bildung and sustainabledevelopment
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BILDUNG AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTIN DANISH FOLK HIGH SCHOOLS
JONAS ANDREASEN LYSGAARD & JEPPE LÆSSØE
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N.F.S. GRUNDTVIG
Lutheran priest, poet/author, philosopher, politician (1783-1872)
Argued against democracy - ‘a battlefield for powerful narrow interests’
1849: Denmark became a democracy
If democracy - then we need a people’shigh school
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• Awake, enlight and enliven (to make lively, spirited or vigorous).Aim
• Shedding light on the foundations and conditions of human existence and co-existence.
• Knowledge and reason in itself is not enough to grasp the human existence, it must be supplemented with experiences, emotions, sentiments.
• ‘The living word / dialogue’
Life enlightenment
• Transformation of the (rural) populace into a common entity as a people• Making the people eligible to participate in a new democratic society• An enlightenment among the people rather than of the people
Peoples enlightenment
N.F.S. GRUNDTVIGS PEDAGOGICAL IDEAS
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• First school established in 1844. Expansion after a lost war in1864
• Today 68 schools across Denmark with around 44.000 students a year
• Public funding, but not part of the formal educational system
• No exams, diplomas or national curriculums – can be organized around any subject.
• Bording schools, avarege course is 5 month, min. age 18 years (average 21 years).
THE DANISH FOLK HIGH SCHOOLS
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• Rooted in both the individuals and our common lives
• Experience based knowledge – rather than technical or academic
• Drawing on common history and culture (heritage)
• Dialogue (the living word)
• Joint problem solving (participation in community development)
• Openness regarding both means and ends of education
APPROACHES TO LEARNING
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FOUR TYPES OF CONTEMPORARY BILDUNG
1. Poetic bildung
2. Political bildung
3. Cultural bildung
4. Professional bildung
Kolby Rahbek - 2017
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POETIC BILDUNG
” The folk high school is the only non-religious institution in our contemporary society that emphasize that which we do not know.” (Head of Folk high School)
• Establishing a space where questions, regarding existential issues can be raised.
• ‘Weak’ approach (Biesta), in the sense that it represents a counter-position to more instrumental approaches to Bildung
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POLITICAL BILDUNG
The folk high school represents a smaller forum, where students can practice democratic skills in order to engage with issues related to the current global issues such as climate change, economical crises, immigrants og rising poverty. (Teacher – Folk high school)
• Emphasizes attitude, action, responsibility and critique
• ‘Strong’ approach, with potential for action oriented overload.
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CULTURAL BUILDING
Our task is to build students' ability to engage in and in communities when they leave school.
• community, identity, participation and experience
• ‘Weak’, approach emphasizing open processes. Who am I? Who are we?
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PROFFESSIONAL BILDUNG
“The professional perspective itself is not the most important at the school. The perspectives about the learning that takes place is more important.” (Folk highschool teacher)
• Skills, Immersion, interest, perspectives
• ‘Strong’ bildung perspective, offers specific skills for further studies and work life
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THE CLASSIC TRAP OF BILDUNG
Bildung as a primarily (Weak) negative critical concept
Bildung as a primarily (Strong) positive content related concept
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JYDERUP - GREEN GUERILLA
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VESTJYLLAND - GREEN BILDUNG – ECOLOGY, PERMACULTURE, SUSTAINABILITY AND POLITICS
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FOLK HIGH SCHOOL PEDAGOGY AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Bildung Continuums: Weak/strong – Negative/positive
• Different forms of intellectuality – the narrative as the central theme.
• A rational language vs. a narrative language.
Bodily experience based education vs. rational education on sustainable development
• The folk high school pedagogy contains both a existential and a political perspective
• 24 hour “learning experience” that is not bound to the class room, but rather combines education and lived life.
Alternative arenas for developing meaningful strategies in order to deal with “schlüssel probleme”
• Open and curious approach, rather than fixed agendas or end goals
• Experiencing and understanding thinking and acting responsible in relation to a common and practical human existence.
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