Mirino
Member
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2014
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Italian
- Home Country
- Italy
- Current Location
- Italy
Contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books
The first thing that pops up when we compare Italian Universities with American Universities regards that much more practice is being taught in the American ones. In Italy much theory is taught and students are always committed to studying books full of formulas and calculations. But when it comes to get to working, it's like you had never studied anything before. Everything it's so different from what you studied in class. Why is that they teach you all that theory, most people ask? If you asked a professor this question, he would probably respond that you first need to understand what's under a model, what the equations that rule it are, and only after that you can start with practice. But albeit practice cannot spare theory, more practice and perhaps less theory might be taught. I agree with the fact that theory is important. But it often happens that, when you don't get your head around something, it's just because it hasn't been shown you the practical aspect, how it really works. That's the key point. Both theory and practice (not only theory) should be taught at school, in order to run better the students through the subject and make it easier and lot more fun.
The first thing that pops up when we compare Italian Universities with American Universities regards that much more practice is being taught in the American ones. In Italy much theory is taught and students are always committed to studying books full of formulas and calculations. But when it comes to get to working, it's like you had never studied anything before. Everything it's so different from what you studied in class. Why is that they teach you all that theory, most people ask? If you asked a professor this question, he would probably respond that you first need to understand what's under a model, what the equations that rule it are, and only after that you can start with practice. But albeit practice cannot spare theory, more practice and perhaps less theory might be taught. I agree with the fact that theory is important. But it often happens that, when you don't get your head around something, it's just because it hasn't been shown you the practical aspect, how it really works. That's the key point. Both theory and practice (not only theory) should be taught at school, in order to run better the students through the subject and make it easier and lot more fun.
