How could the concept of the hidden curriculum be used by sociologists to explain educational achievement?
The hidden curriculm is predominately about learning to survive in an organization, in this case a school environment. The hidden curriculm is at first glance about following the rules such as raising your hand, not interrupting, waiting properly in a line, doing assigned task, submitting to authority, and so on. However, much discussion goes quite beyond this in sociological circles. For example, in the school, students go for eight hours. They start and stop from about 7 am to get to school until about 4 when school is out. Ironic that when they grow up they’ll have to work from 8 to 5 a shift of one hour. My point is that the hidden curriculm also teaches students to fit into capitalism. Be competitive, follow your assigned routine, don’t share but exceed your peers, obey authority, and look at the performance completed. This is a key idea because whether we like it or not, capitalism, the pursuit of profit at all cost, now is seen in schools where kids cheat to get ahead, and love
