Question

Hidden curriculum refers to:

• A. Cognitive objectives
• B. Curriculum objectives
• C. Instructional objectives
• D. Unintended objectives

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Unintended objectives

• The hidden curriculum is all the things that student pick up throughout their academic career that is not explicitly taught as part of the formal curriculum.

• They can include social lessons, work habits, values and perceptions.

• Some of the characteristics of the hidden curriculum are the expectations and values that are often implied though lessons, the hidden meanings in how rules are applied differently depending on the students.

• The hidden curriculum also has significant social characteristics like the need to conform and not be oneself.