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ERIC Number: EJ1218987
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-3831
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Community, Self and the Other: Learning Processes in Norwegian Folk High Schools
Lövgren, Johan
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v63 n5 p789-804 2019
The Norwegian folk high schools have a legally defined role in the national educational system as a value-based pedagogical alternative without grades, exams or pre-defined curriculums. The roots of the schools can be traced to the theologian N.F.S. Grundtvig and his ideals of a learning that develops not just the mind but the whole student. The empirical study of this article seeks to explore the learning processes of contemporary Norwegian folk high schools. A theoretical development of Etienne Wenger's social learning theory is applied to analyze 60 student texts. The article describes 3 overarching themes of learning: community as a context where self is developed through identity work and the other is the focus.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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