A curriculum can be latent and informal
BMJPublished 10 April 2003Open access
Carol P. Herbert
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There are two parallel curricular processes at work in a medical school curriculum, the latent curriculum, first described by Eisenberg, whereby students learn the hidden curriculum.
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Social SciencesHealth Professions
BMJCurriculum design
357 Citations2003David Prideaux
The curriculum represents the expression of educational ideas in practice and is underpinned by a set of values and beliefs about what students should know and how they come to know it.