manual training

American  

noun

1. training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.

---

Etymology

Origin of manual training

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

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

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

Schoolboys do needlework and study homemaking, while the girls take courses in auto repair and manual training.

From Time Magazine Archive

While a student at the University of Chicago in 1896, where Dewey held sway over the philosophy department, Eby was assigned to teach Dewey-style manual training to a four-year-old lad named Archibald MacLeish.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, manual training fulfills the one essential condition—it is interesting.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix