Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction

Ralph W. Tyler

ISBN 10: 0226820319 / ISBN 13: 9780226820316

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1969

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226820319
• ISBN 13: 9780226820316
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 0.64W x 13.97H x 20.96D centimeters 0.64 centimeters width by 13.97 centimeters height by 20.96 centimeters depth
• Weight: 136 grams

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Synopsis

What educational purposes should the school seek to attain, and what educational experiences can be provided that are likely to achieve these purposes? Rather than literally answering these questions of curriculum and instruction, Tyler develops a rationale for studying them, and suggests procedures for formulating answers and evaluating programs of study. Quite simply, his book outlines one way of viewing an instructional program as a functioning instrument of education.

The four sections of the book deal with ways of formulating, organizing, and evaluating the educational objectives that have been chosen for the curriculum. Tyler emphasizes the fact that curriculum planning is a continuous cyclical process, involving constand replanning, redevelopment, and reappraisal. Substitution of such an integrated view of an instructional program for hit-or-miss judgment as the basis for curriculum development cannot but result in an increasingly effective curriculum.

About the Author

Ralph W. Tyler was formerly Professor of Education and Dean, Division of Social Sciences, at the University of Chicago.