is no focus on training programs that familiarize students with the workplace.
To conclude, there is a huge gap between education and workplace requirements. This gap is mainly caused by the lack of practical skills taught to students and the ignorance of its existence by teachers and pedagogical experts.
Practical
skills
are of the utmost importance to
students
,
yet
it
is argued
by
many
people
that schools and
universities
seldom teach them and
instead
focus on theories. I completely
agree
with this as
students
are rarely exposed to any
practical
knowledge
throughout their education.
Teachers and professors have
very
little
knowledge
of the
practical
skills
that should
be taught
to
students
. They have spent their whole
lives
in the academic field teaching facts and have no experience of the required
skills
in the workplace. Take,
for example
, professors who teach software engineering subjects to
university
students
. They have never worked in IT
companies
or had prior experience in designing real-life applications. All they can do is
explain
theoretical
knowledge
to
students
without demonstrating anything.
In this case
,
students
will graduate without the
practical
skills
required to
work and
they might struggle and spend months taking courses after their graduation in order to work in an IT
company
.
Another point is the pressure put on
students
during their school and
university
years. They
are supposed
to attend classes, do their homework and study for exams to obtain high grades. They
are evaluated
based on their grades and not on their
knowledge
in their
own
field.
In other words
, too much attention is
given
to collecting grades and too
little
to the actual
knowledge
and outcome.
Furthermore
,
universities
do not contain suitable training programs that can prepare
students
for the workplace and enhance their experience, soft
skills
and other qualities they would need to succeed at work.
For instance
, there is no focus on training programs that familiarize
students
with the workplace.
To conclude
, there is a huge gap between education and workplace requirements. This gap is
mainly
caused by the lack of
practical
skills
taught to
students
and the ignorance of its existence by teachers and pedagogical experts.