Response to Eisner's reading

In the reading of Eisner, the three critical curricula are explicit, implicit and null. The explicit curriculum is part of the formal instruction of schooling experiences. It refers to the curriculum document, textbooks and other supportive teaching materials that are overtly chosen to support the intentional agenda of the school. It’s the teacher's plan. On the other hand implicit or the hidden curriculum refers to the lessons that the learners take from the teacher's attitudes and the school environment.
The null curriculum is any subject not covered within the context of a class. It may be passed over due to a teacher's bias or social prejudices or just banned from being taught by the school authorities as the case of religious education in some schools or countries.
The situation of rewards is typical in many schools and all the societies. In Canada, Fraser Institute has always ranked schools and definitely schools had to compete resulting in competition at the classroom level. Teachers are left to try to design different methods of initiating the game for better performances. I happened to know of one learner who jumped a particular grade in Canada as an incentive for good performance.

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