Mind and Hand: Manual Training the Chief Factor in Education

Mind and Hand: Manual Training the Chief Factor in Education

The last twenty-five years have brought much of intrinsic value into American education. Rapid increase in population and ever-changing conditions have made imperative demands for schools adequate to self-government. The Kindergarten led the way to other substantial reforms in education, and called attention to the actual needs of childhood. It proved conclusively that hand-work is one of the dominant interests of the child, and demonstrated the absolute dependence of brain-growth upon Manual Training. Manual Training is thus a direct outcome and sequence of the Kindergarten. It supplies a need for which there is no substitute. The belief that that which is begun in the Kindergarten should be continued and expanded in all upper grades, forces itself more and more upon thoughtful minds. Modern psychology brings its potent evidence as to the tremendous value of the work of the hand in the building of the brain. The trend of educational thought will always be in the direction of hand training as a fundamental element in education. Twenty-five years ago Manual Training was little known in this country as a factor in education. Charles H. Ham,[xii] imbued with a fervid patriotism, saw clearly that one of the intrinsic needs of educationan absolute necessity in the evolution of a democracyis the training of the whole being, hand, brain, and soul, through educative work. He was, indeed, a pioneer, beginning his work when there was very little attention given to this important subject, and at a time, too, when it was opposed by nearly all leading educators. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67039
Author: Ham, Charles H. (Charles Henry)
Release Date: Dec 29, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publication Date: 1900
Publisher Country: United States