Learning the Hidden Curriculum

by Endow, Judy; Myles, Brenda Smith, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781934575932
• ISBN10: 1934575933
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-01
• Publisher: Aapc Inc

Summary

Drawing from her personal experiences, Judy Endow, author of the 2010 and 2011 Hidden Curriculum Calendars, provides lots of hidden curriculum items that pertain to most areas of adult life. In relating how she personally has learned to more successfully maneuver social interactions, she also presents a framework for developing the ability to more quickly assess a situation and take steps to avoid making social blunders BEFORE they have been committed. A sampling of strategies includes Pause and Match, Laugh Along, Recognize and Expand Black-and-White Thinking, and It Is Not Necessary to Report All My Truths. Judy's framework enables readers to learn to create their own social "rules" and, as a result, live freer, more successful lives. The fact that the book is written by an autistic person who has learned by trial and error makes it all the more valuable.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Instruction From Others After I Screw Up	p. 7
Making Mistakes in the Community	p. 8
Hidden Curriculum Items: Community Outings	p. 9
Activity	p. 10
Clues That Instruction Is About to Be Delivered	p. 11
Hidden Curriculum Items: "Everybody Knows …"	p. 12
Learning From the Mean, Negative Reactions of Others	p. 13
Hidden Curriculum Items: "What's Wrong With You?"	p. 15
Learning From the Nonverbal Reactions of Others	p. 16
Hidden Curriculum Items: "I Know That Look!"	p. 18
Categorization and Vicarious Learning	p. 19
Memorizing the "Illegal" Category	p. 21
Hidden Curriculum Items: Police/Legal List	p. 23
Activity	p. 24
Temple Grandin's Categories of Social Sins	p. 24
Courtesy Rules	p. 26
Hidden Curriculum Items: Courtesy Rules	p. 26
Illegal, But Not Bad	p. 27
Hidden Curriculum Items: Illegal, But Not Bad	p. 28
Really Bad Things	p. 28
Sins of the System (SOS)	p. 29
Activity	p. 29
Categories of Variables	p. 30
Age-Related Variables	p. 32
Hidden Curriculum Items: Age-Related Variables	p. 32
Gender-Related Variables	p. 33
Activity	p. 34
Hidden Curriculum Items: Gender-Related Variables	p. 35
Who-You-Are-With Variables	p. 35
Hidden Curriculum Items: Who-You-Are-With Variables	p. 36
Culture-Related Variables	p. 37
Hidden Curriculum Items: Culture-Related Variables	p. 38
Circumstance-Related Variables	p. 39
Hidden Curriculum Items: Circumstance-Related Variables	p. 41
Activity	p. 42
Figuring out Proactive Strategies to Cut Down on Social Embarrassment	p. 43
Pause and Match	p. 44
Sayings That Do Not Literally Mean What They Say	p. 46
Hidden Curriculum Items: Sayings That Do Not Literally Mean What They Say	p. 48
Idioms	p. 49
Hidden Curriculum Items: List of Idioms	p. 50
Laugh Along	p. 51
Hidden Curriculum Items: Word Mix-Ups	p. 53
Recognize and Expand Black-and-White Thinking	p. 54
Hidden Curriculum Items: Black-and-White Thinking	p. 56
Activity	p. 57
Effective Perspective Taking	p. 58
Learn How an "NT" Thinks	p. 60
Hidden Curriculum Items: When Perspective Matters	p. 61
Play It Forward	p. 62
Hidden Curriculum Items: Play It Forward	p. 63
Important Points I've Discovered Along the Way	p. 65
Critical Mass	p. 66
Hidden Curriculum Items: Body Comments	p. 68
Activity	p. 69
Hidden Curriculum Items: At the Gym	p. 71
Hidden Curriculum Items: Sporting Events	p. 72
It Is Not Necessary to Report All My Truths!	p. 73
Hidden Curriculum Items: No Need to Report or Comment On	p. 75
The Power of Reattribution	p. 76
Activity	p. 79
Hidden Curriculum Items: Reattribution	p. 80
The Role of Self-Advocacy	p. 81
Hidden Curriculum Items: Self-Advocacy	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 85
References	p. 89
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