Learning Through Contact with People and Things – Ivan Illich

„What kinds of things and people might learners want to be in contact with in order to learn?“

Ivan IllichIvan Illich asks what people and things learners may wish to engage with, presenting learning as an open and connected process.
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Ivan Illich was an Austrian-American philosopher, social critic, and priest, known for his critical views on modern society and institutions.

Ivan Illich invites reflection on learning as an open process of engaging with people and the world.


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Ivan Illich quote about learning through contact with people and things

Ivan Illich (1926–2002) was an Austrian-American philosopher, social critic, and priest. He criticized industrial society and the institutionalization of life, especially in medicine and education. Illich's work influenced numerous social theorists and activists.

Ivan Illich quote about education, learning, and schoolCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by being "with it," yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation." Ivan Illich
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Ivan Illich quote about schools, learning networks, and sharing concerns with othersCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"In schools, including universities, most resources are spent to purchase the time and motivation of a limited number of people to take up predetermined problems in a ritually defined setting. The most radical alternative to school would be a network or service which gave each man the same opportunity to share his current concern with others motivated by the same concern." Ivan Illich
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Quote image by Neil Postman about learner engagement and the value of learningCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"There is no way to help a learner to be disciplined, active, and thoroughly engaged unless he perceives a problem to be a problem or whatever is to-be-learned as worth learning, and unless he plays an active role in determining the process of solution." Neil Postman
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John Taylor Gatto quote about basic skills, literacy, math, and the purpose of schoolingCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"It only takes about 50 contact hours to transmit basic literacy and math skills well enough that kids can be self-teachers from then on. The cry for 'basic skills' practice is a smokescreen behind which schools pre-empt the time of children for twelve years and teach them the six lessons I've just taught you." John Taylor Gatto
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