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Hidden curriculum contributes to gender bias in education.

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Define and discuss the idea of a hidden curriculum. In what way(s) does this concept reinforce the notion of education being a gendered institution?

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This post looks at whether education is an institution that tolerates gender bias. The post is written by a professional educator based on over a decade of teaching experience at the high school level. It is not a research article with cited sources. Over 300 words of original text.

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A hidden curriculum is a core body of knowledge that is taught covertly rather than overtly. In other words, it is knowledge that is taught without the students knowing they are learning it. It could be argued that there is a hidden curriculum in all learning and teaching that takes place. When a teacher leaves out some information and includes other information due to a lack of time in the school year to teach everything, the hidden curriculum is evident by what the teacher left out, and ...

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