alment dannende

English translation: providing a broad all-round education

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Danish term or phrase:alment dannende
English translation:providing a broad all-round education
Entered by: Rosica Dimitrova

08:49 Nov 19, 2014
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
Danish term or phrase: alment dannende
Uddannelsens alment dannende elementer er med andre ord direkte orienteret mod lærerens kulturformidlende rolle.
Et grundprincip for læreruddannelsen er, at den skal være alment dannende.
Rosica Dimitrova
Bulgaria
Local time: 08:07
providing a broad all-round education
Explanation:
´Dannelse´ is general good breeding and understanding of culture, and was a very important concept in Danish educational theories. It also includes intellectual development in the wider sense and ethical principles.

Another meaning of the term was educating the country people and ordinary population - which laid the foundations for later development and prosperity. Here emphasis was laid on giving them an identity and a wider perspective as well as the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic.

The name Grundtvig springs inevitably to mind in connection with Danish educational history/theory.
http://grundtvig-koldsk-skole.dk/leksikon/almendannelse/

In higher circles ´dannelse´ meant good taste and manners as much as knowing the right things, and became associated with snobbery, so it is not such a commonly used word any more.

However, educationists still fiercely discuss the importance of educating ´whole people´ in schools as opposed to learning facts by heart and simply acquiring factual knowledge.

The Gymnasium was originally the preparation for university, and ´alment dannende´ in that it prepared pupils for higher studies, but also for life in general in educated circles.

HTH
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 07:07
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3 +1providing a broad all-round education
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educative


Explanation:
Gyldendal

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
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providing a broad all-round education


Explanation:
´Dannelse´ is general good breeding and understanding of culture, and was a very important concept in Danish educational theories. It also includes intellectual development in the wider sense and ethical principles.

Another meaning of the term was educating the country people and ordinary population - which laid the foundations for later development and prosperity. Here emphasis was laid on giving them an identity and a wider perspective as well as the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic.

The name Grundtvig springs inevitably to mind in connection with Danish educational history/theory.
http://grundtvig-koldsk-skole.dk/leksikon/almendannelse/

In higher circles ´dannelse´ meant good taste and manners as much as knowing the right things, and became associated with snobbery, so it is not such a commonly used word any more.

However, educationists still fiercely discuss the importance of educating ´whole people´ in schools as opposed to learning facts by heart and simply acquiring factual knowledge.

The Gymnasium was originally the preparation for university, and ´alment dannende´ in that it prepared pupils for higher studies, but also for life in general in educated circles.

HTH

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 07:07
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 87

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