The Triad: Grundtvig, Haret, Gusti Outdoor Education in the History of the International Pedagogy

Abstract

The study proposes a definition and historical analysis of the outdoor education that would facilitate the thorough understanding of the contemporary developments. The analysis links the Danish education, with a focus on Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig work, with the Romanian pedagogy, represented by Spiru Haret and Dimitrie Gusti, as a possible response to an invitation launched by Gusti himself in 1928: “Is it possible to set up high schools for peasants in Romania, based on Grundtvig model, not by simply copying the model, but by turning it into a typically Romanian school, adjusted to the specific interests of the Romanian village and peasant, meant to satisfy the national and state needs, that characterize only the Romanian rural society?” (Gusti, “The Culture policy and the cultural state”, 1928).