sloyd
Sign in to saveAlso known as slöjd, educational sloyd, educational slöjd, handicraft education
right|thumb|300px|Woodwork room for teaching sloyd in Denmark, 1931 Sloyd (Swedish '), also known as educational sloyd', is a system of handicraft-based education started by Uno Cygnaeus in Finland in 1865. The system was further refined and promoted worldwide, and was taught in the United States until the early 20th century. It is still taught as a compulsory subject in Finnish, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian schools.
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- Sloyd
- time of discovery or invention
- 1865-00-00
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14 sectionsContents
- Historical overview
- Background
- Sloyd in Sweden
- Sloyd in America
- Principles
- Developmental goal
- Unique characteristics
- Relationship to physical education
- Legacy
- Today
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
right|thumb|300px|Woodwork room for teaching sloyd in Denmark, 1931 Sloyd (Swedish '), also known as educational sloyd', is a system of handicraft-based education started by Uno Cygnaeus in Finland in 1865. The system was further refined and promoted worldwide, and was taught in the United States until the early 20th century. It is still taught as a compulsory subject in Finnish, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian schools.
== Historical overview ==