Theory comprises the fundamentals of a topic and its basic definition.Practical exposure leads to more specialized knowledge and an ability to implement the theory.Practical knowledge can be gained by doing projects or taking part in various workshops.Engineering competitions,industrial visits and internships are other good ways to build practical exposure.The advantage of practical exposure is that it introduces you to the tools used in industry to build products.You can then apply the theory learnt in a very general context to specific problems.Knowledge gained through practice is never forgotten.’Book smarts’ can only take a student so far.Actual hands on experience helps a student see the various facets of a problem.They learn to approach a problem from different angles to come up with optimum solutions to it.It also familiarizes them with the use and operation of industry specific hardware and software.Practical exposure fleshes out a students knowledge on a subject.It complements the theoretical knowledge gained to make the student industry ready.For software engineering classroom teaching is supplemented with lab sessions.

Research shows dividing students into small groups and having them discuss a concept is a good way to teach. Rather than using slides, instructors should create programs in front of their learners. Pair programming is a software development practice in which 2 programmers share 1 computer. One person (called the driver) does the typing, while the other (called the navigator) offers comments and suggestions. The two switch roles several times per hour. Pair programming is a good practice in real-life programming and also a good way to teach. To help students accomplish a visible and satisfying result quickly, instructors can provide some prewritten software libraries or source code that starts students closer to the end goal. A coding club can give students the opportunity to build applications together and learn about software. Showing students practical things they can do with code will help get them excited.Parsons problems i.e.,giving students program instructions that are out of sequence and asking them to put them back in the right order can be used for teaching.The right blend of theory and practicals will lead to ideal learning outcomes.