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Hidden Curriculum

The document discusses the hidden curriculum, which refers to the unwritten and unintended lessons, values, and perspectives that students learn in school through interactions with others. Examples of skills learned through the hidden curriculum include teamwork, presentation skills, leadership, time management, conflict resolution, and problem solving. As a teacher, one can never fully understand how students experience the curriculum. Both positive and negative aspects of a hidden curriculum in higher education are presented.

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Hidden Curriculum

The document discusses the hidden curriculum, which refers to the unwritten and unintended lessons, values, and perspectives that students learn in school through interactions with others. Examples of skills learned through the hidden curriculum include teamwork, presentation skills, leadership, time management, conflict resolution, and problem solving. As a teacher, one can never fully understand how students experience the curriculum. Both positive and negative aspects of a hidden curriculum in higher education are presented.

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HIDDEN CURRICULUM

Group 9
Defining
Hidden Curriculum
 Refers to the unwritten, unofficial and often
unintended lessons values and perspectives that
students learn in school.

 Also refers to various skills, knowledge and attitudes


that students learn in school as a result of interaction
with others.
Continuation…

 The hidden curriculum is based on the recognition


that students absorb lessons in school that may or
may not be part of the formal course of study.

 As a teacher this type of curriculum means that you


can never fully understand how the curriculum is
experienced by your learners.
Examples of Hidden Curriculum

 Team work and collaboration.


 Presentation skills.
 Improvisation.
 Leadership skills and how to
develop a team.
 Working to deadlines.
Continuation..

 Time management.
 Conflict resolution.
 Problem solving.
 Rhetoric.
Positive
 If pupils knew all of the expectations that they were required to
meet, they could feel overwhelmed or place too much
importance on particular criteria.

 A teacher therefore acts as a buffer or interpreter, deciding what


their pupils are ready to know and might also decide to be highly
strategic, hiding some expectations from their pupils and
showing them short-cuts in order to get the best marks possible.
Negative
 The concept of a hidden curriculum is highly problematic in

higher education because a university tutor is often both


teacher and assessor. It is therefore difficult to decide how
much help students should be given, and how much they are
expected to struggle on their own.
Conclusion

 The wide-reaching role schools play in society means that

almost everything teachers and pupils do is imbued with

hidden meanings and intentions. The concept of a hidden

curriculum helps us to see what ideas we are putting across to

our learners, and reflect on whether these are appropriate.


Sources

Retrieved from: https://www.ukessays.com/courses/education


/policies/hidden-curriculum/lecture.php

Retrieved from: https://www.edglossary.org/hidden-curriculum/

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