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Difference with Education
The following 7 comments and questions have been sent in. They are listed according to date.
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- Differentiate between training and education
- I'm a teacher and thinking of being a trainer
- What is the difference between trade school and college?
- Nothing stated about soft skills
- Why is it important?
- Where does research fit in the picture?
- Difference between education and training
Differentiate between training and education
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October 11, 2008
Differentiate between training and education
sabyasachi - India
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Training usually concerns learning a skill or how to deal with other people. Education usually concerns learning facts, theories and basic concepts in an academic environment.
I'm a teacher and thinking of being a trainer
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August 3, 2008
Thanks for the information. I am presently teaching at a high school and seriously thinking whether I should be involved in training and development. I have a feeling that I would appreciate the flexibility involved in raining and development. What are your thoughts? Thanks for the info.
- Jamaica
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With teaching in high school, you have the advantage of a greater number of vacation days but the disadvantage of having to check homework after school. In a job in training, you have set hours and fewer vacation days, since you are working for a company. The pay may be better working for a company.
In teaching, you sometimes need to discipline the students. With adult learners in training, that is not necessary. Also, the learners may want to gain knowledge, since it should help in their jobs.
A big difference is in subject matter. Teaching concerns academic knowledge. In training, it can be teaching specific skills or more often the training concerns soft skills, such as getting along with others.
A good thing to do is to get to talk with someone who is already doing training in your community. You can check to see if there are some independent trainers or if some large companies have people involved in training. This will help you see what opportunities are available for you, as well as to get an idea of what requirements there would be for you to get into the field.
Best wishes in your career.
What is the difference between trade school and college?
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February 1, 2007
What is the diffence between a trade school and a college?.. Which one should i pick for a better future..... Lincoln Tech vs Middlesex County College
andy - USA
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A trade school usually teach specific skills that can be directly applied. For example, a person may want to become an electrician, an account or a medical aid by taking courses in a trade school. Often trade schools will help you get a job after about 2 years of courses.
In college, you learn more theory in your chosen field. You can get an associate degree in two years or a bachelor degree in four years. You usually have to take a number of required courses to complete the degree. Then you are on your own for getting a job. But the jobs are higher paying and have greater prestige than jobs obtained from a trade school.
It is the comparison of being an electrician and being an electrical engineer. It all depends on what you like to do and your skill level.
Nothing stated about soft skills
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August 8, 2006
One of the questions in your Education v Training segment deals with soft skills. And yet nothing in the text explains what a soft skill is. You need to include some knowledge about soft skills before you can include a test question about it. The questions should only deal with information included in this segment, correct, not a separate section that someone may not have taken.
- USA
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That is a good point We have been planning on adding material on soft skills and hard skills in the training area.
Hard skills are when a person is trained to do some task, like training a mechanic to fix a car. Soft skills concern dealing with people and getting along with them. A sales person needs to learn the hard skill techniques of selling but also needs to know how to relate effectively with the customers.
Why is it important?
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March 23, 2005
Your information is helpful. I have two more questions though. How do you define learning as different from education and training, and why is it important for managers/leaders and educators to know the difference between learning, education and training. Thank you.
Jan - USA
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Training is usually how to perform a task and it often hands-on. With education, you teach the facts, concepts and theory.
For example, I can teach or educate you about the rules of the road and procedure to drive. But I will put you in the driver's seat of the car to train you to drive.
The outcome of training is a skill. the outcome of education is knowledge.
Where does research fit in the picture?
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February 23, 2005
I am a postgraduate studying biology in the People's Republic of China. I am studying for my master's degree. How can I view my research life here? Does it belong to training or education?
You might simply think that my question is too simple, and reply me with a simple answer that it is EDUCATION, because I am still in a college.
But , I found that most of courses what I take can teach me very little, even it does teach me something, it can't go to the nature of learning.
What really matters to my performance or matters on my graduation is simply training. I did the same work day after day. The more I repeated , the easier I will get my degree.
I don't know where the problem comes out!
Maybe, Because, to a Master Degree Pursuer, it is just training. And I can't touch the nature of EDUCATION without a higher pursuit of Doctor Degree.
Do you think that I am true?
regards!
liangliang
liangliang - PRC
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Education in college often provides information and teaches theory and concepts. In biology, you should have some labs where you can apply the concepts and knowledge in real experiments, just as you would do in a job as a biologist.
Research is the application of theory. But there is training needed in the methods of research and experiments. The more experiments you do in your research, the better your skills are in the methodolgy. You are no longer learning theory but applying it.
I hope that helps you. Best wishes in getting your advanced degrees and in a wonderful career.
Difference between education and training
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February 22, 2005
philosophical difference between education, training and schooling
kibet - Kenya
6068
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Education relates to learning facts, concepts and theories. Schooling is the same as education. Training mainly concerns learning skills and hands-on applications.
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