The Importance of Hidden Curriculum in Education

Education is a system designed to maintain the status quo in society, ensuring that lower class children become lower class adults, middle class children become middle class adults, and upper class children become upper class adults. Consequently, education closely aligns with the values and priorities of the dominant group, alienating people from other classes. As a result, many teachers assume that children are from middle class backgrounds, and many children are expected to carry domestic responsibilities in homes where there are often only one parent.

Conversational learning

Conversation is a powerful medium for learning. It is increasingly used in educational institutions and classrooms as a means for teaching, fostering collaboration and reducing the distance between teachers and students. It makes the learning process more human and personal by allowing for more frequent student talk and a clearer academic purpose.

Hidden curriculum

Hidden curriculum is a concept that encompasses the values, messages, and subject matter that are not typically included in the regular curriculum. It can be a powerful tool for improving education and promoting positive change. To understand hidden curriculum in education, it helps to look at what education means outside of the textbooks and onto the walls of the classroom.

COVID-19 cuts in public education budgets

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted public education budgets across the country. The pandemic slowed the economy and caused states to face unprecedented revenue shortfalls. It also brought logistical and safety challenges. Before the epidemic hit, state education budgets were barely recovering from recession-era cuts, which disproportionately hit high-poverty districts. As a result, test scores and college-going rates have decreased.

Horace Mann

Horace Mann was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, and was raised in a family with little money. While his parents were unable to send their children to school, they had a lending library. At age twenty, Horace was enrolled at Brown University. He graduated in three years. His early years were spent plowing, haying, and gardening. During his free time, he studied law and was a tutor of Latin and Greek.

Einstein

In a school setting, a lesson on Albert Einstein’s life and work can be beneficial. As a German born theoretical physicist, Einstein is widely considered one of the most important scientists of all time. He is best known for developing the theory of relativity and for contributing to the theory of quantum mechanics. But he was also a pioneer in the field of mathematics and education.