Hierarchy and Power

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Hierarchy and Power

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Note T = teacher; P= pupil (not necessarily always the same one); (.) indicates a brief pause; (..) indicates a slightly longer pause; underlining indicates that a word is spoken with emphasis; (inaud) indicates that the recording is unclear at this point.

T: he had some (.)

P: animals

P: pictures

T: pictures up on the wall hadn't he (.) and he what was he asking you to think about?

P: he (inaud)

T: no he didn't really ask you to think about when he went to the zoo

P: think about when they have something special?

T: that was it that all animals tend to have something special about them (.) that suits them for their way of life (.) do you remember? the tiger (.) hunts other animals doesn't it? So in order to hunt another animal you've to be fast (.) I mean it's no good you being an animal that wants to kill other animals if you creep along (.) I mean a s- a tortoise would be no good would he (.) if he had to hunt other animals

P: miss there (.) there's one where he's caught his erm (.) prey

T: yeh so the tiger needs to be fast and he needed to have very sharp (.)

P: wings

T: the tiger?

P: teeth

P: claws

T: teeth and claws (.) all right (..) now (.) birds also have (..) different things about them they also have a lot of things that are the same (.) let's think first of all about the things that are the same what do all birds have?

P: claws

T: well yes they do have claws be-

P: wings

P: they have beaks

T: yes they all have beaks

P: wings

T: they all have wings

P: they all have feet

T: yes they all have feet

P: they all have mouths

P: they all have eyes

T: mouths (.) eyes

P: body

T: body what is the body covered with? (.) in all birds

P: feathers

T: feathers

P: erm (.) tail

T: they all have a tail yes and what can nearly all birds do?

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P: fly

T: fly (.) all right (.) so those are

P: (inaud) catching its prey

T: that's it (.) but just like other animals (..) they eat (.) different things (.) you have a look in your books and see if you can find me details of any birds and what they eat

Power and hierarchy are central concepts in the work place and the transcript given is a good example of this.  I am going to examine the way in which power and hierarchy are shown in the transcript between a primary school teacher ...

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