Bøger udgivet af Forlaget Højskolerne

It is rather extraordinary that the Danish folk high school can celebrate its 175th anniversary, for there is such a world of difference between 1844 and 2019. In A Foray into Folk High School Ideology, Ove Korsgaard traces Grundtvig’s original thinking from 1844 until the present day. Ove Korsgaard takes three dates – 1864, 1940 and 1968 – each of which heralded a now form of revival, which folk high schools have both been affected by and contributed to. And he asks whether today there is a new revival underway.

Højskolen er, ud over at være en skole, også et hjem, hvor et fælles liv leves. Kostskolen som pæ¬dagogisk ramme giver højskolen en særlig atmo¬sfære, hvor grænserne mellem undervisning og samvær udviskes. Rasmus Kolby Rahbek udfolder forestillingen om højskolen som sted, og fire for¬tællinger viser, hvordan kostskolen præger både elevernes oplevelser og skolens pædagogik.

Hvordan lærer man bedst sammen? Fællesskabet på en højskole fremhæves altid som noget unikt. Ikke kun for elevernes sociale liv, men også for deres læring. Højskolens trygge læringsrum skaber et særligt potentiale for social læring og identitetsuddannelse, skriver Johan Lövgren i sin gentolkning af højskolens pædagogiske praksis, mens fire fortællinger viser eksempler fra højskolen.

The pedagogy of the folk high school is nothing if not a human pedagogy, whose aim is the genesis and maintenance of humankind. Folk high school pedagogy is all about challenging individuals to become themselves as self-determining and responsible beings. So writes Leo Komischke-Konnerup in this, the first volume of 10 Lessons from the Folk High School, and four stories from the everyday life of folk high schools reveal how this lesson is realised in folk high school practice.

We understand ourselves and each other through small-scale stories. And through our grander ones, we are given a framework for understanding our existence. This means that story-telling has always been an indispensable element of the folk high schools – as it still is. Hanne Kirk explores the nature of narrative and the possibilities it offers, and four stories show various ways in which it can be brought into play in a pedagogical context.