Intelligent Hands: Why Making is a Skill for Life Toys Born in the Lake District

Born in the Lake District in England

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8 cm diameter

stitching and finishing the final pieces

Intelligent Hands: Why Making is a Skill for Life Toys Born in the Lake DistrictRecent 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