apprenticeship system
Learn-by-doing structure
An apprenticeship system is a structured arrangement where skilled workers train beginners in a trade or profession.
The apprentice works under a master's supervision, learning through hands-on practice over months or years.
Historically formalized through guilds and contracts, modern versions combine workplace training with classroom instruction: She learned plumbing through the union's apprenticeship system.
- indentureFormal binding contract
- seven yearsTraditional curse duration
- time servedPeriod already imprisoned
- working papersLegal employment documentation
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
old master · guild · journeyman · learning the ropes · hands-on training · on the job · carpentry · skill transfer · workforce development · trade school · skilled trades · contract · industrial revolution · master craftsman · blacksmithing · certification · career pathways · plumbing
- Caribbean historyJamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Cuba, Trinidad
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- slaverychattel slavery, enslaved, slave, enslavement, slave traders
apprenticeship systembook learning
Knowledge from study
rote learning · correspondence courses · classroom instruction · university education · college education
apprenticeship systemmass education
Teaching available to all
university system · standardized curriculum · degree programs · self-directed learning · autodidacticism
apprenticeship systemself-teaching
Instructing oneself without guidance
autodidacticism · self-directed learning · independent study · trial and error · self-education
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