Child Development

Child Development


Worldwide, all nations share essential educational goals in middle childhood such as reading, writing and doing mathematics. Based on At About This Time tables, nations try to leverage arithmetic and reading skills by setting up new skills to acquire such three-digit numbers or reading 50 words per minute out loud. In addition to this important knowledge, countries are also to eager to provide children with moral values regarding how to be good citizens. Schooling methods and curriculum serve as foundations to convey nations’ beliefs, values and cultural standards.
Educational curriculum varies by nation, by community, and by school subject. For instance, in the United States, curricula depends on when, how, and whether second-language or religious instructions occur. There is no educational unity in North America, which makes difficult to reach the reading, writing and mathematics standards. Moreover, there is another form of curriculum that has been popular among school districts: the hidden curriculum. According to the Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology, "Hidden curriculum is a concept used to describe the often unarticulated and unacknowledged things that students are taught in school." In other words, hidden curriculum refers to the unintended or implicit values cultivated in the practices exercised in the classroom and educational institutions through the application of the curriculum. For example, children are often rewarded not only for their academic achievements in one specific subject, but also based on their involvement in the teaching subject or their enthusiasm to learn. In this way education imparts not only formal knowledge, but also an understanding of how to act appropriately in society. Hidden curriculum can be associated with set of values or attitudes that are demanded by higher institutions. After Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015, the government decided that our national anthem should be learned as well as our Declaration of...

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