Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig was a highly influential Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician in the 19th century. He is considered the ideological father of the folk high school and university systems in Denmark. Grundtvig believed popular education should promote national pride while remaining open-minded, and universities should be strictly focused on universal humanism and science. He promoted values like wisdom, compassion, equality and understanding between people.
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2. Why Grundtvig?
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
8 September 1783 2 September 1872
Most often referred to as simply NFS Grundtvig or just Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor,
author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. He was one of the most
influential people in Danish history.
Thinking on education
Grundtvig is the ideological father of the School for Life (folk high school) and the School
for Passion (university).The popular education should mainly be taught within a national
and patriotic horizon of understanding, yet always keeping an open mind towards a
broader cultural and intercultural outlook, while the university should work from a
strictly universal, i.e. humane and scientific, outlook.
He promoted values such as wisdom, compassion, identification and equality.
3. Malala Yousafzai (born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani school pupil and education
activist from Pakistan. She is known for her activism for rights to education
and for women. At the age of 11 Malala wrote a blog under a pseudonym for
the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule and she was nominated for the
International Children's Peace Prize by South African activist Desmond Tutu.
On the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, Malala boarded her schoolbus and
a gunman fired three shots. One bullet hit the left side of Malala's forehead,
traveled under her skin the length of her face and then into her shoulder.
In the days immediately following the attack, she remained unconscious and
in critical condition, but later her condition improved enough for her to be
sent to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, for intensive
rehabilitation.
In the 29 April 2013 issue of Time magazine, Yousafzai was featured on the
magazine's front cover and as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the
World".
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