New Educational Society. The Illichs Utophy

Kirsi-Marja  Saurén; Kaarina  Määttä

doi:10.58265/pulso.5007

Authors

Kirsi-Marja Saurén University of Jyväskylä, Finlandia
Kaarina Määttä University of Lapland, Faculty of Education, Rovaniemi, Finlandia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58265/pulso.5007

Keywords:

Ivan Illich, Desescolarización, Escuela, Curriculum, Educación

Abstract

The aim of this article is to consider the power of school system based on Ivan Illichs (1926 2002) thoughts. This article is based on a doctoral research in which Ivan Illichs work on modernized povert y 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 interpretationon the interconnectedness of Illichs core concepts is introduced as the ultimate result. Illichs 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 thelearners own terms with out a predetermined plan. From the perspective of the science of education, the essential elements of Illichs work include a demand for the liberation of education, preservation of autonomy, and increasing reliance on selflearning.

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