One difference between college education and vocational training

I chatted with a netizen last night. She said that she had recently fallen and lost her job. Seeing that I was still surfing the Internet looking for information and doing projects so late, she also wanted to make progress like me. I felt very happy, the ability to chat easily affects a person. Later, she asked me a question: "Do you say that a person will learn a major in a month and be able to work in testing ?" (Note: she already knows that I am a Software Testing Training Instructor)

This problem is very familiar, because many of the students who come to Peking University have similar problems, especially recent graduates. My answer is: "I can tell you about how to fly an airplane in about an hour. You can understand it. But, you know, you still don't fly ." I think this sentence best reflects the characteristics of university education.

The obvious difference between vocational education and university education is that it not only tells you how to fly a plane, but also gives you all the knowledge points to practice at and reach a level of proficiency, then you become a plane driver.

I have always stressed this point during my teaching at Beijing University. However, some students (especially fresh graduates or students) are reluctant to start their work. When they are in class, they feel that they understand what the teacher says, he thought it was too simple. At the end of his job, one problem followed.

People who have worked understand that it is not necessary to systematically learn some knowledge like a university to solve problems encountered at work, but what problems have they encountered, there are many people on the Internet who have similar experiences and solutions. We only need to understand their solutions, we can also transfer the solution to our problem (some are ready-made ^_^ ). The cultivation of this kind of ability is also what vocational education requires students to practice and master during the training process, rather than all the questions, which are directly answered by the teachers. When designing the course content, we will specifically start from this point of view, so that you cannot find the answer directly from the book. You must familiarize yourself with the knowledge in the book and try to use it, finally, we can turn knowledge into capabilities. I used to describe this process with "rolling down.

"How can we see the rainbow without going through the storm? No one can succeed at will !", Learning cannot be abandoned halfway. Knowing what is, what to do, and how to do it is only the first step of learning, and it is also a relatively easy step (learning knowledge ); making things out and doing it well is a more important and difficult second step in learning. It is also the ultimate goal of learning. It has not been completed yet. For technical personnel, it may be even a matter of white Learning (the ability to turn knowledge into capabilities and use knowledge to solve problems ).