%0 Journal Article 
%A Saurén, Kirsi-Marja
%A Määttä, Kaarina
%T New Educational Society. The Illich’s Utophy

%D 2011
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/9390
%X The aim of this article is to consider the power
of school system based on Ivan Illich’s (1926
– 2002) thoughts. This article is based on a
doctoral research in which Ivan Illich’s work on
modernized poverty 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’ interpretation on the interconnectedness of Illich’s core concepts is introduced as the ultimate result. Illich’s
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
the learner’s own terms without a predetermined plan. From the perspective of the science of education, the essential
elements of Illich’s work include a demand for
the liberation of education, preservation of
autonomy, and increasing reliance on selflearning.

%K Ivan Illich
%K Deschooling
%K School
%K Curriculum
%K Education
%K Desescolarización
%K Escuela
%K Curriculum
%K Educación
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala