Authority
Authority has the unusual quality of being dual, orreciprocal, and thus dependent upon others for its fulfillment; in theclassroom, it is composed both of a teacher’s knowledge, character, and conductand of students’ respect given back to the teacher in free acknowledgement ofthe teacher’s greater understanding of the subject at hand and greater abilityto convey it.
Authority requires a climate for serious learning.
Authority means mastery of a subject.
Authority is a matter of carriage and conduct as well asknowledge.
Authority is acquired and accumulated.
Authority encourages aspiration in students。
Authority requires some formal distance between teachersand students
Authority emerges from an acknowledged difference in thestatus of teacher and student.
a teacher can also gain authority by denying it—that is, byacknowledging ignorance
心得：老师要有威信，来自专业的学识、得体的举止、有激发学生的能力、保持和学生恰当的距离、偶尔承认自己的无知。把自己无知变成‘我们一起探讨吧’
