First, courses have different functions.

If the purpose of explicit curriculum is to develop and cultivate students' intelligence and bring them more knowledge and skills, then implicit curriculum refers to students' spiritual world and aims at cultivating students' morality. Cultivate students' independence, initiative and creativity, and cultivate their ability to adapt to the environment and society.

Second, the teaching methods are different.

The existence and function of explicit curriculum are obvious and exposed, while the implicit curriculum is hidden and hidden.

Third, the curriculum objectives are different.

Explicit curriculum is clearly expressed in the form of curriculum plan, curriculum standards and teaching materials, while implicit curriculum exists in the form of educational material environment and spiritual atmosphere, but it is not clearly expressed.

Fourth, the curriculum operates in different ways.

Explicit curriculum works through students' conscious specific psychological response, while implicit curriculum affects students through students' unconscious non-specific psychological response.

V the relationship between explicit curriculum and implicit curriculum:

The two can complement each other in school education. There is a complex relationship between explicit curriculum and implicit curriculum. Some hidden courses are relatively independent of explicit courses, and some hidden courses and explicit courses contain you.

From the perspective of hidden courses, hidden courses can be divided into hidden courses in textbooks, hidden courses in teaching activities and hidden courses outside teaching activities. Among them, the hidden courses in teaching activities include classroom teaching and hidden courses outside classroom teaching.