In studying the social contexts of secondary education, something that has a great effect on education is inequality. From sociological perspectives there are a number of arguments and ideas as to why there is inequality within and surrounding the education system. Some of the ... consciously disadvantage students by not giving them as many opportunities to achieve and learn. Because as we know school is a very influential period in an adolescent's life, and as Santrock notes "virtually everyone's life is affected in one way or another by teachers" (2001: 238). As a result we can see that sc...

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