Analysis Of Social Class Of The Hidden Curriculum Of Work By Jean Anyon

In the article Social Class of the Hidden Curriculum of Work, by Jean Anyon, discusses the different social classes in school rooms and the student-teacher interaction. The Working class focuses on following the steps of procedure, and are looked upon as the worst treated school environment, the Middle class focused on getting the right answer and were not allowed any decision making on their own, the Affluent Professional school focused on individual thought and expressiveness, and is very focused on the children being creative in their learning, and the Executive Elite school focused on developing ones intellectual powers, and produced work that was the top academic quality, which people viewed as the best educated class setting. One thing I thought was really interesting was in the Affluent Professional school, Anyon says, “The work is creative activity carried out …show more content…
Especially how big the impact is on the children in any social class, but especially the working class where. Anyon says, when discussing the working class, “it was like a sergeant drilling recruits, and that the teacher constantly tried to control classroom time, and was always making decisions without consulting any of the children.” (Pages 4/5) I think for a lot of people who are higher up in social class don’t even realize what it’s like to go to school in a working-class community, or how much little learning these kids are obtaining, and I hope that in my project I can help open people’s eyes a little better to what is going on in each class settings because most people don’t tend to think about school settings being this way, or how much of an impact it is to each child. I am very excited to be doing this project, and I hope it helps the audience understand a bit