If I'm trying to differentiate between my knowledge base, how do I address the experience gained in school? For example,
"My professional experience includes C#, .NET, etc."
"My educational? experience includes Java, C++, etc."
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2In theory, school gives scholastic training, not experience. It could give experience, but most entities wouldn't consider book knowledge and test taking to be "experience". There is what you learn (training), what you know (knowledge), and what you've actually done with the first two outside of school (experience).– SrJovenCommented Aug 25, 2014 at 3:29
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1I agree with SrJoven. How about "curricular exposure to Java... etc."?– ba_ulCommented Aug 25, 2014 at 4:16
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Actually, school should provide training or education, or both, depending on the type of school. And scholastic just means related to school or schooling. Of course school provides students with the experience of school: yes, it provides scholastic experience (though that is not its aim).– DrewCommented Aug 25, 2014 at 4:23
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The term academic means
Of or relating to education and scholarship: academic achievement; he had no academic qualifications [Oxford Online Dictionary]
In your example, experience means
direct observation of or participation in events as a basis of knowledge [Merriam-Webster]
The academic experience could include classes taken, lectures attended, informal discussions participated in. However, when formally describing qualifications, the term experience is more commonly reserved to less theoretical and more practical activities.
In describing scholarly training, the term background is often used. This can equally be applied to employment, including professional pursuits.
