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5. The null curriculum refers to what students do not have the opportunity to learn. In this case,
students are learning something based on the absence of certain experiences, interactions, and
discourses in the classroom. For example, if students are not taught and expected to question, critically
examine, and call out sexist language in books, they are learning something—that it may not be
essential for them to engage in this work of critique and exposure. In other words, what is absent or not
included in the curriculum can actually be immensely present in what students are learning.
An example of null curriculum at work would be a flight lesson focused on learning to fly the
traffic pattern without the flight instructor mentioning the importance of being vigilant in
watching for other traffic.
6. Hidden curriculum can be defined as the lessons that are taught informally and usually
unintentionally in a school system. These include behaviors, perspectives, and attitudes that
students pick up while they are at school. This is contrasted with the formal curriculum such as
course and activities and students’ participation
Raising your hand to speak
Not speaking while others speak
Being respectful to others
How to work with others
Turning in assignments when due
Being on time to class