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Deschooling Society (Open Forum)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 301
EAN: 9780714508795
ISBN: 0714508799
Label: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Manufacturer: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 150
Publication Date: 1999-03
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Studio: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
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Rating:  - A Brilliant Founding Book of the Homeschooling Movement
This book is on my list of "The Ten Best." It does more than brilliantly advocate a turn away from education as an institutional product. It speaks for the adoption of a whole new worldview.
Illich eshews the usual reformers' clichés about our need for more schools, more school funding, etc., etc. He is much more radical and deep than that. He sometimes quotes and is often categorized with "deconstructionist" philosophers such as Foucault. However Illich is a thousand times more accessible ... Read More
Rating:  - "The Observer" was correct - This book is "Good radical stuff"
Ivan Illich, author of "Deschooling Society," presents a fairly radical view of education overhaul. I do not necessarily agree with all of his ideas, but I do support the foundation of his argument. The good thing about this book is that it has benefits for people who both agree and disagree with his philosophy. I think everybody who has been through the education system would agree that there is something, however big or small, fundamentally wrong with education. It was much the same in 1970 when Illich ... Read More
Rating: - Illich had the right ideas....
In his book Deschooling Society, Ivan Illich explores the diametrically opposite effects of institutions, schools in particular, compared to its progressive intentions. Illich continues to explain this phenomenon of the school and concludes that the institution of school, the keystone of our society, be removed and allow all the manipulative institutions that build our society to collapse. Illich further proposes that society should then be reconstructed with an educational institution that would support ... Read More
Rating:  - Sound basis, silly conclusions
Based on a few real insights on the problems with the educational system (the value of "progress" through grades instead of the value of learning), Illich takes his argument to its logical - which is not to say sensible - extreme.
The book starts off with some persuasive, intuitive and troubling thoughts that any reasonable person who has spent a few years in the educational system should wholeheartedly agree with. But after throwing around some jargon and unsubstantiated facts, the author recommends ... Read More
Rating: - Not necessary, but should still be a 'valid' way to learn
I don't totally agree that we should get rid of schools completely, but what Illich recommends should be a 'valid' way to learn. That is, we should be able to do what is now technologically feasible, which is to have networks of people with common interests who can communicate with each other (through mail, email, etc) and decide when/where they will meet to discuss something. An example he gives is a guitar teacher posting their contact information & availability somewhere, and someone interested in learning ... Read More
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