the imformal system and the "hidden curriculum"

1. The Informal System and the “Hidden Curriculum” 085 蔡泽吟 叶水清 梁婷

2. OUTLINE The Educational “Climate” and School Effectiveness Reproduction theory The social control function of the hidden curriculum The Open Systems Approach and the Informal System

3. The Open Systems Approach and the Informal System

6. input organization output feedback Internal system Structure: hierarchy, rules, regulations Roles: administratiors, teachers, students Informal system: hidden curriculum, climate, power relations, unanticipated consequences

10. Reproduction theory The social control function of the hidden curriculum

12. How to reproduce the social class?

16. THE EDUCATIONAL “CLIMATE” AND SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS

17. The Definition of “Climate” “ Climate refers to a general social condition that characterizes a group, organization, or community, such as the general opinion in a community” ( Brookover, Erickson, and McEvoy, 1996)

19. What is “The Value Climate”? Each major research project concerned with the value climate has include slightly different research questions, variables, methods, and settings, resulting in conclusions that are often diverse and even contradictory.

20. So how does “Value Climate” form?

21. Schools teach more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. Both the formal and informal organization include lessons in values and morals. (Philip Jackson 1993)

22. Moral education came in other forms, such as: Rituals and ceremonies in schools Some moral messages were not taught, but absorbed as part of the educational environment. And so on…

23. Holiday celebrations such as Martin Luther King Day.

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