New Educational Society. The Illich’s Utophy
The aim of this article is to consider the power of school system based on Ivan Illich’s (1926 – 2002) thoughts. This article is based on a doctoral research in which Ivan Illich’s work on modernized poverty was analyzed systematically by an immanent reconstruction concentrating on his most essentia...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| Repositorio: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/9390 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/9390 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ivan Illich Deschooling School Curriculum Education Desescolarización Escuela Educación |
| Sumario: | The aim of this article is to consider the power of school system based on Ivan Illich’s (1926 – 2002) thoughts. This article is based on a doctoral research in which Ivan Illich’s work on modernized poverty was analyzed systematically by an immanent reconstruction concentrating on his most essential books published in the 1970s. This article, however, focuses on his book Deschooling Society (1971), and represents systematic analysis of its school-related criticism. Furthermore, the researchers’ interpretation on the interconnectedness of Illich’s core concepts is introduced as the ultimate result. Illich’s purpose is to show that the society is extorted into a form of school and that we all are dependent on institutionalized services from professionals, in the same way that students are dependent on teachers complying with a curriculum. Along with his criticism, Illich has proposed an alternative model of school system: learning Webs that enable learning on the learner’s own terms without a predetermined plan. From the perspective of the science of education, the essential elements of Illich’s work include a demand for the liberation of education, preservation of autonomy, and increasing reliance on selflearning. |
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