Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Learn but don't by heart blindly

I had a workshop on "Software Testing" in Accenture. It was simply superb. They conducted in a very professional way. The knowledge I got there is not bookish but practical. I learnt the subject by case studies, not by just listening to boring monologues which happens in college classrooms. We did a case study and I presented on behalf of my team. It is learning and confidence building experience.
I think to have a professional feel of education either we need people who have industrial experience as Professors in our colleges or industries should open the schools to teach the industry practices.
Try - Experiment - Practice - Learn.
Try = New things and problems which are challenges
Experiment = Find ways to improve
Practice = Do the best(according to you) experiments again and again to make it habit
Learn = Rectify Mistakes, source of errors and improve every time
In order to retain and reuse what we learnt, it should be documented as theory. But theory isn't just enough to those who does not follow the the above cycle.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

yes to all what you hav said srikanth... but one more thing is quality teachers are not available these days... especially in higher education...

and a very few of them who are there cannot serve the whole of the student community...

if the teachers who teach us all are trained well and paid good salaries and evaluated correctly, then probably it may bring in the necessary change by being the first step in the process...

Past, Present and Future - All are abstract.