MEDIATION OF LEARNING -- Competences required of educators by national policy -- Task of a mediator -- From teacher to educator as a mediator of learning -- the role of constructivism -- Mediation of learning -- Implications of the competences required from educators, constructivism and mediated learning for the classroom -- USING THE LANGUAGE OF LEARNING AND TEACHING APPROPRIATELY DURING MEDIATION OF LEARNING -- Relationship between communication and culture -- Language and learning -- Body language -- Using an addisional language as the language of learning and teaching -- Supporting learning in an additional language -- Supporting study skills -- OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO LEARNING THROUGH MEDIATION -- New policies -- Role of the special needs co-ordinator -- Types of barriers to learning -- Adapting teaching strategies for use in the inclusive classroom -- ROLE OF THE LEARNING PROCESS, LEARNING STYLES AND LEARNER DIFFERENCES IN THE MEDIATION OF LEARNING -- Understanding learning -- Metalearning -- Thinking -- Learning style -- Developmental level: the effect on learning and the mediation of learning -- Learner differences -- TEACHING STRATEGIES -- Need to be versatile -- Choosing a strategy -- Inductive and deductive strategies -- Direct, whole class instruction as a teaching strategy -- Problem-based tasks and projects as a teaching strategy -- Using role-play as a teaching strategy -- Using group work as a teaching strategy -- Question-setting skills -- Adjusting teaching strategies for various purposes -- EFFECTIVE MEDIATION OF LEARNING THROUGH THE USE OF MEDIA AND EVERYDAY RESOURCES -- Defining instructional media -- Instructional media and learning -- Using instructional media and everyday resources to overcome barriers to learning -- Reasons for using media and everyday mediation to learning -- Reasons for using media to ensure mediation of learning -- Kinds of instructional media -- Using everyday materials and resources -- Selecting instructional media -- CREATING A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT CONDUCTIVE TO THE EFFECTIVE MEDIATION OF LEARNING -- Positive learning environment -- Classroom climate -- Disscipline as a precondition for an effective classroom environment -- Motivation and a positive learning environment -- Creating a learning environment conductive to critical and creative thinking -- Creating a learning environmetal in which stereotyping is examined and queried.