The Hidden Curriculum of Christonormativity in Equity-Oriented Teacher Education

• In Event: The Politics of Curriculum: Sociocultural Contexts for Teaching and Learning

Abstract

The concept of the hidden curriculum has been used to demonstrate the unseen ways that sociopolitical norms surrounding behavior, race, gender, social class, dis/Ability, sexuality, and the intersections of these are taught in schools. There has been less attention paid to the ways in which a hidden curriculum of Christonormativity is perpetuated in equity-oriented teacher education. Through a discussion of what Christonormativity is and how it works, and some examples of curricular and pedagogical decisions that are commonly made in equity-oriented teacher education programs, this paper begins to surface the hidden curriculum of Christonormativity, and offers possibilities for moving away towards Christonormative conceptions of equity in teacher education.

Authors

• Jenna Kamrass Morvay, Miami University (OH)
  Presenting Author

• Laura Vernikoff, Touro University
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• Joni Kolman, California State University - San Marcos
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