Blå Veje is an educational vision and project, where the aim is to create a new schools and kindergartens around the world, based on a template of the “World Citizen”.
Education is an engine for change, and anyone looking for sustainable development and long-term change recognizes the need for an education that can meet the demand of the current times. |
Blå veje, which means ‘Blue Ways’, is an educational organization in Denmark. It is also a vision and a way of thinking about learning and children’s formation that is in continuous development and re-thinking new educational ways. The projects involved has been underway for a long time and stems from a desire to create a different human and broad learning offer for children and young people, based on the latest research in the field of education. |
At Blå Veje we see the “World Citizen” as our educational template. A world citizen is a person who understands themselves as a citizen of many societies. It belongs not only to the national society, which it is born into and grows up in, but also the universal, to which it belongs purely by virtue of belonging to humanity. If a school only focuses helping to develop children according to society’s changing demands and opinions about what they should learn, the education will be random and flapping.
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The Universal – We are all part of humanity. It is a fundamental feeling from which education is based. We should all be able to feel that we are part of something larger than oneself, and that we are part of the same spiritual tribe
The Global – Education on the global scale is a future-oriented formation that is linked to insight, co-responsibility and willingness to relate to contemporary and key issues in the present, such as global climate change and sustainability, violence, war, etc. The world citizen must have knowledge about and feel the challenges our Earth faces and have compassion for it. |
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In Blue Ways, each school will need to fine the essence and values of its own respective nation, while we recognize and work in accordance with the natural development of unfolding potential in the growing child. The curriculum of all Blue Ways uses a framework of 28 'Vitamins', representing age/stage-specific values and qualities that naturally assist children at different developmental milestones of the human body, mind and faculty development.
As the child grows and different elements of their development become 'switched on', the vitamins provide a strong template of application in order to help students on their educational journey, developing their humanity alongside the academic, intellectual and practical skills you would expect a good education to provide. We want to equip students to live successful, responsible, meaningful and spiritually fulfilling lives in the changing 21st century world, and give a strong foundation for self-thinking, self-confidence and self-esteem. The vitamins or human values/qualities include 'natural observation', 'adaptation', 'honor', 'standards', 'ethics', to name just a few. These Vitamins go hand-in-hand with professionalism, which gives students a strong foundation for self-esteem, self-confidence and self-image, to ensure that academic learning happens naturally. |
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Blue Ways is based on a holistic thinking about man, nature, the local environment, the country and a respect for our planet. From this perspective and in the understanding that everything is mutually dependent on each other, we want our activities and actions to leave as balanced, natural and harmless as possible on our surroundings and environment. We would like to help pave the way for new solutions and opportunities where we can, and with our example, inspire others to look in a positive and constructive direction and welcome the future. |
Therefore, Blue Ways will build the new school building in sustainable materials as far as possible.
The activity buildings, kindergarten and nursery must be built of wood and straw with sustainable technology. Even though we think in sustainably buildings, the designed construction means that the risk capital will be as much as 80% less than if it were one large modern building. Continuous maintenance will also be less costly. |
The learning pods, which will be mainly of wood and glass, are built with standard units, providing an economical advantage and the opportunity to build in stages as the school grows. The design of the buildings will contribute to creating a learning environment that strengthens the students' concentration and learning with tuned light and a generally comfortable indoor climate. The many smaller buildings can be more easily designed specifically for different subjects and purposes and together will create a cozy and safe space with many learning hooks and opportunities for different activities - unlike the huge school buildings that may seem a bit fearful and quite sterile. |
He defined the environment as an extra curriculum. In addition, environments need to give children the opportunity to both explore alone and through appropriate structuring and guidance from their teachers. Another educator can be added is Loris Malaguzzi who developed the Reggio Emilia approach. This educational philosophy emphasizes the great attention that must be given to the look and feel of the classroom. Environment is considered "third teacher". Inspired schools in this philosophy have long corridors designed for races, doors to be opened and closed, and stairs to be climbed. The teachers carefully arrange for small and large group projects and small intimate spaces for one, two or three children. Documentation of children's work, plants and collections that children have made from previous excursions is shown at both the child and adult eye level. Common space available for all children in school includes dramatic playgrounds and work desks for children from different classrooms to get together. An inviting environment encourages a child to engage in activity and discovery.
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