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The Social Context

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Education does not take place in a vacuum but rather it is located within social space — a society which has a history, structures, institutions, people, classes and values. As such, the meaning that any particular form of education has, both for those who use it and those who do not, needs to be understood within the context of the society within which it is occurring.

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The Social Context

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Fox, I. (1985). The Social Context. In: Private Schools and Public Issues. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07041-1_1

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