tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post2383497828382863095..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: values, character and morality in schoolsDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-52717654583230946192010-07-19T07:36:13.747-05:002010-07-19T07:36:13.747-05:00An example of these values achieved through work w...An example of these values achieved through work with the hands is something a friend of my has seen. One of her projects with the conservation district was to have students paint trash cans with their own artwork that are placed around town. Since the cans have been painted there has been fewer acts of vandalism and disappearance of the cans.<br /><br />She also has had students working in a community "outdoor classroom" planting, weeding, and decorating a public park area. This area is a place that the kids have gravitated to and have been able to use it with a sense of pride that it is "theirs" and they have a stake in it. So they seem to take care of it much better than if someone else had built it and turned it over to them.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-5051038750618634412010-07-17T08:51:11.432-05:002010-07-17T08:51:11.432-05:00Doug, thanks for the work you do. The light you sh...Doug, thanks for the work you do. The light you shed on this important topic. I read it all even though I don't comment.<br /><br />I want to share with you a video explaining how the time perspective kids are being rewired by technology. <br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/2g3ez3x<br /><br />While I don't have kids and not involved in education, I feel that for community cohesion, education is the most important building block. I know it was for me. Working with my hands saved me.Willhttp://woodenzen.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com