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Grundtvig’s Yippies
Scandinavian Folk High Schools, their influence in Canada and the emergence of the Youth Initiative Program
By Nico Koenig
Let’s Chat
2:00 - 2:50 PowerPoint Presentation2:50 - 3:00 Fika. Swedish for
Coffee/biscuit break3:00 - 4:00 Q&A period between all
interested parties
WelcomeThe purpose of this presentation
Offer an outline of Folk High Schools (FHS) Present FHS past and current influence in
CanadaPresent innovative FHS model called the
Youth Initiative Program (YIP)Use KITL platform as a tool for adult
educationConnect visionaries from around the world
and see what happens
What is a Folk High School The school was to help students to think for themselves,
to teach to distinguish between true and false values, and to strengthen the student’s will to choose the right way - Roberson
The schools help students go out into life, and give the very best that is in them, and service to the limit of their ability - Agnes Macphail
Filled to capacity by young people in whose hearts only one issue is the burning one: how to live a personal life so fervently and interestingly, that the spectre of death shall be overcome by harbingers of life - Hojbjerg
Free Tuition
No Grades
No Formal College Degree
Student Directed
CurriculumPost
Secondary
Residential Setting
Year Long
Short Courses
Upgrade Secondary
Grades
Transition Year
Workshops/ Dialogical Learning
Holistic Teaching
Community Building Learning
and maybe
Includes
Found in Scandinavia
Community Partnerships
Specific Expertise
Special Population
Limited International participants
Specific Expertise
Arts: Music, Dance, Film, Ceramics, Wood Writing, Painting, Theatre, Photography
Spiritual Affiliations: Christian, Muslim, Anthroposophy
Civic: International Development, Politics, Democracy, Peace, Study Trips
General: Math, Language, Science, History
Technical: Sport, Outdoor Leadership, Boat Building, Computer, IT, Mechanics, Design, Agricultural
Free Tuition
Government Lump Sum $$
$
FHS Council
FHS Principals, Teachers, Board Members
147 FHS (SE)
Staff salaries, overhead costs, infrastructure
Government will not deduct $, and will not increase - SE FHS Board
We seem to fall underneath the public radar
- NO FHS Council
Students Pay •Accommodation•Living Expenses•Study Trips
Free Tuition
Grants available from Government
Typical expense for full year is 47,000 -98,000 Norwegian Kronos ($8,000-18,000 CAD)
Fees vary greatly depending on program focus (international placements, technical equipment)
Illegal to charge tuition
Community Building Learning
Residential Setting
Community Partnerships
Short Courses for Community Members
Teachers Live Nearby
Residential Student Living
Connection between School & LifeHousing
Chores and Upkeep
Small Rural Towns
Partnerships with Local Organisations
Brief History “Schools teach about dead
subjects in a dead language, and deaden the students who are forced to endure them” - Bishop Grundtvig
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Grundtvig on Learning
The Living WordDialogical learning between the teacher and learner where the teachings remain alive within the teacherEnvironment based in the learners realityThe ultimate reason for learning is enlightenment of life - the grasp of one’s world and thus of one’s self, integrated through both freedom and fellowship (Warren, 1987)
Grundtvig on FHS
Ideal FHSSchool for life, not for livingThe living wordFolkeligResidential schools for adults(Jindra, 1983)
Canadians InspiredThe Antigonish Movement
Father Jimmy Tompkins
Rev. Moses Coady
The Coady International Institute Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Canadians Inspired The Banff Centre
The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada Agnes MacPhail Donald Cameron
Canadians InspiredPiqqusillivvik
The Inuit Cultural Learning Facility
Knud Rasmussenip HøjskoleaSisimiut, Greenland
Canadians InspiredPiqqusillivvik
The Inuit Cultural Learning Facility
Canadians InspiredPiqqusillivvik
The Inuit Cultural Learning Facility
Piqqusillivvik, Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada
Picture taken March 2010
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www.yip.se
Free Tuition
No Grades
No Formal College Degree
Student Directed
CurriculumPost
Secondary
Residential Setting
Year Long
Short Courses
Upgrade Secondary
Grades
Transition Year
Workshops/ Dialogical Learning
Holistic Teaching
Community Building Learning
and
Includes Found only
in Jarna, Sweden
Community Partnerships
Specific Expertise
Special Population
Limited International participants
The differenceEmerging social issues and solutionsUse of social mediaFocus on personal narrativeGlobal networkGlobal participants (40 from 15 countries)Action-solution focusedDIY international placementWeekly international contributions
Weekly Themes Theory U Mentoring Singing & Improvisation Political Economics Business & Sustainability Design for Social Intervention Portrait Painting Facilitation & Group Dynamics Biography work & Gender Studies Chaordic Stepping Stones Budgeting & Bookkeeping Fundraising Storytelling Agriculture Alternative Technologies
Alternative technologies Land Art Contemplation Service and Social
Entrepreneurship Publication, PR and Advertising Political Economics Cooking & Nutrition Study of Human Being Art of Hosting Water Social Threefolding Social Media & Graphical
Harvesting Civil Society and Global Activism
“Yippies”
TrendsFHS becoming less residentialIncrease focus on improving
grades, getting a jobInstructors becoming lecturersDo actually FHS work? Research
http://www.folkehogskole.no/
And in Canada?Many FHS adaptations tried, many
failed without public moneyConnection to larger educational
institutionGrowing social entrepreneurship
training centresCost of university without the benefit
FIKA! 5 minute break
