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ERIC Number: EJ639820
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
A European Demos? The Nordic Adult Education Tradition--Folkeoplysning--Faces a Challenge.
Korsgaard, Ove
Comparative Education, v38 n1 p7-16 Feb 2002
The Nordic tradition of folkeoplysning (Denmark, Norway) or folkbildning (Sweden) is a form of adult education--"people's enlightenment"--linked to the emergence of democracy. Differing social, political, and cultural emphases attached to "folk"/"people" in various European languages have implications for the role of folkeoplysning in the development of a European democracy and a European citizenry. (Contains 22 references.) (SV)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship, Cultural Differences, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Nationalism, Political Influences, Politics of Education, Role of Education, Social Change, Social History
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: European Union; Nordic Countries
Note: Translated from the Danish by Sean Martin.