It is seen specially in countries like India , Universities though talk big about employ-ability of students and hands one experience do not welcome practitioners and field level experts for academics and training positions like professors . Most selections are done by people who claim to be expert shuffling through books and journals with little hands on situational expertise. At least for professional subjects like engineering management Computers Medicine , Hotels and fashion design etc . This was expected .Result is large trained workforce but unemployed and without work.What are solutions? what is position in advanced countries?
Prof. Gupta I fully agree with you. Same is the case with the library professionals, whereby teaching at bachelors and Masters degree level is imparted by those LIS teachers who do not have practical working knowledge and the professionals who actually work in the libraries and have working knowledge of the subject are denied of the opportunity to work as teachers. I would suggest, in all such courses where working knowledge is important, should make it mandatory that the person should have at least 10 years or whatever may be deemed appropriate of practical working experience to be eligible to work as a professor or his associate.
Dear Dr. Gupta. I can answer that question from a orthopaedic perspective. Here you need a mix. Practical skills are very important. On the other hand there is a tradition of teacher and student. This is not very effective. We need science and studies to confirm what we are doing. To say: it works in my practise and that is why its is true is not enough. There should be a healthy combination of practical experience and science confirming or withdraw what we are doing every day.
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