Hands on learning should be mandated in every school

I look forward to our redo on this debate. I agree with you in some areas of your opinions but I will play devil's advocate when necessary. "As of now, the education system seems to focus mostly on getting students to know the theories, not to get help them understand and apply it in real life situations." I attend a technical institute and it focuses on a project-based curriculum. That type of education is about the best you can get for applied training. This school grants Associate's in Applied Science degrees so it is intended to be applied education. You cannot expect your higher education to mold you into the perfect individual for any career. The education can only take you so far; it is up to the individual to actually adapt and apply it themselves when they join the workforce. That is being a professional which schools of higher learning attempt to teach you as much as possible. Additionally, the company that hires you will train you for a short period to teach you their system. My school, along with many others, offer internships for some programs which help out even further. You can also find internships on your own with many companies. "While many students do understand the concept, it seems that the majority of the students are incapable in applying such technique to improve their lives and relationship with other people." I would like to see the source you used for this subject in your paper for reference. I have not taken psychology yet (I will next semester), but I understand the concept and will take your example. Again, it is up to the graduate to adapt to the given situation and apply the knowledge they acquired in their education. It is a well-known fact that higher standard of living correlates with higher education so that backs up my argument. Standard of living covers a vast area of topics including pay, personal/professional relationships, family, environment, etc. Source: http://www.nwitimes.com... "While business students do know the theories of advertising and do really good in case studies, many of them are incapable of actually advertising products when they are told to." I would like to see the source you used for this subject in your paper for reference. I am a business student, although marketing isn't my favorite subject I still feel fairly confident in it. This goes back to my basic argument that it is mostly up to the graduate to adapt and apply what they learned in their education. In this case a marketing major should definitely be able to adapt to a marketing career, especially if it is what they are passionate about. Also, marketing majors often include internships. "the Business Intelligence Congress recently revealed that universities are not producing qualified graduates skilled in business intelligence." Business intelligence (BI) is a set of theories, methodologies, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes. This is a complicated area of business administration. From what I could find an actual business program with an emphasis in business intelligence is hard to find and few colleges and universities seem to offer it. I only found a few universities that had such a program in the United States. That could explain the reason for that lack of professionals. I could imagine a person without business intelligence specific training would have a hard time fulfilling that profession. I would also like to point out that your link does not send me to the article you seem to be referencing so I am unable to go in any further detail. "Schools are said to be the institution that will broaden our knowledge and prepare us to face upcoming problems in the future. While it is doing a pretty good job in broadening knowledge, it is not preparing us well for the future. Hands-on learning will not only prepare students to cope with the future, as it allows them to apply the knowledge they have, but also to broaden their knowledge even further." That is an excellent assertion, but lacks in how to do this. Hands-on training only works if there is available resources and methods to do so. Take psychology for instance, how do you make that hands-on? A psychology major can only learn the concepts in a classroom in a basic lecture-style and textbook fashion. Many business courses do not have the ability to make much of the education hands-on. Marketing is made up of philosophies and concepts that are intangible and can only be learned in lecture-style fashion with probably just a few classroom projects. Business law is also a good example of a business course that is intangible and made up of philosophies of law. Business is not like engineering where many of the concepts can be made tangible and physically worked with. Business simply has little capability to be made a hands-on. I also like to point out again that your source does not send me to the specific article you seem to be referencing.