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Rammel, Christian; Vettori, Oliver – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2021
There is a broad consensus that universities have the potential to act as drivers of education for sustainable development (ESD) and constitute fundamental vehicles to explore, test, develop and communicate conditions for necessary socio-ecological transformations. This goes hand in hand with stronger acknowledgment of the societal role of…
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, Transformative Learning, Higher Education, Sustainable Development
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Knapp, Erika J. – Music Educators Journal, 2021
Curriculum is a representation of the ideas that drive music teachers' decisions in their planning and instruction. Yet some components of curriculum are never written down but are prevalent in a music teacher's instruction; these components are often called the null or hidden curricula. This article considers what these curricula are, how they…
Descriptors: Music Education, Hidden Curriculum, Music Teachers, Curriculum
Kahlenberg, Richard D.; Janey, Clifford – Century Foundation, 2016
Throughout U.S. history, Americans have pivoted between whether the central priority of public education should be to create skilled workers for the economy, or to educate young people for responsible citizenship. Both goals are important, of course, but with the recent rise of a global economy, the emphasis has shifted away from preparing…
Descriptors: Public Education, Democratic Values, Democracy, Values
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Funk, Clayton – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2009
The Federal School was a correspondence art school in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the early 20th century. At that time, scientific methods changed the organization and practice of commercial art training and industrial education, which included correspondence courses from the Federal School. Standards of intelligence were determined with…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Industrial Education, Art Education, Intelligence Tests
Townsend, Barbara K. – 1995
Although the concept of hidden curriculum has been a popular one in writings about K-12 public education, it has not been much applied to higher education doctoral programs. D. Peters and M. Peterson (1987) have discussed the possibility of a hidden curriculum in higher education, focusing on hidden curriculum as unofficial expectations,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Gender Issues, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
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Gudmundsdottir, Sigrun – Journal of Teacher Education, 1990
The role of values in developing pedagogical content knowledge was examined through interviews and classroom observations of four expert high school teachers. Analysis indicated that teachers' value orientations to their subject matter influenced their choice of content, use of the textbook, pedagogical strategies, and perceptions of students'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Principles, Hidden Curriculum, High Schools
Cummins, Catherine L.; And Others – 1989
Many science educators have called attention to the need for teachers to prepare all types of students for a rapidly changing, technological world. Curriculum theorists have called for changes in a hidden curriculum of science they described as class specific and presenting science as a consensus arrived at by positivistic methods. This paper…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
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Aultman, Julie M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
What lies beneath the formal or overt curriculum may impair students' professional growth and development, including their ability to foster genuine relationships with patients and others, and may contribute to the inadvertent, often negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors expressed by medical students and witnessed by educators within and…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Hidden Curriculum, Negative Attitudes
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Winkelman, Paul – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
The development of an engineering curriculum assumes a body of knowledge that students, as future engineers, will need to know. Students acquire this body of knowledge through lectures, laboratories, projects and assignments and other means. The question then arises, how does one select the content and processes that are appropriate for the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Curriculum, Selection, Ethics
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Blake, Nigel – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Maintains that spirituality, by reason of its very nature and essence, is antithetical to the goals of state education. Argues that efforts to define spirituality as separate from religion are disingenuous and driven by a specific political agenda. Discusses the conflicting goals of spirituality and secular institutionalization. (MJP)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Carr, David – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Argues against the limited definition of spiritual education as strictly concerned with the mystical and transcendental. Maintains that a broader application of spiritual education can and should be offered. Asserts that this application needs to be developed in terms of curricular objectives and assessment. (MJP)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Tippins, Deborah J.; And Others – Journal of Moral Education, 1993
Asserts that the ethical dimensions of teaching involve complex decisions found in the sense-making process and deeply embedded in teachers' professional lives. Reports on a study of a middle school science teacher and how emancipatory learning, control, and social expectations influence teaching behaviors. (CFR)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Codes of Ethics
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Oser, Fritz; Althof, Wolfgang – Journal of Moral Education, 1993
Asserts that professional morality deals with decisions, strategies, products, and by-products in teaching. Reports on interviews with 60 teachers and discusses 5 types of decision making. Concludes that appropriate teacher training programs can help develop conceptual frames of professional responsibility. (CFR)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Codes of Ethics