Lancaster pedagogy deliberately dispersed authority through the whole school rather than a master

Evidence

Such instructions were to be few in number and often repeated. This ensured that authority, instead of being concentrated in the personal command of a master, would be ‘systematically diffused over the whole school, and capable of delegation, without diminution, to any agent.’ — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 229

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the Lancaster principle of ‘systematically diffused’ authority—a key concept for understanding this chapter’s argument about power in space.