Socialization — Sociology STD 11 Commerce / Arts — Question

1. Sociologists also discuss about hidden curriculum for conditioning children’s learning.
2. Hidden curriculum refers to things we learn from attending the school such as respect for the system and obedience to authority. It also indicates unquestioned acceptance of the system. Example : While distributing co-curricular tasks, girls and boys are expected to do campus cleaning. Through this, children learn the sexual division of labour. Many schools are making efforts to counter this by allotting similar tasks to boys and girls.