Abstract ◊ In the research an analysis of pedagogical approaches to determination of conditions for teachers authority formation in the context of authoritarian and humanistic positions is presented. Upon that an attempt to find out the influence of historical and cultural conditions on the requirements to teachers professional and personal qualities, which determine his/her moral authority, is being made.
Keywords: authority, pedagogue, teacher, upbringing, pedagogical tactfulness, pedagogical skill, pedagogical ethics.
Chabanova Svetlana Sergeevna — a senior lecturer of the Social Work Department of
Syktyvkar State University, postgraduate of the Pedagogy and Psychology of the Higher School Department of
Moscow University for the Humanities. Tel.: (8212) 31-19-16. E-mail: chabanovass@rambler.ru
