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?

The educational aspects of the student's whole academic life are being widely discussed nowadays. While some individuals believe the teaching institutions should focus their courses on learning theoretical facts, others think that practical skills should be prioritized. In
this
essay, I'm going to explain why I strongly believe that learning theory is even more important than practicing. One advantage of learning theory is that it is a prerequisite for having success performing many activities.
This
is due to the reason that without
properly
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proper
knowledge of a subject, it is not possible to understand how it works and
consequently
, make it
works
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work
. To illustrate, imagine how dangerous would be a chemistry class where students are mixing different components without knowing exactly what they are and how they behave together.
This
could even cause an accident.
Additionally
, learning practical skills can be a very difficult task, depending on the subject.
This
happens because some activities are complex, requiring
this
way huge
efforts
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effort
to be dominated. If it is not the person's interest, it will probably give up before learning it.
For instance
, students in an
arts
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art
class have different natural gifts and interests. It would be unfair to have all of them learning how to wood carving.
However
, the theory of it could be easily taught
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to
everybody. To sum up, the importance of the theoretical knowledge and the complexity of doing several activities clearly makes me think that all schools and universities should keep the knowledge of the books in
first place
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the first place
, before thinking about teaching its students practical skills.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • education system
  • curriculum
  • factual knowledge
  • practical skills
  • critical thinking
  • problem solving
  • academic achievement
  • real-world application
  • balance
  • integration
  • learning outcomes
  • employment opportunities
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