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 practical skills. Do you agree or disagree?

Part of the population claim that, normally, educational systems focus to much time and energy on teaching theories and facts

instead

of orienting

students

to develop practical abilities.

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essay will discuss the perspectives of these approaches and explain why I believe that more efforts should be destinate to teach practical skills to

students

.

To begin

with, people who defend that educational institutions should keep their focus on teaching

teories

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theories

and facts claim that it is more beneficial and prudent for

students

to acquire a solid basis before starting to practice.

Therefore

,

students

should enjoy the opportunity to absorb teachers and professors theoretical knowledge to correctly understand how things

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and how things could be improved.

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teachers and professors do not have experience

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practical events;

hence

, they can be

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useful focus on teaching theories.

Nevertheless

,

although

there are some benefits regarding focusing on theoretical knowledge, these benefits pale in comparison to the necessity of modernizing educational systems.

Moreover

, combining theory with practice can develop the interest of

students

in the learning process and might help them to retain complex information.

For instance

, some research conducted with teens in

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age showed the levels of absence in

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were twenty per cent higher in theory classes in comparison to practical ones. To conclude, having all the aspects presented, I totally believe that schools, universities and

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educational institutions should restructure their systems in order to increase the time spent teaching practical skills.

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change might

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reflect

positively

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students

interests in the learning process and diminish the levels of absence in classes.