practical experience
Learning by doing
Practical experience is knowledge or skill gained by actually doing something rather than studying it theoretically.
Book learning tells you how; practical experience comes from having done it yourself.
The job requires three years of practical experience.
No amount of reading can substitute for practical experience behind the wheel.
- internshipSupervised professional trial period
- hands-on trainingInstruction through direct experience
- practicumSupervised practical training
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- learning the ropesGaining initial competence
lab work · field training · troubleshooting · fieldwork · boots on the ground · vocational training · case studies · job shadowing · simulations · trial run · on-the-job training · technical workshops · role-playing · sink or swim · decision-making · analytical skills · street smarts · study abroad programs
- Apprenticeshipsjourneyman, master craftsman, indenture, mentee, on-the-job training
- field tripsfield trips, field trip, excursions, excursion, school trip
- vocational trainingapprenticeship, apprenticeships, trade school, trade schools, vocational school
- work-studywork-study, library assistant, lab assistant, research assistant, bookstore clerk
practical experiencebook learning
Knowledge from study
pure theory · speculation · conceptual understanding · formal education · classroom instruction
practical experienceinexperience
Lack of prior exposure
naivete · greenness · rawness · naivety · unfamiliarity
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