How might something as simple as altering the literature selections for a course offer students alternative perspectives and historical realities they can relate to?

Module 2 Discussion

1. Considering the course readings, what are some of the examples of hidden curricula in your school? Why is the hidden curriculum taught if it is not a part of the state recommended or tested curriculum?

2. What is an example of an excluded curriculum? Why is the excluded curriculum not taught?

3. How might something as simple as altering the literature selections for a course offer students alternative perspectives and historical realities they can relate to?

4. What do you think about the statement made by Gehrke, Knapp, and Sirotnik (1992) that the excluded curriculum is “powerful by virtue of its absence”?

Additional resource ALabama Course of Study.
https://alex.state.al.us/browseStand.php
CHapter 1 is from textbook TYLER / BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION (FOREWORD: HLEBOWITSH)