Tyler and Dewey’s ideas

Tyler and Dewey’s ideas

1. Tyler approach

   • his most important work is
     • Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction
   • to design a curriculum
     • will have to go first to
       • three sources:
         • The students
         • The society
         • The content requirements
   • To develop a successful curriculum.
     • it must approach
       • Objectives
       • Activities
       • Didactic resources
       • Evaluation

2. John Dewey

   • The new education
     • had to overcome tradition
   • Dewey's methodological proposal
     • consists of 5 phases:
       • 1. Consideration of some actual
         • and real experience of the child.
       • 2. Identification of a problem or difficulty
         • raised from that experience.
       • 3. Inspection of available data
         • as well as search for viable solutions.
       • 4. Formulation of the solution hypothesis.
       • 5. Verification of the hypothesis by the action.

3. Differences

   • Tyler's curriculum model focuses on assessment or the bottom line
   • 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's 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

4. Similarities

   • A curriculum is important for actionable learning
   • His theories unified through and action
   • The theory and practice was the basis of their curriculum design
   • Both authors describe education as a social function linked to the objectives of social itself
   • His ideas addresses the analysis of the student with the aim of improving their learning

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