manual training

American  

noun

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

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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

Struck down in the past few years have been kindergartens, continuation schools, the junior college, junior high schools, manual training, domestic science and physical training in elementary schools.

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

Let the pupils turn out complete articles, for only thus can the full intellectual and moral benefits of manual training be reaped.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix