TEACHER`S ROLE AS MEDIATOR AND FACILITATOR

Abstract

This paper deals with some of the problems arising among teacher and students who come from different social and cultural backgrounds. For this reason teaching at the University of Durres has been kind of a challenge to me. This paper aims at how I deal with difficult situations and try to be kind of a mediator for resolving previous situations caused by such differences and the role of facilitator to help them build the bridge between old and new information. This paper defines what the role of the teacher is in the classroom and ways she can improve interaction and how it is managed during the lecture. Subject to such issues are my University Students which gave me the possibility to include personal experiences. This article argues that differentiation of social groups and discrimination during class hours occurs when students are observed or tested individually. Differences between sexes become more apparent when people are in both sex groups.