Unlike the formal education in the west classroom book learning which is theoretical the sami taught their young through experience. Students can test theories ask questions and interact with other students and instructors.
Listening and analyzing processes occur in the left hemisphere but visual and spatial processes are handled on the right.
Hands on experience vs book learning. Hands on learning better engages both sides of the brain. You have to be in continual learning positure if you want to be at your ease when teachingin your classroom but i don t dismiss the fact that one must read many books or. The initial part of any learning happens from books generally unless the topic in question is so radically new that there are no books about it in which case the lea.
Written documentation is a relatively new thing to the sami. The vehicle shop experience that helps a future mechanic understand the nuances of an engine with not just their eyes and ears but also with actual hands on training. Experience but education and experience.
In fact they both go hand in hand. However hands on learning would be more effective if it was combined with traditional learning from books. On the other hand a college grad with the best education and book smarts may be completely lost at sea when it comes to dealing with real world work situations with no prior industry experience and struggle to land that first job.
Book learning vs learning from experience is a topic i try to reflect to. Hands on learning also known as experiential learning is the biology lab that teaches a future scientist to be comfortable with dissection. You can read a book to learn but the best way of learning is to be a good listener and soak up all the knowledge you will learn from the hands on experience.
The benefits of hands on learning. In contrast to lecturing hands on learning gives students the opportunity to practice the concepts taught in the classroom lessons. This type of learning is hands on and very different than formal learning.
Learners are much more likely to remember how to perform a task if they experience it directly. The effectiveness of experiential learning also called hands on learning is well documented. For millennia the traditional knowledge was passed down orally.
In my own job teaching those who have done many years are more competent than the new commers. It gives students the opportunity to. Hands on training gives learners the opportunity to put their knowledge to use in real world situations.
The truth of the matter is that it s not so much about education vs. Instructors can see firsthand who understands and who may need more assistance. One is not necessarily better than the other.
By combining multiple styles of learning the brain forms stronger overall connections and is able to store more relevant information. Although it is very good at providing a foundation for knowledge and understanding in some cases it fails to develop ideas to a higher level. Brain scans also show.
