The author compares industrial (and modernist) second language learning approaches to convivial s... more The author compares industrial (and modernist) second language learning approaches to convivial second language learning approaches. The paper utilizes the ideas of conviviality as described in the writings of Ivan Illich. Examples come from the author's experiences as a second language teacher and second language learner. The author includes recommendations for a more convivial approach toward second language learning, both for school environments and for public learning experiences in the commons.
N EVERY SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, in every language dictionary, on every language website, there... more N EVERY SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, in every language dictionary, on every language website, there lives a beautiful swan. No swans were harmed during the writing of this paper; the swan is a metaphor for modernist and industrial methods of learning, borrowed from the Mexican poet Enrique González Martínez (1911Martínez ( /1996 who uses the graceful swan as a symbol for modernism. What is a swan but beautiful? Who would dare to murder this revered creature? Similarly, we dare not kill our sacred cows of education, transportation, and health care. Ivan Illich (1973, 1980a, 1980b) describes the absurdities behind our modernist certainties. We are certain that schooling equals education, that cars equal transportation, and that modern medicine equals healing. Illich loved to challenge us with his "paradoxical aphorisms: schools stupify, cars paralyze, (and) medicine sickens" (Burkart, 2002, p. 155).
The International Journal of Illich Studies, Jan 1, 2010
Investigating place-based curriculum and embodied curriculum, the author uses playwriting to expl... more Investigating place-based curriculum and embodied curriculum, the author uses playwriting to explore the body's relationship to land and food. This one-act play penetrates the writings of Ivan Illich, Wendell Berry, and others in an attempt to fictionally integrate conviviality with the modern/industrial life. This is an exploration of how our disconnectedness from the earth that characterizes our daily living and learning affects us bodily.
The author compares industrial (and modernist) second language learning approaches to convivial s... more The author compares industrial (and modernist) second language learning approaches to convivial second language learning approaches. The paper utilizes the ideas of conviviality as described in the writings of Ivan Illich. Examples come from the author's experiences as a second language teacher and second language learner. The author includes recommendations for a more convivial approach toward second language learning, both for school environments and for public learning experiences in the commons.
N EVERY SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, in every language dictionary, on every language website, there... more N EVERY SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM, in every language dictionary, on every language website, there lives a beautiful swan. No swans were harmed during the writing of this paper; the swan is a metaphor for modernist and industrial methods of learning, borrowed from the Mexican poet Enrique González Martínez (1911Martínez ( /1996 who uses the graceful swan as a symbol for modernism. What is a swan but beautiful? Who would dare to murder this revered creature? Similarly, we dare not kill our sacred cows of education, transportation, and health care. Ivan Illich (1973, 1980a, 1980b) describes the absurdities behind our modernist certainties. We are certain that schooling equals education, that cars equal transportation, and that modern medicine equals healing. Illich loved to challenge us with his "paradoxical aphorisms: schools stupify, cars paralyze, (and) medicine sickens" (Burkart, 2002, p. 155).
The International Journal of Illich Studies, Jan 1, 2010
Investigating place-based curriculum and embodied curriculum, the author uses playwriting to expl... more Investigating place-based curriculum and embodied curriculum, the author uses playwriting to explore the body's relationship to land and food. This one-act play penetrates the writings of Ivan Illich, Wendell Berry, and others in an attempt to fictionally integrate conviviality with the modern/industrial life. This is an exploration of how our disconnectedness from the earth that characterizes our daily living and learning affects us bodily.
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