مجلة كلية الآداب و العلوم الإنسانية و الإجتماعية
Volume 2, Numéro 4, Pages 314-331
2009-01-15

• The Universitye Teacher Psychological Profile A University Of Biskra Survey

Authors : Nabil Menani .

Abstract

Starting from the general belief, the place of the university teacher in society is a unique one. In theory, the university teacher is considered by his/her society as, the ‘brain’, the guide and the intellectual authority that must be regarded and adopted as ‘the reference’. Although, this belief is, to a large extent, true and very much applied in many advanced countries, the image of the university teacher in Algeria, (Biskra University as an example), is still negatively interpreted and distorted by numerous prejudices, misunderstanding and misjudgements. This paper is an attempt to figure out the main reasons that have led society, and in particular, the student society to embrace such a negative positions vis-à-vis the university teacher. In order to understand, and perhaps, to contribute in the correction of this negative image of the university teacher, it was very important to speak directly to university students and try to find out the reasons behind this attitude. The crucial focus of this paper is on primary sources in the form of questionnaire and collective interviews, with 200 final-year. students, which are used to illustrate the total experiences and impressions of these students during the time they studied at Mohamed Kheider University in Biskra about the profile of their university teachers.

Keywords

the place of the university teacher; the ‘brain’, the guide and the intellectual