Semester 3: Week 8

Many years ago, Philip W. Jackson (1968) coined the term “hidden curriculum.” Essentially, the hidden curriculum covers all of the rules or expectations that you have learned without someone directly teaching you. The hidden curriculum generally impacts every person every day. Many autistic students don’t pick up on these unwritten expectations. This week you are going to take a deeper look at how knowing or not knowing the hidden curriculum can impact someone.

The purpose of learning about the hidden curriculum is not for you to teach or change anyone, but to have a better understanding of your peers. That said, there may be times where you can acknowledge and explain these expectations or “unwritten rules” in certain situations so that your friends can have the opportunity to use that information and make their own decision of what to do in the situation. 

Instructions

First, read The Hidden Curriculum: What Does it Mean in Autism?

Next, watch Understanding Autism - Hidden Curriculum.

Then, complete the Week 8 Reflection.

Continue to add to the Bingo of Belonging.