A class above the rest: The hidden curriculum of work in higher education
Barfels S.E.; Delucchi M.
2000
Research in Post-Compulsory Education
1
10.1080/13596740000200065
This study examines curriculum and pedagogy in three academic programs – regular, all-college honors, and core honors – at a private liberal arts college. The purpose of this research is to evaluate evidence of distinct academic ‘tracks’ within an institution of higher education. Qualitative methodology grounded in social class analysis reveal differences in curricula, classroom tasks, and interaction among the three programs. The authors suggest that there is a ‘hidden curriculum’ in college work that has implications for the theory and practice of everyday activity in higher education. © 2000, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Alba R., Lavin D., Community Colleges and Tracking in Higher Education, Sociology of Education, 54, pp. 223-237, (1981); Anyon J., Ideology and United States History Textbooks, Harvard Educational Review, 49, pp. 381-386, (1979); Anyon J., Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work, Journal of Education, 163, pp. 67-92, (1980); Anyon J., Social Class and School Knowledge, Curriculum Inquiry, 11, pp. 3-42, (1981); Apple M., Ideology and Curriculum, (1979); Apple M., Cultural and Economic Reproduction in Education, (1982); Apple M., Education and Power, (1982); Bernstein B., Class, Codes, and Control, (1977); Bernstein B., The Structuring of Pedagogic Discourse: Vol. 4 of Class, Codes, and Control, (1990); Binder F., Reimers D., The Way We Were, (1992); Bourdieu P., Passeron J.-C., Reproduction in Education, Society, and Culture, (1977); Boyer P., The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, (1993); Brint S., Karabel J., The Diverted Dream, (1989); A Classification of Institutions in Higher Education, (1994); Almanac Issue, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 42, 1, (1995); Dimaggio P., Cultural Capital and School Success: The impact of status and culture participation on the grades of U.S. High school students, American Sociological Review, 47, pp. 189-201, (1982); Giroux H., Ideology, Culture, and the Process of Schooling, (1981); Giroux H., Theory and Resistance in Education, (1983); Goodson I., On Curriculum Form: Notes toward a theory of curriculum, Sociology of Education, 65, pp. 66-75, (1992); Goodson I., Meyer J.W., Apple M.W., Foreword, Sociology of Education, 64, pp. 3-4, (1991); Hallinan M., Tracking: From theory to practice, Sociology of Education, 67, pp. 79-84, (1994); Jones J., Vanfossen B.E., Ensminger M.E., Individual and Organizational Predictors of High School Track Placement, Sociology of Education, 68, pp. 287-300, (1995); Kim M., Alvarez R., Women-only Colleges: Some unanticipated consequences, Journal of Higher Education, 66, pp. 641-668, (1995); Oakes J., Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality, (1985); Oakes J., More Than Misapplied Technology: A normative and political response to Hallinan on tracking, Sociology of Education, 67, pp. 84-89, (1994); Ory J., Braskamp L.A., Involvement and Growth of Students in Three Academic Programs, Research in Higher Education, 28, pp. 116-129, (1988); Reich R., The Work of Nations, (1992); Sadovnik A., Basil Bernstein's Theory of Pedagogic Practice: A structuralist approach, Sociology of Education, 64, pp. 48-63, (1991); Thurow L., The Future of Capitalism: How Today's Economic Forces Will Shape Tomorrow's Future, (1996)
Article
All Open Access; Bronze Open Access
Scopus