Hidden Curriculum: A Contemporary Issue in Education

This is mainly because the white dominance in the united states has led low income students to believe that they are the minority and inferior and therefore , as a result , do not qualify to become executives and leaders . Teachers and educators have greatly contributed to putting low income students at bottom positions of an occupational hierarchy . They are doing this by denying the students a strong and rigorous curriculum which is very important in placing students on success pathways both in college and in their careers

School districts of the affluent

are implementing a different curriculum aimed at preparing rich students to become executives and leaders . Education is usually thought of as a developer of cognitive capabilities for individuals . A culture among the rich has been generated which provides that people who have more education and more qualified have the right to occupy high positions in the occupational hierarchy . In the United States , the affluent societies are also the most educated and so strive to provide better quality education to their children . The affluent societies believe that education gives students the capabilities that make them more skilled to occupy high positions in the occupation hierarchy . School districts of the affluent have therefore created different curriculums which are more rigorous and of a better quality so as to prepare the students for better job opportunities . Affluent students are trained in affluent schools and guided well on the courses and subject to select during their high school studies , since these courses help in shaping their career life The society expects much from the rich students , imposing a rigorous curriculum which they are expected to achieve . This kind of approach places the students in a position where they believe they should occupy the executive and the leadership positions (Margolis , E . 2001

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