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<p>We will discuss about the role of Grundtvigian folk high schools and their contemporary meanings in two contexts. The first one will be the revision of its sources in the Scandinavian countries (especially in Denmark) and in Poland. The second one will be an attempt to find a connection between building a civil society based on the strong foundation of Grundtvigian schools in the Scandinavian countries and its constant “corruption” is Poland. We would like to get that institution (undervalued in Poland though still functioning in Scandinavia and in many other countries) out of the past and to show its timeless “grassroots work” role in building civic attitudes.</p>
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We will discuss about the role of Grundtvigian folk high schools and their contemporary meanings in two contexts. The first one will be the revision of its sources in the Scandinavian countries (especially in Denmark) and in Poland. The second one will be an attempt to find a connection between building a civil society based on the strong foundation of Grundtvigian schools in the Scandinavian countries and its constant “corruption” is Poland. We would like to get that institution (undervalued in Poland though still functioning in Scandinavia and in many other countries) out of the past and to show its timeless “grassroots work” role in building civic attitudes.

Grundtvigian Folk High Schools and Their “grassroots work” of Civil Society Participation

Polish Journal of Educational  Studies

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We will discuss about the role of Grundtvigian folk high schools and their contemporary meanings in two contexts. The first one will be the revision of its...

Grundtvigian Folk High Schools and Their “grassroots work” of Civil Society Participation

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 151 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/poljes-2021-0011

Keywords
folk high schools, civil society, education

© 2021 Tadeusz Pilch et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Grundtvigian Folk High Schools and Their “grassroots work” of Civil Society Participation

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 151 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/poljes-2021-0011

Keywordsfolk high schools, civil society, education

© 2021 Tadeusz Pilch et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
folk high schools, civil society, education