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Why Must The Teacher Be Aware And Sensitive To The Hidden Curriculum?

It is important for a teacher to be aware of and sensitive to the hidden curriculum. The hidden
curriculum often supports a viewpoint of the majority group or of influential individuals. Many
United States History books often have presented a very slanted view of our history from a U.S.
viewpoint. This is often biased in favor of actions taken by the United States. A good example
of this is with our struggles with the Native Americans. Native Americans were made to look
bad while Americans were promoting progress.

The hidden curriculum also may be based on specific religious views. This would support the
actions of a religious group (usually the majority religious group) while ignoring or downplaying
those of other religious groups. An example of this would be the debate regarding creationism
and evolution.

Finally, there are times when businesses underwrite the cost of curriculum. In return, the
curriculum is very pro-business and may even promote a company’s products. Actions of
businesses throughout history may be falsely portrayed in these cases.

The hidden curriculum is dangerous because it often presents a biased or stereotypical view of
events, people, and actions. As our diversity grows in our country and in our classrooms,
teachers must be aware of this bias so they don’t falsely portray a group of people, a religion, or
specific events in history.

Tools used by the school to assess their curriculum

Assessment strategies is used by the teacher to assess students performance. There are
seven(7) tools in assessing the curriculum.

1. Paper and Pencil Strategy

- it is a traditional way of teacher in assessing student performance.
examples:
Essay- refers to a writting samples of a students in which, is used to assessed student
mastery of the concept,organizing ideas and developing the critical thinking .
Select Response- is used to identify one correct answer ( multiple choice, identification and
matching type)
2. Performanced-Based Strategy
- requires students to demonstrate,create and produce.
3. Reflective Strategy
- it is a self assessment where in students reflect with there own.
4. Behavioral Strategy
- refers to the behavior of the students which the teacher usued to assessed while working/task
inside the classroom.
5.Oral Strategy
- often used by the teacher inside the classroom, a question and answer portion where in students
develop their verbal skill on how he/she response to the question given by the teacher.
6. Combination Strategy
-used by the teacher to enhanced students creativeness of answering questions.
example:
Portfolio- refers to the student work collection.
7. Personal Communication Strategy
examples:
Conference
- is aformal and informal meeting between and among the teachers, students and parents.
Interview
- a form of conversation among/between the teachers,parents and students.
evaluation and curriculum redesign?

Importance of knowing the different types of curricula

Having a curriculum provides several benefits, such as providing a structure for an educational
course and having an end goal that teachers set for their students to reach. Curricula vary widely
in structure and complexity, but are valuable for many different areas of education, including
linguistics, mathematics and the sciences.
Although the structure and detail of curricula depends primarily on the subject at hand, curricula
serve the broad purpose of being educational planning tools. They help teachers and professors
outline learning objects for a course or class, which in turn sets an end goal for learning a
specific volume of material. Curricula also help teachers identify an effective learning style by
focusing on the most critical aspects of a projected lesson plan. Additionally, they can help
teachers make effective use of classroom time by setting time aside for revisiting complex issues
or giving students time to ask questions.

Curricula ideally serve as time-management and organizational tools as well; by setting an

agenda ahead of time, teachers and students have the opportunity to prepare for future readings
and assignments. This allows for the development of time management skills, and allows
students to learn important life skills such as communication, organization, and setting and
achieving goals.

SEVEN SCHOOL CURRICULUM TYPES AND THEIR CLASSROOM

IMPLICATIONS

1. Recommended CurriculumPerhaps you have asked these questions: Why should I take all
these subjects and follow the course flow religiously? Why is there a need to implement the K
to 12?The answer is simple! The Ministry of Education, the Commission on Higher
Education, or any professional organization can recommend and implement a curriculum.
In the Philippines, for example, what is being implemented by the Department of Education
(DepEd) or the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), is an example of a recommended
curriculum.

In some cases, a law making body like the congress and the senate, or a university or a school
can recommend a subject, a course, or any academic program which is deemed necessary for
national identity and security, for environmental protection and sustainable development,
among others.
2. Written CurriculumThis refers to a lesson plan or syllabus written by teachers. Another
example is the one written by curriculum experts with the help of subject teachers. This kind
of written curriculum needs to be pilot tested or tried out in sample schools to determine its
effectiveness.
3. Taught CurriculumThis is about the implementation of the written curriculum. Whatever is
being taught or an activity being done in the classroom is a taught curriculum. So, when
teachers give a lecture, initiate group work, or ask students to do a laboratory experiment with
the their guidance, the taught curriculum is demonstrated. This curriculum contains different
teaching styles and learning styles to address the students’ needs and interests.
4. Supported CurriculumInstructional materials, such as textbooks, audio visual materials,
blogs, wikis, and others are examples of support curriculum. Other examples are playgrounds,
zoos, gardens, museums, and real life objects. It is called supported curriculum because it
helps teachers implement a written curriculum thus enables the students to become life-long
learners.
5. Assessed CurriculumWhen students take a quiz or the mid-term and final exams, these
series of evaluations are the so-called assessed curriculum. Teachers may use the pencil and
paper tests, and authentic assessments like portfolio and performance based assessments in
order to know if the students are progressing or not.
6. Learned CurriculumThis type of curriculum indicates what the students have actually
learned. This can be measured through learning outcomes. A learning outcome can be
manifested by what students can perform or do either in their cognitive, affective or
psychomotor domains. The learning outcome can be determined by the results of the tests,
and it can be achieved by the students through the use of learning objectives.
7. Hidden CurriculumThis refers to the unplanned or unintended curriculum but plays an
important role in learning.