![]() ![]() For instance, the prescribed curriculum may promote a better understanding and value of democracy, but if the teacher (or the school climate) is highly authoritarian the democratic lesson may become distorted. Sometimes the hidden curriculum reinforces the prescribed curriculum, sometimes it contradicts it. ![]() Todd Soper, a grade K-4 Assistant Principal at Neighborhood Charter Schools for the NYC Department of Education, was caught on undercover video admitting to discriminating against hiring conservatives. ![]() Hidden curriculum is what is taught outside the prescribed curriculum it goes beyond the specific content of the subject matter, and can be expressed in the school environment, in the classroom climate and its furniture arrangement, in the pedagogical methods, in teacher student interactions, in the student-student interactions and in many other invisible dynamics. Project Veritas on Tuesday released part 3 of its Secret Curriculum series. Hidden curriculum is closely linked to social norms and collective behavior, and must be taken into account in any learning and teaching effort attempting to influence attitudes and behaviors. A hidden curriculum is a set of lessons which are learned but not openly intended to be taught in school such as the norms, values, and beliefs conveyed. It is often contrasted with the more formalized, official curriculum that is spelled out in a schools mission statement or lesson plans. The way policymakers, school administrators, teachers, and learners interact with each other (and the community) teaches them the values and the existence of power structures and relationships. The hidden curriculum, first described by Philip Jackson (1968), is a set of unspoken or implicit rules and values that students learn while attending school. ![]()
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