Deschooling Society Author:Ivan Illich Today's most controversial educational revolutionary gives his prescription for remaking schools to meet our human needs. — Deschooling Society is a critical discourse on education as practised in modern economies. It is a book that brought Ivan Illich to public attention. Full of detail on programs and concerns, the book gives examp... more »les of the ineffectual nature of institutionalized education. Illich posited self-directed education, supported by intentional social relations in fluid informal arrangements.« less