जीवन का विद्यालय और सोरो की अकादमी

परिचय

Grundtvig published this text in 1838 to propose that the old academy at Sorø be turned into a “school for life” for the Danish people. Instead of the “black school” of Latin learning and examinations, it should offer young adults from all classes an education in the mother tongue through the living word, history, poetry and song, to prepare them for life as citizens. The proposal was not realised at Sorø, but it became the programme of the folk high school movement: the first school was opened in Rødding in 1844, and by the end of the century there were dozens across Denmark. The text is still read as a founding document of Nordic adult education.