hands-on experience
Learning by doing
Hands-on experience is practical knowledge gained by doing something yourself rather than reading about it or watching others.
The phrase emphasizes direct involvement: The internship gave her hands-on experience with patient care.
Job listings often distinguish hands-on experience from academic credentials, valuing time spent actually performing tasks over theoretical training.
- internshipSupervised professional trial period
- summer jobTemporary warm-weather employment
- firsthandWithout intermediary
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- trial-and-errorSolving by successive approximation
test drive · fieldwork · practicum · implementation · training · workshop · craftsmanship · tinkering · prototyping · learning the ropes · execution · know-how · learning by doing · simulation · discovery learning · expertise · working knowledge · troubleshooting
- practical trainingon-the-job training, practicum, work placement, practical exam, clinical training
- expertise termsexpert, specialist, authority, master, pro
- law schoollaw school, law schools, law student, law students, law degree
hands-on experienceremote learning
Education conducted from separate locations
hands-on experiencebook learning
Knowledge from study
academic study · classroom instruction · theory · scholarly study · pure theory