Julian Joe Elliott, Durham University

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Julian (Joe) Elliott, Durham University

• It could be all marble.

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Russia v. U.S

• In the one context the substantive messages
  about the nature of knowledge, teaching and
  learning and about behavioural norms and
  expectations were unambiguous yet also bar the
  occasional brief reminder tacit in the other
  context they were the subject of frequent
  reminders by the teacher and often intense
  encounters ranging from negotiation to
  confrontation
• (Robin Alexander, Culture and Pedagogy, 2000,
  p. 318).

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The golden daysVIDEO
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What did they teach us in the good old days?
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What separates the skilled and the less skilled
teacher?
Authority
Composure
Confidence
The idea of resistance never
enters the individuals head.
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• Key preventive actions

Withitness
Overlapping
Group alerting/ripple effect
Beginnings/ends/transitions
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Non Verbal aspects of authority
Posture and gesture

• Voice speed
• volume
• intonation
• pitch
• fluency

Eye contact
Facial expression
Position, movement and touch
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Verbal behaviour and authority

• Control over communication

• Subtleties of meaning