Ralph Tyler's Little Book - 43 views
-
The belief at the time was that schools should require strong discipline and that "children should not talk to one another; all communication should be between the teacher and the class (Tyler, 1975)."
-
Following the introduction of the Army's intelligence test, a "Testing Movement" in education, became established and spread throughout the United States
- ...14 more annotations...
-
This methodology engages the student in a number of projects. The projects he defined as "a purposeful activity carried to completion in a natural setting
-
What educational purposes should the school seek to attain? How can learning experiences be selected which are likely to be useful in attaining these objectives? How can learning experiences be organized for effective instruction? How can the effectiveness of learning experiences be evaluated?
-
The fifth and final section describes "How a school or College staff may work on curriculum building."
-
1. Establish broad goals or objectives.2. Classify the goals or objectives.3. Define objectives in behavioral terms.4. Find situations in which achievement if objectives can be shown.5. Develop or select measurement techniques.6. Collect performance data.7. Compare performance data with behaviorally stated objectives.
-
Tyler's greatest gift to the field of education was the development of an objectives-based evaluation model.