Technisches Werken#

Technical Handicrafts (and Textile Handicrafts), since 1987 an alternative compulsory subject in primary schools, which may be taken up by male and female pupils; it replaced the former sex-specific subjects of handicrafts for boys (Handfertigkeitsunterricht) and needlework for girls (Weibliches Handarbeiten), which, mainly under the influence of the educational reform movement (Reformpaedagogik), had also become compulsory subjects in the lower forms of secondary schools.