Deschooling Society

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"...Universal education through schooling is not feasible. It would be no more feasible if it were attempted by means of alternative institutions built on the style of pres ent schools. Neither new attitudes of teachers toward their pupils nor the proliferation of e ducational hardware or software (in classroom or bedroom), nor finally the attempt to ex pand the pedagogue?s responsibility until it engulfs his pupils? lifetimes will deli ver universal education. The current search for new educational funnels must be reversed into the search for their institutional inverse: educational webs which heighten the opportunity for each one to transform each moment of his living into one of learning, sharing, and caring. We hope to contribute concepts needed by those who conduct such counterfoil research on education--and also to those who seek alternatives to other established service industries. ..

Creator/author: 

Ivan Illich

Source/publisher: 

Ivan Illich

Date of Publication: 

1970-00-00

Date of entry: 

2014-09-27

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English

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