Tyler and Dewey’s ideas

Tyler and Dewey’s ideas

1. Winfred Ralph Tyler

   • Was born April 22, 1902
   • Chicago, Illinois
   • As raised and educated in Nebraska.
   • Became a "teaching addict

2. John Dewey

   • Was born in Burlington (Vermont) on 20 October 1859
   • Graduated from the University of Vermont in 1879.
   • American philosopher, educator and psychologist.

3. Similarities

   • His ideas addresses the analysis of the student with the aim of improving their learning.
   • A curriculum is important for actionable learning.
   • Both authorts describe education as a social function linked to the objectives of society itself
   • His theories unified thought and action.
   • The theory and practice was the basic of their curriculum designs.

4. Differences

   • Dewey´s curriculum model was designed for the student to learn through ideas.
   • TYLER´S model focuses on the needs and strengths of the curriculum.
   • Dewey poses the school as a reconstruction of the social order.
   • Tyler´s model is systematic and rational, therefore it is easy to apply and understand
   • Tyler´s curriculum model focuses on assessment or the bottom line.

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