Formal organization in school includes what is taught, lesson plans, and the specific goals of the organization. This type of education is very visible and can be seen immediately. The goals of formal organization and visible curriculum is to make sure that students have a uniformed knowledge of important events and facts in out society. These lessons mostly focus on human capital and aim to give important knowledge to students for the workforce. Schools can help with social capital if they have strong ties to the community and offer options for students through classes, groups, and programs. Colleges typically offer clear opportunities to gain human and social capital through things such as job fairs. Cultural capital in visual curriculum …show more content…
Cultural capital such as the way a person dresses, behaves, talks, and certain skills can be formed by the hidden curriculum that is caused by factors such as the dress code policy and school norms. In college you see cultural capital shaped by how you are prepared for mock interviews and the career fair where you learn how to speak, act, and dress. Cultural and social capital is built through organizing schedules and having to arrive to class on time, as well working in internships. All of these activities with specific times are beneficial in themselves, but they are also preparing us for careers where we will need to be on time and have experience. Both primary and secondary schooling encourages groups and clubs that teach students teamwork and social skills through the hidden curriculum as well as create social capital that can help them in the …show more content…
Many times the hidden curriculum is derived from formal organization and visible curriculum. For example, the pledge of allegiance is intended to be recited out of respect and through the hidden curriculum it builds patriotism at a young age. Schools value organization and timeliness which is made clear through required teaching plans, seating charts, and scheduled class times. In reading 15 ,Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp, we see how formal organization is used to teach many lessons through hidden curriculum. Preschools have goals of participating in self-expression, learning, and creative activity. However the main purpose is to tech children the student role to prepare them for higher levels of education. The rigidity of routine is intended to create compliance in students through hidden curriculum All of this is part of the schools formal organization, yet it teaches the necessary business skills children will need in the workplace such as timeliness, obedience, and a structured approach to learning and tasks. Conflict can arise when school climates are unsafe or not adhering to the formal curriculums values. Bullying by peers and even teachers and can have lasting impacts even in low levels. Over 76% of secondary students report being bullied. Straying from hidden curriculum, such