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national NEF conference held in Denmark in 1929 and the institutionalisation of the
cultural constructs developed since the late 1920s as it appears in the official tea-
ching manuals of 1960, as mentioned earlier.
The events, and the assumptions and categorisations affiliated with them during
this overall period, can be depicted along four threads. The threads express different,
but adjoining and partly consecutive themes, which are analytically distinguished
according to aspects of prescriptive pedagogical viewpoints and professional groups
involved. The threads are:
! Thread one: The force and potential of objectivity and rationality; civilising all
through planning
‘Association in favour of the liberal cultural battle’ (Foreningen for frisindet Kul-
turkamp) and the journal ‘The cultural battle’ 1935-1939 (Kulturkampen)
The teachers’ division of ‘A liberated Denmark’ 1942-1945 (Frit Danmarks lærer-
gruppe) and the magazine ‘A liberated Denmark’ 1942-1950 (Bladet Frit Dan-
mark)
‘Dialogue – Danish journal of culture’ 1950-1960 (Dialog)
‘Dictionary for educationalists. Pedagogical-psychological-social handbook’ pub-
lished 1953, planned 1945 (Leksikon for opdragere. Pædagogisk-psykologisk-so-
cial håndbog)
! Thread two: The force and potential of nature; essentialising the child in the co-
ming of a new citizen
‘The Danish division of The New Education Fellowship’: ‘The national association
of The liberal school’ 1926-1940 (Landsforeningen Den frie skole), ‘The associa-
tion of Social pedagogy’ 1940-1960 (Socialpædagogisk forening for ny opdra-
gelse); and the periodicals affiliated with NEF Denmark: ‘The Liberal School’
1928-1939 (Den frie skole), ‘Pedagogical-psychological Journal’ 1940-1952 (Pæ-
dagogisk-psykologisk tidsskrift) and ‘Danish Journal of Education’ 1953-
1960(Dansk pædagogisk Tidsskrift, DpT); represent
‘The educational association’ 1929-1960 (Det Pædagogiske Selskab) and its pe-
riodicals: ‘Our Youth’ 1929-1952 (Vor Ungdom) and ‘Danish Journal of Educa-
tion’ 1953-1960 (Dansk pædagogisk Tidsskrift, DpT);