The Impact and Legacy of Educational Sloyd Head and Hands In

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 technolo