noun
manual training; work education
Educational approach emphasizing learning through practical manual work, historically associated with progressive education movements.
労作教育は、手を動かすことを通じて学ぶ教育方法です。
Manual training is an educational method of learning through hands-on work.
作業教育 is a broader term for work-oriented education, while 労作教育 specifically refers to manual training or handwork-based learning.
Compound of 労作 (manual work, labor) and 教育 (education). The term likely emerged in the context of early 20th-century educational reform movements.