principles of curriculum and instruction: ralph tyler

Tomorrow, in our discussion of Crookes and Chaudron, I shall refer to some basic principles of curriculum and instruction in general education theory that were originally systemitized by Ralph Tyler in 1949.

These principles have been very influential, although Tyler's work is rarely explicitly cited in teacher education texts these days (why, I wonder: could it be objections to his attempt to apply systems theory to a humanity?). Much of his work is implicit in what you are being exposed to in this program, however (note, for example, the title of this course).

Anyway, for a little bit of background, check out this website:

http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~daniel_sch/assignment1/1949tyler.html