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                    %ALIENATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE 840426

     All   human   learning  experiences   have   communal
implications.    Some learning experiences are  inherently
communal  and integrative;  they involve students together
learning   in   a   communal way---a  way  which  mutually
affirms  the acceptability,    propriety,    and value  of
the   learning  process    and   of   what   is   learned.
Other    learning  experiences tend to be  alienative  and
disintegrative; they involve  students  who work alone  in
an  individualistic and competitive  way which casts  into
doubt  the  acceptability,  propriety,   and value of  the
learning  process and of what  is learned.     Communities
that  foster  the   latter  kind   of  learning   tend  to
disintegrate.    Communities that  foster the  former kind
of  learning  become  communicative communities  bound  to
integrate.

     The  craft and art of teaching is dependent upon  the
ability  to lead students into learning experiences  which
are   inherently communal and  integrative---because  they
are  inherently   more   valuable  than  are    alienative
and  disintegrative   learning  experiences.      Teaching
involves  making  value judgments,    setting  priorities,
allocating scarce  resources;   i.e.,   being an  academic
political leader.   Technical skills and factual knowledge
are tools used by teachers.   Tools do not determine  what
is  made with them.   It is the artist and  craftsman  who
select   tools,  decide what to make with the tools,   and
direct the way in which the tools are used.

     Leaders  in  educational institutions need  to  focus
more   of   their  attention  upon  the   alienative   and
integrative   implications   of their endeavors,  and   of
the endeavors   of  their  students.     The   perfecting,
collecting  and cataloging of tools is not  enough.    The
artist  and  craftsman  who  just  collect  and  catalogue
perfected  tools are not highly respected.    Respect   is
accorded  to  the artist and craftsman who careful  select
and  appropriately  use  tools  to  achieve  goals   which
contribute  to  communal integrity and meaning.   No  less
should   be  true of the teachers and professors  in   our
most respected institutions of learning;  especially so in
the  higher  level institutions of learning which set  the
tone and style for teachers and professors in institutions
of learning in which young people begin their learning.

                                                                                                                               
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