ECS 210: Curriculum Theory and Practice

ECS 210: Curriculum Theory and Practice

In reading the article Curriculum Theory and Practice we were asked to then answer the following prompts:

Can you think about:

a) The ways in which you many have experienced the Tyler rationale in your own school?

In many ways I feel my schooling reflected the principles that Tyler highlights. Often learning was about learning a key point or purpose that is then brought down to basic skills that need to be practiced to have shown you are a good student. The outcome or product is very important and assessing whether that objective was met is a key tenant of my school experience. This may also be why certain subjects, like math and science, which may be seen as more focused on societal function, are seen as more essential to the school experience than visual art, music, and drama.

b) What are the major limitations of the Tyler rational/what does it make impossible?

Some limitations is that when focused on the product learning may start to become broken down to small components that are the building blocks of that subject but loses the big picture of the reason behind learning that subject. An example can be seen as learning formulas in mathematics but not seeing the real world connects and uses for learning them.

c) What are some potential benefits/what is made possible?

When the key facts or skills are made clear to students they have a good idea of how to work towards and build those skills. Teachers are also provided with a clear outcome to structure their curriculum towards and find ways to include all learners in their planning. This may also benefit teachers who are instructing in an area that is not one of their strengths, as they have clear cut goals that they are more capable of leading the students towards than having to come up with their own assessment in a wide field of study.

To see the original article this blog is based around click

https://drive.google.com/a/rbe.sk.ca/file/d/12yUit4yJm9nhWB_wYXGMTZNiCJumaT02/view?usp=drivesdk

2 thoughts on “ECS 210: Curriculum Theory and Practice”

  1. I agree with your comments regarding making sure that your student know what their object is for the class and the lesson. I have found that students better understand the lesson and can pick out things that are more usefully then not.

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