Reflection on Curriculum Model

      Today we learned about several curriculum model in our class. There is Bobbitt & Charters, Ralph Tyler and Hilda Taba theories. I will prefer "The Tyler Model" by Ralph Tyler. It was one of the best known models for curriculum development with special attention to the planning phases. It uses children's interests as the focus of attention in the educational design process. The idea that children learn more effectively when they are allowed to pursue at least some of their interests is central to Tyler's philosophy.

      Tyler's model has four parts, consisting of objectives, instructional content and strategies, organization of experiences for learning, and evaluation and assessment.

      With regard to objectives, the Tyler model seeks to clarify the purposes that an educational institution seeks to accomplish. The content and strategies portion focuses on the educational experiences that are most likely to accomplish those particular objectives. For example, a school that is developing an English curriculum might create a objective to write essays. Select the right experience will help in student engagement.

       Then, developing learning experiences that help the students to achieve objective. For example, if students need to meet the objective of writing an essay. The learning experience might be a demonstration by the teacher of writing an essay. The students then might practice writing essays. The experienceis consistent with the objective.

      After that, by organizing the experiences. Should the teacher demonstrate first or should the students learn by writing immediately? Either way could work and preference is determined by the philosophy of the teacher and the needs of the students. The point is that the teacher needs to determine a logical order of experiences for the students.

      Lastly, for evaluation of the objectives, the teacher assesses the students ability to write an essay. There are many ways to do this. For example, the teacher could have the students write an essay without assistance. If they can do this, it is evidence that the students have achieve the objective of the lesson.

      There are variations on this model. However, the Tyler model is still considered by many to be the strongest model for curriculum development.