It is widely believed that hands-on skills should be taught in schools for students’ future carrers. Maintain or deploy this trend is criucial because it teaches independence. Moreover, apart from theoretical and applied skills, schools should teach critical thinking.
It is essental for students to learn practical skills, such as cooking, washing, or sew, at school because after mastering them, children will be able to do most of the daily activities by themselves. Hence, through learning applied skills children may understand that they can be more self-relient and confident in the future, resulting in less dependents on others. For students who were taught practical skills in early ages, including financial literacy, house chores, and communication skills, for instacne, it may be not difficult to work or study abroad as they feel self-assured and independed. Therefore, mastering hands-on skills in schools can play a key role in adult life.
Nevertheless, schools should not limit with teaching only academic and applied skills; indeed, conducting lessons on cognitive skills, specifically critical thinking, is beneficial for pupils because it teaches think out of the box, creativity, and generation of unconventional ideas. According to a recent study, in some countries where developing critical thinking through solving logical problems in schools is widely popular, such as finding next number in certain numerical sequence, graduates tend to see flaws or find a solution for the problem in their work faster than their colleagues. Hence, this can help them to stand out from their peer.
In conclusion, the primary importance of teaching practical skills in schools is to make students more self-reliable and independent in their future careers. Additionaly, the additional skill that should be taught in schools is critical thinking.