Tvind - Controversies and Opposition

Controversies and Opposition

As the number of schools grew in the '70s, '80s and '90s from 1 to 30, as the number of students exploded, as the financial support received from the government grew proportionally - suspicion emerged. As the school programs were ground breaking, as the challenges for students and not least for the teachers were very high, as the pedagogical ideas were put into practice, as many new thoughts were formed and expressed and put into action - controversies emerged. As the programs dealt with some of the pressing issues at the time, such as what happens in the world today, how teachers shall be educated, what to do with so-called "difficult" students when such ideas were put into action – disagreement and even anger emerged. 30 schools emerging within a time span of 25 years with total new and challenging programs in a tiny country with an area of 43.000 km2 and a population 5.500.000 million are a lot and makes impact - opposition emerged. Some mistakes were also made on the part of the schools and not all issues were handled in the best way. Such mistakes were often taken out of their context and used by media and others to create a fuss, earn money or create opposition.