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What Is an Efterskole?

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Johnson, Joyce Dinwiddie – 1997

Danish "efterskoles" are "continuation schools" following elementary school--residential schools that allow students aged 14-16 to defer going to high school while they make choices about their educational future. Efterskoles are based on the principles of N.F.S. Grundtvig, who started folk high schools in about 1850 to educate…

Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Educational Environment, Educational History, Educational Practices