Johan Lövgren

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How can teacher education reflect the pedagogical ideal of democratic schooling based on dialogue?

I am currently involved in establishing a new teacher’s education in the framework of the Nordic folk high schools. The folk high school pedagogy builds on an ideal of "bildung" that has been...

05 March 2020 2,155 16 View

How does education foster democracy?

The political debate both in Europe and the US seems to dispute many of the democratic values of our societies. This development can be viewed as a challenge for educational institutions and...

23 March 2017 4,800 10 View

Do you find the secular-religious dichotomy to be relevant in describing contemporary affiliation and practice?

In describing the religious practice of Norwegian youth I question the dichotomy between religious and secular. Are these categories really finalised and opposed? I find that contemporary youth...

05 January 2017 3,591 11 View

How does the definition of religion used by Inglehart–Welzel Cultural Map describe secularisation in the world today?

In their analysis of the World Value Survey Inglehart and Welzel describes a global secularization process. Here religion is connected with "national pride, respect for authority, obedience and...

19 June 2016 2,340 6 View

Can research really say something (anything) about the inner life of faith and doubt, trust and uncertainty that is religious belief?

In interviewing Norwegian young adults about religious practice I find their answers impossible to categorise. They move between faith and doubt, between confession and denial. Can we as...

15 June 2016 8,729 17 View

What role does the learning of values (such as respect, tolerance and democracy) have in education?

Are the values that education cultivates in students an important aspect of education? How can they be measured?

09 June 2016 4,521 34 View

Should educational institutions take responsibility for the development of student personalities?

How is personality development a part of education? Should formal education include the aspect of character formation?

17 May 2016 1,252 61 View

What is the role of the folk high school movement in a contemporary model of Nordic education?

The folk high schools have their roots in the Nordic democratic and religious people movements of the 19th century. How do we define their role in Nordic society today? How can the democratic and...

06 April 2016 5,000 5 View