"hidden curriculum" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hidden curriculums [plural], hidden curricula [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|hidden curricula}} hidden curriculum (plural hidden curriculums or hidden curricula)
  1. (education) Knowledge and beliefs that are not explicitly taught in school but which pupils acquire in the school environment. Categories (topical): Education Synonyms: covert curriculum Translations (what is plannedly but inexplicitly taught at an educational institution): مَنْهَج خَفِيّ (manhaj ḵafiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), مَنْهَج دِرَاسِيّ خَفِيّ (manhaj dirāsiyy ḵafiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), piilo-opetussuunnitelma (Finnish), heimlicher Lehrplan [masculine] (German), скры́тая програ́мма (skrýtaja prográmma) [feminine] (Russian), скры́тая учёбная програ́мма (skrýtaja učóbnaja prográmma) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "скры́тая учёбная програ́мма"
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      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "skrýtaja učóbnaja prográmma",
      "sense": "what is plannedly but inexplicitly taught at an educational institution",
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      "word": "скры́тая учёбная програ́мма"
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