1) Family apprenticeships. Many trades ran in the family. This makes financial incentives strongly aligned. Training often begins at birth. This still exists in some rare niches; certain crafts, performers.
2) Schooling as the destruction of apprenticeship. Besides for the preference for propositional knowledge you mentioned, there's also the simple fact that schools make it hard for kids to work. A thirteen-year-old is unable to spend their best hours in an apprenticeship learning --- they're stuck in a classroom. I wonder how much a) child labor laws and b) compulsory schooling are correlated with the decline of apprenticeships.
I'm looking forward to reading much more from you! This is really excellent!
1) Family Apprenticeships - this is a very interesting topic. Obviously not discussed here but I plan to go in deep in traditions of knowledge held within specific families in future episodes.
2) This is an excellent point that I wish I had gone into more. I'm certain you are right that legal restrictions combined with moral panic have had a huge negative influence on young people moving towards apprenticeship-style work.
Thank you for the encouraging comment! I'm looking forward to continuing the project!
Great essay on a wonderful topic
I'm surprised at two things I didn't see:
1) Family apprenticeships. Many trades ran in the family. This makes financial incentives strongly aligned. Training often begins at birth. This still exists in some rare niches; certain crafts, performers.
2) Schooling as the destruction of apprenticeship. Besides for the preference for propositional knowledge you mentioned, there's also the simple fact that schools make it hard for kids to work. A thirteen-year-old is unable to spend their best hours in an apprenticeship learning --- they're stuck in a classroom. I wonder how much a) child labor laws and b) compulsory schooling are correlated with the decline of apprenticeships.
I'm looking forward to reading much more from you! This is really excellent!
Thank you Shadow! Two great points:
1) Family Apprenticeships - this is a very interesting topic. Obviously not discussed here but I plan to go in deep in traditions of knowledge held within specific families in future episodes.
2) This is an excellent point that I wish I had gone into more. I'm certain you are right that legal restrictions combined with moral panic have had a huge negative influence on young people moving towards apprenticeship-style work.
Thank you for the encouraging comment! I'm looking forward to continuing the project!
I'm looking forward to reading much more