Tyler and Dewey’s ideas

Tyler and Dewey’s ideas

1. Similarities

   • The educational objectives must be derived from systematic studies about students, from studies of contemporary life in society and from analysis of the study subjects carried out by specialists.
   • Tyler and Dewey define education as a social function linked to the objectives of society to develop a successful curriculum
   • His ideas addresses the analysis of the student with the aim of improving their learning.
   • The agree about the relationship between school and society, and between home and school; and the place of individualism in modern democracy

2. Differences

   • Dewey's curriculum model was designed for the student to learn through ideas. Meanwhile Tyler's curriculum model focuses on assessment or the bottom line.
   • Dewey poses the school as a reconstruction of the social order on the other hand Tyler's model is systematic and rational, therefore it is easy to apply and understand
   • Dewey remarked that the learner must always be active, an actor or participant in an ever-changing world. Learning occurs as a result of taking action to solve pressing problems. In addition, learning takes place lifetime.

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