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Obviously, all quick attempts to solve similar issues, attempts that are mostly
heedless of the impact of emotional variables on the relationships between
educational stakeholders will be like beating a dead horse.
What I have learned from this experience and the like is that in order to
communicate effectively with educational stakeholders, one needs first to understand
himself or herself i.e. his or her motivations and his or her expectations of the social
context, and the same thing holds true for understanding those of others. I have
learned also that issues of communication cannot be taken at face value, and
resorting solely to logic for their resolution, as it were, people's thinking is governed
by a binary system in their conversations, will be futile. Rather, effective
communication requires listening, listening and listening without filtering categories
be they cultural norms or theoretical notions in order to understand how people give
substance to their experiences and cater for their learning needs.