Hidden Curriculum and Social Reproduction Critiques

In sociology and psychology, poisonous pedagogy, also called black pedagogy (from the original German name schwarze Pädagogik), is any traditional child-raising methods which modern pedagogy considers repressive and harmful.

A hidden curriculum is a set of lessons "which are learned but not openly intended" to be taught in school such as the norms, values, and beliefs conveyed in both the classroom and social environment.

The Hidden Curriculum (1970) is a book by the psychiatrist Benson R. Snyder (March 29, 1923, in Glen Ridge, N.J., September 4, 2012, in Cambridge, Mass.), the then-Dean of Institute Relations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Contest mobility refers to system of social mobility in which all individuals are seen as participants in a race where elite status is the end goal and the contest is an open one.

Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life is a 1976 book by economists Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis.

Bias in curricula refers to real or perceived bias in curricula or textbooks.

"Factory model schools", "factory model education", "industrial era schools", "industrial models" are ahistorical terms that emerged in the mid to late-20th century and are used by writers and speakers as a rhetorical device by those advocating changes to education systems.

Fascist education, also sometimes known as Fascist pedagogy was developed during the era of Fascist regimes such as Mussolini's Italy (1922-1943), aimed to mold young minds to be loyal and obedient to the state and its ideologies.

"Teaching to the test" refers to an educational strategy where curriculum and teachers' instruction are heavily focused on preparing students for standardized tests.