The hidden curriculum (a term coined by Jackson, 1968) describes those
aspects of the educational environment and student learning (such as
values and expectations that students acquire as a result of going
through an educational process) which are not formally or explicitly
stated but which relate to the culture and ethos of an organisation. It is
the unintended curriculum-what students learn from the school's culture and
climate. It includes such elements as the use of time, allocation of space,
funding for programs and activities, and disciplinary policies and practices. For
example, if an elementary school allocates 450 minutes each week to reading
and 45 minutes to art, the unintended message to students is that "art
doesn't matter."