Talk:Sloyd

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This article appears to be a personal statement rather than an encyclopedic article following Wikipedia policies and guidelines. I will make sure that you get a copy of links on your talk page. Thanks, Mattisse 04:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I am a Danish sloyd teacher educated from Dansk Sløjdlærerskole in Copenhagen. To my opinion the original article was a good historical description containing facts. Very often people who critizise know nothing about the subject themselves. Mr. Mattisse, you should not interfere with subjects that you know too little about. What education do you have?

--Hans Christophersen 17:02, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I am pleased to see this page getting some attention (and editing) I am a craftsman and teacher, and not the kind to put all the verbage in the correct format. I have studied sloyd extensively, both in and outside the classroom, so naturally what I write would come across as a personal statement... rather than purely cold, clinical and devoid of feelings the way encyclopedias can be. Here in the US, sloyd played an important role in early education that is now nearly forgotten as schools abandon hands-on learning for heartless and ineffective expedience. Anyway, I am pleased to see most of what I contributed intact, and to see the entry without the banners proclaiming its inadequacies. Thank you. to those who have edited, and to Mr. Christophersen for confirming validity of content. DougStowe 00:33, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sloyd in America

This small section has been tagged for references, although it seems as though the sentences as they stand would be hard to verify. I found an article on JSTOR that seems to detail some of the effects sloyd had on education in the US but I cannot read past the first page because I don't have a subscription to JSTOR myself.

If someone does, or has access to one, here is the link to it: The Influence of Swedish Sloyd and its Interpreters on American Art Education Maybe it can clear up the issue. 98.217.191.240 (talk) 22:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC)