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
In Sioux City, Iowa, last winter the local Plumbers' Union, WPA carpenters, the High School manual training classes, a local fur dealer and the Junior League all labored together to give Art a fitting home.
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
Of Yankee and German Swiss stock, the son of a high-school manual training teacher, Stanton started earning money as a newsboy.
From Time Magazine Archive
And now let me briefly summarize certain conclusions to which reflection has led me in regard to the subject of manual training in reformatory institutions.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
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