There should be a larger amount of active co-operation between the
teachers of art and design and the teachers of manual training; also
between both sets of teachers and the general community.
MANUAL TRAINING AND HOUSEHOLD ARTS
In the grammar grades manual and household training receives an
average proportion of the time. In the grades before the seventh, the
subject receives considerably less than the usual amount of time.
TABLE 11.--TIME GIVEN TO MANUAL TRAINING
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| Hours per year | Per cent of grade time
Grade +-----------+-----------+-----------+------------
| Cleveland | 50 cities | Cleveland | 50 cities
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1 | 32 | 42 | 4.3 | 4.8
2 | 32 | 47 | 3.5 | 5.1
3 | 32 | 40 | 3.5 | 4.5
4 | 32 | 45 | 3.5 | 4.6
5 | 38 | 50 | 4.3 | 5.2
6 | 38 | 57 | 4.3 | 5.8
7 | 63 | 72 | 7.1 | 7.1
8 | 63 | 74 | 7.1 | 7.4
------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------
Total | 330 | 427 | 4.8 | 5.6
------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------
It is easy to see the social and educational justification of courses
in sewing, cooking, household sanitation, household decoration, etc.
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