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Debate Week
Debate Topic: Should education focus more on practical skills than academic skills, or be equally balanced?
Vocabulary:
rote: (adj.) through repetition; mechanical
vocational: (adj.) related to education or training designed to prepare individuals for a specific skill
ITI: (Industrial Training Institute) the Indian version of vocational schools
polytechnic: (n.) similar to a vocational school but usually in a larger scale
tools of (one’s)/the trade: (idiom) something needed to do one’s job
Other keywords that might be useful:
learn (something) hands-on: (phrase) learn by actually doing it yourself and accumulating experience
critical thinking skills: (n.) the ability to think by oneself and question things
abstract thinking: (n.) the ability to form complex thoughts in one’s head without any visual cues
skills application: (n.) using the skills and knowledge one has learned and using it in a practical way
fundamental principles: (n.) the basic, core ideas that are the foundation of a theory or system of belief
