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How can teachers and schools exercise a constructive control over negative features of the unintended hidden curriculum?

The phrase ‘unintended hidden curriculum’ comes directly from the work of Paechter (1999). She does not directly define it, but cites examples of it in practice and suggests where it may be seen. She also asserts that it may be controlled by ‘society’ and because of its unintentional nature be very hard to ‘resist’. Drawing …

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The Desirability of ‘Positive Education’

Positive education’s focus on happiness is valuable and should not be forgotten in the ideal classroom. Techniques from or endorsed by positive education should be part of the ideal classroom. Nevertheless, positive education is not an appropriate theory for school’s to systematically pursue. It is inappropriate because of its subjectivity, its vulnerability to misunderstanding due …

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