Re-Visiting Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society
Teacher Toms Blog
JUNE 19, 2025
His best known work, Deschooling Society , published in 1971 is a no holds barred critique of institutionalized, compulsory schooling, arguing that the overall effect is to alienate most children from their own learning. Art, music, and stories stood at the center of the school day. Recesses were long and frequent.
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