Learning for Work Kenneth J. Peak Collins developed at the University

Collins developed at the University of Kentucky

distinguished by its skillful integration of theory and practice

This book will help those involved in the education of young people understand the wider context for 14-19 reform

as well as play workers

One of the most remarkable features of that history

Learning for Work Kenneth J. Peak Collins developed at the UniversityFounded in 1883, the Chicago Manual Training School (CMTS) was a short lived but influential institution dedicated to teaching a balanced combination of practical and academic skills. Connie Goddard uses the CMTS as a door into America's early era of industrial education and the transformative idea of "learning to do." Rooting her account in John Dewey's ideas, Goddard moves from early nineteenth century supporters of the union of learning and labor