The U.S. leads developed countries in income inequality (Sherman, E., 2015, September 30). Inequality is not just about race and ethnicity; it includes gender and age, class and socioeconomic status. What is the thread that connects these many facets together? Income, but more specifically, poverty. Poverty can be found in every race, ethnicity, gender and age. People in poverty are less likely to have attended college, they are less likely to have graduated from high school, and are less likely to earn more than $19,540 annually, well below the poverty rate (Hyatt, MSW, S., Walzer, MSW, B., & Julianelle, JD, P., 2014).
Living in California there are myriad of underserved populations, including race, exceptional, abused, child neglect, and …show more content…
The curriculum being taught in the American schools is not just about what teachers are teaching, it is about what teachers are not teaching, referred to by both Apple and Null as the “hidden curriculum” (Apple, 2014) (Null, 2011). The hidden curriculum refers to the attitudes, beliefs, and values that are not officially presented as a part of the curriculum in our schools by teachers and administrators, referred to as the “Null Curriculum” (Null, 2011). Through a closer look at the curriculum we can better understand the hidden curriculum.
The hidden curriculum overtly displays its dominance through its soft-power approach by controlling what is included in curriculums taught in schools. Textbooks with its text, and pictures illustrating the white privilege American as a dominant ruler, the sought after powerhouse and the dominant social class are a continued silent objective to oppress and maintain the inequality that exists.
Through education, knowledge is transferred, but is all knowledge equal? Will all knowledge lead to the dominant social class with the power and control to live, not in poverty but in a society that has value? Apple reminds us that knowledge leads to social power (Apple, …show more content…
Nearly half of our educational population is not validated in the curricula of our schools today (Gollnick, D. M., & Chinn, P. C., 2013). Middle class society is the focus of our textbooks, curriculum and value. Most don’t provide the roles of working class in America, the iniquities that are based upon income, the power that comes with wealth, or the effect that is caused by sending our manufacturing overseas and the loss of jobs here in America. This is the part of America that is not so pretty, its ugly, but its real. Now more people than ever are homeless and the population is growing. Homeless children often go hungry, so how can they learn when they are
Living in California there are myriad of underserved populations, including race, exceptional, abused, child neglect, and …show more content…
The curriculum being taught in the American schools is not just about what teachers are teaching, it is about what teachers are not teaching, referred to by both Apple and Null as the “hidden curriculum” (Apple, 2014) (Null, 2011). The hidden curriculum refers to the attitudes, beliefs, and values that are not officially presented as a part of the curriculum in our schools by teachers and administrators, referred to as the “Null Curriculum” (Null, 2011). Through a closer look at the curriculum we can better understand the hidden curriculum.
The hidden curriculum overtly displays its dominance through its soft-power approach by controlling what is included in curriculums taught in schools. Textbooks with its text, and pictures illustrating the white privilege American as a dominant ruler, the sought after powerhouse and the dominant social class are a continued silent objective to oppress and maintain the inequality that exists.
Through education, knowledge is transferred, but is all knowledge equal? Will all knowledge lead to the dominant social class with the power and control to live, not in poverty but in a society that has value? Apple reminds us that knowledge leads to social power (Apple, …show more content…
Nearly half of our educational population is not validated in the curricula of our schools today (Gollnick, D. M., & Chinn, P. C., 2013). Middle class society is the focus of our textbooks, curriculum and value. Most don’t provide the roles of working class in America, the iniquities that are based upon income, the power that comes with wealth, or the effect that is caused by sending our manufacturing overseas and the loss of jobs here in America. This is the part of America that is not so pretty, its ugly, but its real. Now more people than ever are homeless and the population is growing. Homeless children often go hungry, so how can they learn when they are