PERSONAL EXPERIENCE VS. CLASSROOM

Knowledge gained from Personal Experience vs. Classroom

Knowledge gained from Personal Experience vs. Classroom

Introduction

In life, Education is considered by our parents to be the greatest they can bequeath to us. But to those who cannot send by the parents to school, the learn-through-playing way will be their way of basic education. Proper education is badly needed by children since they will be able to take it in way to become successful in the years ahead. But I believe that learning outside the classrooms give everyone more knowledge than being inside of it (Ryan, 2000).

Compare and contrast knowledge gained from personal experience with knowledge gained from classroom instruction).

"Experience is the best teacher", this is what majority believes in. Trials in our lives imparted skills for us to be strong enough to face our coming futures. It is definitely the reason why our Creator has filled tests in our experience being alive not to serve as barriers to become successful, but to recognize and appreciate Him more often than not. On the other hand, gaining from classrooms is surely the other-way-around form of learning. Children tend to receive different kind of approach, by which, it is the teacher examines each student to know how much capable are they to proceed to the next level of learning. Students are expected to show how aware they are, from the factual information the teacher fed them. The learning you had from your past outside the classroom is considered primarily for you to achieve your goal in the future, though graduating from school is the primary basis of having a good job, It is still your experience will help you in proper dealing with everything in the outside world. As one who learned to differentiate the knowledge gained in and out of classrooms, I considered outside the classroom learning benefits for me more than inside. It is still the learning that you have with your family and friends that count more than anything else (DiBartola, 2001).

The learning can be done through two basic ways. One is having actual experiences by oneself, having its own knowledge. The other is learning through education with supportive materials such as books, presentations or videos. Usually, the former is called 'direct experience' and the latter is called 'indirect experience'. Considering this standard of No one can surely say that which one is better than the other in the manner of ...