Deschooling Society

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Geremia said:
Has anyone read Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society? What are your thoughts of it?
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Have to be honest: no, I haven’t read it but know folks who did & supported his views.I pretty much disagree with them on education & every other subject.
So, my best guess is that it’s left-wing propaganda type of stuff.However I need to do some research so I know what I’m talking about-or in this case simply guessing about.
There is no one way to educate so I try to be open minded re. methods.That said, though, very little good came out of the '60’s in my humble opinion.
 
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Just a quick check of his writings on the web doesn’t look good.In one selection on health issues he’s singing the praises of Chinese "Bare foot " doctors who dispense abortion information.
My guess is that his writings on education aren’t worth much either.Just from a quick glance they look quackish.
 
Cracker_Mom said:
Just from a quick glance they look quackish.
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Good eyes! You spotted the traits of a defrocked priest in his writings. (Illich was a defrocked Catholic priest because of his anarchistic and pro-contraception views.)
 
Geremia said:
Good eyes! You spotted the traits of a defrocked priest in his writings. (Illich was a defrocked Catholic priest because of his anarchistic and pro-contraception views.)
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Why did you ask about his book in the first place? I’m not in education but haven’t heard his name mentioned much since the early 1970’s.
 
Cracker_Mom said:
Why did you ask about his book in the first place? I’m not in education but haven’t heard his name mentioned much since the early 1970’s.
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Yes, then later I found out why its author was defrocked.
 
I heard some things that made me uneasy, too, concerning John Holt who wrote about “Un-Schooling.” Many homeschoolers followed his philosophy.
I think there’s a little bit of truth in some of these “out-of-the box” ideas, but the foundation’s not one I feel comfortable with as a Catholic.
 
Cracker_Mom said:
I heard some things that made me uneasy, too, concerning John Holt who wrote about “Un-Schooling.” Many homeschoolers followed his philosophy.
I think there’s a little bit of truth in some of these “out-of-the box” ideas, but the foundation’s not one I feel comfortable with as a Catholic.
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You know, I have a big homeschooling circle, and I don’t know anyone who follows Holt. I’d say that unschoolers are a very small segment of homeschoolers.
 
Am I crazy to think that this thread would be more enjoyable and profitable if someone would actually respond to the *ideas *rather than trying to discredit Mr. Illich for matters unrelated to the subject of the OP?

Edwin
 
Contarini said:
Am I crazy to think that this thread would be more enjoyable and profitable if someone would actually respond to the *ideas *rather than trying to discredit Mr. Illich for matters unrelated to the subject of the OP?

Edwin
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I thought I had. At least to the ideas I saw in a quick internet scan of his writings.
His ideas on education seem silly overall but again there are always a few truths in any philosophy.
Someone said about “Deschooling Society” that it was a very bad book written by a very good man. Don’t know enough about him to agree or not, but evidently his views were not those of a good ,orthodox Catholic.And since this is a Catholic site it seems appropriate to point that out.
 
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