Ivan Illich’s visions on education in practice: from countercultural educational projects in the 1970s to indigenous decolonial pedagogy from the 1990s on

Ivan Illich published Deschooling Society in 1971. In this paper we examine educational projects and movements grounded either in a countercultural vision or in Indigenous pedagogical proposals. Central questions in our paper are: How do these projects read Illich within the specific context in whic...

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Main Authors: Jon Igelmo Zaldívar, Gonzalo Jover Olmeda, Patricia Quiroga Uceda
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2023-07-01
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Online Access:https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/che/article/view/70070
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description Ivan Illich published Deschooling Society in 1971. In this paper we examine educational projects and movements grounded either in a countercultural vision or in Indigenous pedagogical proposals. Central questions in our paper are: How do these projects read Illich within the specific context in which they were inserted? What were the intentions of those who drew on Illich’s ideas? In the first part of the paper we examine two spaces that worked with notions of counterculture: the CIDOC in Cuernavaca (Mexico) and The Learning Exchange, located in Evanston (Chicago, United States). We then focus on Illich’s influence on John Holt, who led the long-standing homeschooling movement from 1977, and on the work of Lee Felsenstein, who introduced Illich’s ideas to the Homebrew Computer Club in 1975.  Finally, we study the theoretical foundations underlying “La Universidad de la Tierra”.
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spelling doaj-art-a0ea93d3fe764d638e4c867192e30a8c2025-08-02T15:25:25ZengUniversidade Federal de UberlândiaCadernos de História da Educação1982-78062023-07-012210.14393/che-v22-2023-20571773Ivan Illich’s visions on education in practice: from countercultural educational projects in the 1970s to indigenous decolonial pedagogy from the 1990s onJon Igelmo Zaldívar0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8587-2822Gonzalo Jover Olmeda1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6373-4111Patricia Quiroga Uceda2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7435-0220Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)Ivan Illich published Deschooling Society in 1971. In this paper we examine educational projects and movements grounded either in a countercultural vision or in Indigenous pedagogical proposals. Central questions in our paper are: How do these projects read Illich within the specific context in which they were inserted? What were the intentions of those who drew on Illich’s ideas? In the first part of the paper we examine two spaces that worked with notions of counterculture: the CIDOC in Cuernavaca (Mexico) and The Learning Exchange, located in Evanston (Chicago, United States). We then focus on Illich’s influence on John Holt, who led the long-standing homeschooling movement from 1977, and on the work of Lee Felsenstein, who introduced Illich’s ideas to the Homebrew Computer Club in 1975.  Finally, we study the theoretical foundations underlying “La Universidad de la Tierra”.https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/che/article/view/70070ivan illichdeschoolingcounterculturedecolonial pedagogy
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title Ivan Illich’s visions on education in practice: from countercultural educational projects in the 1970s to indigenous decolonial pedagogy from the 1990s on
title_full Ivan Illich’s visions on education in practice: from countercultural educational projects in the 1970s to indigenous decolonial pedagogy from the 1990s on
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