sloyd

or sloid, slojd

[ sloid ]

noun

1. a system of manual training based on experience gained in woodworking, originally developed in Sweden.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sloyd¹

1880–85; < Swedish slöjd craft, industrial art, woodworking; cognate with sleight

Example Sentences

Sloyd, Sloid, sloid, n. the name given to a certain system of manual instruction which obtains in the schools of Finland and Sweden, the word properly denoting work of an artisan kind practised not as a trade or means of livelihood, but in the intervals of other employment.

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Thus many children who, when they first began Sloyd, were distinctly below the average in intelligence, have become under its influence completely “normal.”

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The general educational value of Sloyd has, indeed, been found to be so great, that in some schools in Swedish towns as many as eight hours are given to it each week.

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The Sloyd Bench is usually about 7 ft. long, 2 ft. wide, and 3 ft.

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This reason for desiring the introduction of manual training into Elementary Schools might have been expected to suggest itself to all persons who are acquainted with the conditions under which the mass of English people live; but experience gained in Sweden and other countries where the Sloyd system has been largely used, proves that there are also strong educational reasons for desiring that Sloyd shall be introduced into all English Elementary Schools as soon as possible.

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