Fourth-grade teacher Junie Lee is working on a unit about weather with her students. Lee has a formal plan of studies to learn about hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis; it aligns with the textbook used in all fourth-grade classes in the district and in the state-established core curricula for this topic. During their studies, a tsunami strikes in southeast Asia. Lee adds Internet articles about
the disaster to the unit. In the classroom, Lee encourages her students to ask questions and relate the material to their existing knowledge, and she does not have a lot of rules of conduct. The school has a relaxed social atmosphere where teachers, administrators, and students interact in a casual manner; students learn to respect and value each other. Which aspect of this scenario represents informal curriculum?
a. Ms. Lee's formal plan of studies for the topic of weather
b. The school's social atmosphere
c. Ms. Lee's philosophy and approach in her classroom
d. The state-established core curricula
e. Ms. Lee's addition of Internet articles about the tsunami disaster to the weather unit
ANS: E
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