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SOSU

What happens in the interaction with another person? ‘Who’ do you meet? How do you interpret that person and the setting in which you meet? We focus on different forms of communication, relationships, culture, and all you carry when working with people.

The interaction between people

"To succeed in guideing another person towards a goal, I must first travel to where they are in the present moment start there" -Søren Kierkegaard

SOSU intends to secure your personal development and your ability to understand other people, culture, society, and how life unfolds. The class is built around the interaction between people and other cultures with different sets of values. To understand other people, their culture, and to see them as ‘whole’ human beings, you must understand who you are and what your standpoint is. The primary development happens inside of you.

Akiko Takaya

Japan

The SOSU class gave me a lot of insight into social welfare, medical care and education of Denmark. Especially, I was able to take a look at myself. I could develop as a person through the process of dialogue

Shun Sugiyama

Japan

It was a great opportunity to find and discover new ways of how I can interact with myself and others by combining various theories and workshops. It was a great time to reconsider which core values are the most important to me

Yoko Kitaguchi

Japan

Højskole was a place of liberation for me. While learning about the Danish social welfare systems, history and politics in SOSU, on the other hand, I had learned so much from peer support among students.

What will we be doing?

Communication, concepts, and theory in understanding others and their actions, and oneself.

Through the classes, we will investigate the social sustainability of Denmark. How can we generate a more sustainable society? How should we cope as a citizen? We will take a deep look into the Danish welfare system and you will develop a strong perspective on the core and values of the social- and healthcare work in Denmark. You will receive a mixture of theory and practice which will be beneficial to you in future relevance. You will get the opportunity to compare different cultures and procedures from other countries and through this gain sympathy and empathy. Furthermore, you will gain useful insight into democratic thinking- All elements which generates personal development and strong relationships to other students at the high school. The learning objective is working with tools that help you understand the ‘whole’ human being and the society though social sustainability.

Keywords of the subject

Overview of the subject components

Social sustainability

Social justice and equality

The complete human being

Reflection and respect for others

Teacher

Your teachers in SOSU are

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Momoyo Jørgensen

Momoyo is originally educated in the social-healthcare field. She loves meeting new people and is always curious, which she believes to be the core of being a good Højskole teacher, which she has been for the past 20 years

Asmus Wisler Møller

Asmus has studied History of Ideas in many different places. He wrote his master's thesis on the importance of curiosity and is generally shaped by an urge to see and understand connections through geography and time.