The practice

Every prestigious educational system and teaching environment understands the need to objectively link theoretical and practical knowledge. It is not of recent application the use of practice in teaching centers, since very early we have understood the importance of fixing the theory through concrete exercises that allow us to appreciate its real usefulness, so that our brain can fix the knowledge more easily by associating it to events or facts in which we have participated.

In this guide we will make a brief analysis of the importance of practice in the learning process, which is one of the most characteristic elements of modern educational systems.

How to make a correct use of practice?

Practice, in essence, should be oriented to reinforce and fix theoretical knowledge. When we say this, we mean that the elements that we try to execute in a practical way must be closely linked to the theoretical ones, otherwise the fundamental objective of the practice is lost, which as we said before, is to reinforce what has been learned in a theoretical way.

It is common to find situations in which a student is subjected to a period of work practice where he is not performing anything of what he has received in theory, you can not give a course to the student on the behavior of the stock markets and then send him to work as a cashier in a bar for a week, this is simply nonsense, very common misuse of practice in educational institutions.

It is important to understand that the student who faces practice will encounter concepts and elements that he does not master, because theory is not always comprehensive enough and tends not to cover the everyday situations or problems that are usually learned during daily performance.

Playing

Playing is one of the most efficient ways to teach. The human brain is much more receptive to positive stimuli, which is why during the first years of our education we are usually taught the most basic concepts through play, sounds and colors.

The game is not only useful with young children, there are many university education centers that make use of this type of didactic methods to teach classes and evaluate the contents. The game environment takes us back to our childhood, in an environment that is not hostile to us, gives us confidence and allows us to disinhibit ourselves more easily.

Simulation environments

Simulation is the technique used to recreate a real situation in a controlled environment. An example of this is the exercises carried out by firefighters, w