Out and about in Denmark: Denmark Camp 2025
All the of the students in our STX 1.g classes taking Social Studies A have been on a trip around rural Denmark. The starting point of the camp was to try out the social science methods that students encounter in the classroom.
On Thursday and Friday in week 15, all STX 1.g classes taking Social Studies A went on a trip around rural Denmark. 1a, 1b and 1k were in Kalundborg, and 1c, 1m and 1n went to Sakskøbing.
The starting point of the camp was to try out the social science methods that students encounter in the classroom and especially how to conduct social science fieldwork, including all the preparation and methodological understanding that entails. Some classes had prepared questionnaire surveys followed by semi-structured interviews to investigate possible social inheritance or to explore correlations between income levels and party choice. Other classes carried out neighborhood analyses in Kalundborg, Sakskøbing, and Maribo.
In addition to working with field studies, the classes had the opportunity to take part in a conversation with the director of the sugar factory in Nakskov. The students also participated in meetings with representatives from both Kalundborg Municipality and Lolland Municipality, where they could ask relevant questions and gain insight into local conditions.
The academic objectives of the camp were to give students insight into a part of Denmark that may seem distant from their own reality. The camp illustrates how Social Studies in upper secondary education encourages and challenges students to examine Danish society as a whole. Civic education comes into play when students encounter a reality different from their own.
During the academic program, there was of course also time to socialize across classes. Football and rounders were played, and students relaxed in the early spring sun—and perhaps they also reflected on our shared, diverse, and multifaceted Denmark.