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Saturday, September 28, 2024
Ivan Illich (1926-2002) was an Austrian philosopher and theologian. The rest of this post is some quotes from Illich.
"Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting." (Deschooling Society, 1971)
"The most radical alternative to school would be a network or service which gave man the same opportunity to share his current concern with others motivated by the same concern." (The Dawn of the Epimethean Man and Other Essays, 1970)
"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." (Deschooling Society, 1971)
"Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step... If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story." (AZQuotes.com)