It is said that "Not everything that is learned is contained in books". Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Learning is like a journey that one travels from a particular point to reach some destination. One can learn from a variety of sources which include books, magazines, newspapers, experiments, people, own reflection, etc. In my opinion, learning is deep if
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the learner
a learner
learns by
experimenting
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experimenting, however
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, few people
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believe
that books
are better source of
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are a better source of
knowledge
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of all, I think experiments and
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(with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
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on experiences help learners learn
knowledge
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which is not in books. Learners can use trial and error methods to explore new inventions in different fields.
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, in
sciemce
a particular branch of scientific knowledge
science
, children can experiment and find results by observing and analysing in depth.
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to
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, I found during research that learners remember only 10% of what they see, 20% of what they
listen
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
hear
but they remember 70 % of what they do it themselves.
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, I have observed that learners can learn better if they can relate learning in class with real life and
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is more possible when they will experience things themselves.
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, books are necessary to back up new findings with
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the literature
and references. Authenticity is required when learners acquire new learned
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which can be gained only through books.
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, research says that learners are categorized as three different learning styles
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as auditory, visual and
kinesthetic
of or relating to kinesthesis
kinaesthetic
. Auditory and visual learners may like to learn by reading a book full of illustrations. To conclude, in my opinion, variety of sources which include both experiences and books are required to acquire authentic
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Without
experience, bookish
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is not useful.
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