Gender in hidden curriculum: A qualitative study of gender in the hidden curriculum of a primary school

Based upon the idea that values intended to be gained can be adopted merely through hidden curriculum; the question through which practices in school setting relations based on social gender subsist in an implicit or hidden way is the starting point of the investigation. This research is a qualitative study of the three elements of school hidden curriculum focusing on "Teacher attitude and behaviour", "The language used" and "Playing Games". In this study, a subject group was determined as 6 classroom teachers of a primary school and 1 school counselor and 162 students taking classes of these teachers. Throughout 3 months, survey was proceeded during 18 lessons for each class, a total number of 108 lessons. Thus, the opportunity of a profound and direct analysis, in natural setting and in all aspects, patterns of social gender which may be related to hidden curriculum has been obtained. Keywords: Hidden curriculum, gender, discrimination, stereotype, sexism.