Hidden Curriculum

According to Dr. Stefani Boutelier former educator states, “A hidden curriculum can be defined as the lessons that are taught informally, and usually unintentionally, in a school system includes; behaviors, perspectives, and attitudes that students pick up while they 're at school. Students learn to form opinions and ideas about their environment and their classmates” (2003). My observation at Many Farms Community School with the 3rd grade class has been fun and a lot of work but there have been things that have been negative and positive. The negative aspects were the memorization, asking permission, copying spelling words, and positive would be very courteous.
First, one negative form of hidden curriculum where the students were memorizing the …show more content…
They love to hold the door open for the other students and any staff member. Throughout the day they pick up any trash and other objects off the floor. The students are willing to lend their school supplies to the other students and when they are done utilizing the object they return it to the owner. Besides that they love to help the students who are struggling with assignments or projects and that really helps the teacher. They don’t only think about themselves and really want to help out in any way they can.
In conclusion, the students are learning negative and positive things. The teacher needs to change her teaching from memorization to using other manipulative to solve the problems with the student ask for their feedback. Spelling words are just a repetition every week for the students and majority of them are failing. Asking permission to use the restroom is very negative especially when you may not go until you say the correct phrase back to the teacher. But the students are learning positive behaviors from the teacher which are holding the door open, cleaning after themselves, helping others and lending