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The Informal System and the “Hidden Curriculum”
085 蔡泽吟 叶水清 梁婷
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The Educational “Climate” and School Effectiveness
Reproduction theoryThe social control function of the hidden curriculum
The Open Systems Approach and the Informal System
The Open Systems Approach and the Informal System
Informal system of school
Unplanned experience that happen apart from or as a result of the formal, planned curriculum of schools
Informal system of school
Microlevel: coping strategies of individual students and teachers;
Macrolevel: structure and
culture of schools
input organization output
feedback
Internal systemStructure: hierarchy, rules, regulationsRoles: administratiors, teachers, students
Informal system: hidden curriculum, climate, power relations, unanticipated consequences
Hidden curriculum
Definition — “implicit demands that are found……”
“some of the outcomes or by-products of schools or of non-school settings, particularly those states which are learned but not openly intended.”
p.259 By Snyder
From: Wikipedia
Syllabus for Course 101
Instructor: Names
Text: Names
Course topic: Listed
Requirements:
Readings ……
Bibliography
Hidden curriculum
What should I call the instructor?
Read it or not?
What to learn? Interested or not?
• Visible curriculum
What do I really have to do to get by?
Am I really supposed to use this?
Synonyms unwritten / unstudied
/ tacit / latent / unnoticed / paracurriculum
P260
Reproduction theoryThe social control function of the hidden curriculum
Reproduction theory
According to conflict theory, hidden curriculum reproduces the social class of students.
hidden curriculum serves to maintain the status quo, specifically the dominant culture and prevailing socioeconomic hierarchy
How to reproduce the social class?
How to reproduce the social class?
Different school experiences
hidden curriculum teach students the routines for getting along in school and the larger society
hidden curriculum contains a social and economic agenda
give elites more freedom and opportunity;
train non-elites to accept their lots as obedient, punctual workers (p260)
How to reproduce the social class?
Different behavioral expectations
Schools serving more affluent students create environments vastly different from that of schools serving poor students
Students try to find the approved responses among the mixed message
e.g. report card---conveying the messages how students are expected to behave
Report card
traditional school report cards contained a section for teachers to record individual comments about the student's work and behavior.
“puts forth good effort; completes work on time; shows respect of others; follows classroom and school rules; talks at appropriate time; expresses ideas clearly; participates in class discussions; …”
THE EDUCATIONAL “CLIMATE” AND SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS
The Definition of “Climate”
“Climate refers to a general social condition that characterizes a group, organization, or community, such as the general opinion in a community” ( Brookover, Erickson, and McEvoy, 1996)
THE EDUCATIONAL “CLIMATE” AND SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS
The Value Climate
The School Climate and Effective Schools School culture School learning climate
Classroom Learning Climate Classroom codes: interaction in the classroom
Student Friendship and Interaction Patterns in the Classroom Seating arrangements and physical conditions in classrooms and schools Size of school and classroom Architecture of schools
What is “The Value Climate”?
Each major research project concerned with the value climate has include slightly different research questions, variables, methods, and settings, resulting in conclusions that are often diverse and even contradictory.
So how does “Value Climate” form?
Schools teach more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. Both the formal and informal organization include lessons in values and morals. (Philip Jackson 1993)
Moral education came in other forms, such as:
Rituals and ceremonies in schools
Some moral messages were not taught, but absorbed as part of the educational environment.
And so on…
Holiday celebrations such as Martin Luther King Day.
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