Intelligent hands : why making is a skill for life
Abrahams, Charlotte2023
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Recent years have seen a decline in craft and creative education in schools and a shift from practical to theoretical learning models in higher education. Young people are leaving school with no idea that craft-based careers are even possible, and graduates of craft-based degree courses are entering the workplace with so few hand skills that their employers must train them from scratch. Where did the idea come from that white-collar work should be rewarded more with money and status than that of a blue-collar worker? 'Intelligent Hands' looks at this phenomenon, the historical precedents that led us here and why hand skills are crucial in education and for lifelong learning.
Main title:
Intelligent hands : why making is a skill for life / Charlotte Abrahams & Katy Bevan.
Author:
Abrahams, Charlotte, authorBevan, Katy, author
Imprint:
[Stroud] : Quickthorn, [2023]©2023
Collation:
143 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781739316020 (pbk)
Dewey class:
745.5
Language:
English
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BRN:
1393971
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