The Impact and Legacy of Educational Sloyd: Head and Hands in Harness

ISBN-13: 9780415814812 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 222 str.

David J. Whittaker

Opis

Originally started in Finland in 1865, Educational Sloyd used handicrafts as practised in schools as a means of promoting educational completeness through the interdependence of mind and body. These radical ideas were to spread throughout Europe and America and had a significant impact on the early development of manual training, manual arts, industrial education and technical education. Today it is generally acknowledged that Educational Sloyd laid the foundations of modern technological education.

This book traces the development of Sloyd from its conception by Uno Cygnaeus and the first Sloyd school founded by Otto Salomon to its enthusiastic take up in Scandinavia and beyond to the UK and America. It looks at the debates, controversy around the Sloyd stystem and considers the transition from hands-on craft work to concepts of educational technology. Finally it considers the legacy of the ideas and practice of Sloyd education and how this will continue to impact on educational technology in the future.

This fascinating work will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the areas of educational technology, comparative education and the history of education.

Spis treści

1: Introduction – Retrospect and Prospect  2: Head and Hands: The Philosophers' Point of View  3: Fresh Ideas to Improve Schooling and Build a Nation  4: Sloyd Education: A Nordic Export  5: Enthusiastic Take-up: United Kingdom  6: Enthusiastic Take-up: worldwide  7: Debate, Controversy, Rival Factions  8: Harnessing After 150 Years: Technology Education in Concept  9: Harnessing as the Schools do it  10: The Establishment of Educational Sloyd in Finland  11: The Establishment of Educational Sloyd in Iceland Brynjar Olafsson and Gisli Thorsteinsson  12:. In Retrospect: The Thinking Hand

O autorze

David J. Whittaker was formerly Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Teesside University, UK.