manual training
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of manual training
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The manual training movement incorporated wood and metal work into typical curricula, and, unlike later models of vocational training, was designed to further liberal arts teaching rather than replace it.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018
Stepinac, with a capacity of 1,360 students, does offer everything, from manual training to a radio studio.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Glencoe, a rich Chicago suburb, was frightened by Depression into dropping art, music and manual training from its curriculum, Redefer quit as superintendent, became in 1932 P. E. A.'s executive secretary.
From Time Magazine Archive
After studying engineering at the University of Minnesota, he left with $85 in his jeans, grubbed along as manual training instructor, toy designer, vaudevillian, journalist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bags, baskets and little matted trays were finally decided upon, and Miss Freeland, the manual training teacher who stopped at Norm, found an enthusiastic class ready for her dictation.
From The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills by Garis, Lillian
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