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Which of the following best describes the hidden curriculum?
Which of the following best describes the hidden curriculum?
- The official school curriculum that is taught in lessons
- The ideas and beliefs that guide everyday school behavior
- The unwritten rules and values transmitted by schools (correct)
- The messages about gender transmitted by schools
How are the ideas of the hidden curriculum transmitted?
How are the ideas of the hidden curriculum transmitted?
- Through covert messages and normal routines of school life (correct)
- Through lining up girls and boys separately
- Through direct teaching and spelling them out
- Through encouraging students to compete for the highest exam grades
What do different approaches see the hidden curriculum as transmitting?
What do different approaches see the hidden curriculum as transmitting?
- Ruling-class ideology
- Patriarchal ideology
- Neoliberal ideology
- All of the above (correct)
What is the main function of the education system according to functionalists?
What is the main function of the education system according to functionalists?
What do Bowles and Gintis argue about the hidden curriculum?
What do Bowles and Gintis argue about the hidden curriculum?
What do critics argue about functionalist accounts of the hidden curriculum?
What do critics argue about functionalist accounts of the hidden curriculum?
According to Giroux, what is the hidden curriculum in American education based on?
According to Giroux, what is the hidden curriculum in American education based on?
According to Giroux, what is the purpose of education in the current system?
According to Giroux, what is the purpose of education in the current system?
According to Ivan Illich, how does the hidden curriculum operate in schools?
According to Ivan Illich, how does the hidden curriculum operate in schools?
What does the term 'ethnocentric' mean in the context of education?
What does the term 'ethnocentric' mean in the context of education?
How are minority ethnic cultures often portrayed in the school curriculum in Britain?
How are minority ethnic cultures often portrayed in the school curriculum in Britain?
What is one way to address the issue of curriculum invisibility for African-Caribbean students?
What is one way to address the issue of curriculum invisibility for African-Caribbean students?
From a feminist perspective, what does the gendered curriculum in schools reinforce?
From a feminist perspective, what does the gendered curriculum in schools reinforce?
What subject choices are often influenced by gender at A Level and university?
What subject choices are often influenced by gender at A Level and university?
According to Miriam David, what issues must schools address for women and girls?
According to Miriam David, what issues must schools address for women and girls?
