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Hierarchy

Hierarchy describes a stratified system where people have clear positions or lines of authority. In a school this might include the head teacher at the top, then the deputy, senior management, heads of department, teachers, etc with the pupils being somewhere near the bottom. Sociologists argue that this hierarchy in schools prepares pupils for similar structures in their working life (see the Correspondence Principle as argued by Bowles and Gintis).

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