Author: Yahya El-Darieby

In Levin’s article, he states the “curriculum is defined as an official statement of what students are expected to know and be able to do” (Levin, 2007, p. 8). Students are expected to do their work and learn many new things through their education. Before reading the article, I only thought of curriculum as being […]

A good student can be described in many ways. A good student arrives to class on time, hands in assignments, take notes, sits quietly, listens to instructions, and does well on tests. In the article, Kumashiro describes a good student as “completing certain assignments and repeating on exams the correct definitions or themes or analyses […]

I decided to dive deeper into the hidden curriculum with race/visual minorities. The article I chose to look at is called “Audism and Racism: The Hidden Curriculum Impacting Black d/Deaf College Students in the Classroom” by Lissa Stapleton. The author talks about how “Black and d/Deaf identities along with the range of oppressions connected to […]

All through my schooling career, from K-12, and now college, I’ve seen Tyler’s strategy adapt clearly in my classes. The arrangement of my classes was to be teaching the curriculum, and after that show my understanding of it by evaluation or by given a test/quiz. Tyler’s premise teaches the conclusion objective in judgment skills. For […]

In his work “The Problem of Common Sense, Kumashiro defines this term as knowledge in a group of people that feel comfortable to them. When we act on these commonplace ideas, we don’t stop to consider why we act in this way or examine the belief critically. Commonsense beliefs are fundamental ideas that are frequently […]