Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society

"The most radical alternative to school would be a network or service which gave each man the same opportunity to share his current concern with others motivated by the same concern." -- Ivan Illich.

Reading Group

A reading group for discussion of Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society. If you are interested in this text, please add your name to the list of participants and put the chapter notes pages on your watchlist.

Chapters

Deschooling Society is arranged in the following chapters:

1. Introduction	Notes | Discussion
2. Why We Must Disestablish School	Notes | Discussion
3. Phenomenology of School	Notes | Discussion
4. Ritualization of Progress	Notes | Discussion
5. Institutional Spectrum	Notes | Discussion
6. Irrational Consistencies	Notes | Discussion
7. Learning Webs	Notes | Discussion
8. Rebirth of Epimethean Man	Notes | Discussion

The Text

Deschooling society by Ivan Illich

Full-text online: http://www.davidtinapple.com/illich/1970_deschooling.html

Audiobook online: http://www.unwelcomeguests.net/Deschooling_Society

Type: Book

Language: English

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row [1971]

Edition: 1st ed. | 18 Editions

ISBN: 0060121394 9780060121396

OCLC: 154591

Related Subjects: Education -- United States. Educational sociology -- United States.

Participants

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Recent Activity

• Leighblackall/An ethical framework for ubiquitous learning
• Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society
• Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society/Learning Webs
• Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society/Ritualization of Progress
• Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society/Phenomenology of School
• Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society/Why We Must Disestablish School
• Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society/Introduction
• Ivan Illich

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See also

• Introduction to Critical Pedagogy
• Networked learning
• Wikiversity Learning Models Reading group.
• Scary School Nightmare - Every night Pinky tries to get some sleep, only to be kept awake by a bizarre school building slideshow. Words by Ivan Illich, author of Deschooling Society. (YouTube Video, 5:53).
• Deschooling Society. Full text version for search, discussion, comment and annotation. eBook version also available.
• The Ivan Illich Learning Web