• ECS 203

    Curriculum Theory and Practice

    I can recall many times in which I have experienced the Tyler Rationale throughout my education. This “traditionalist” way of looking at curriculum views it as a product and heavily focuses on objectives. I remember many classes which consisted almost entirely of textbook reading and memorization-based evaluations, which is a very traditional pedagogical approach that did not take any context into account. I always enjoyed this teaching approach as a student who excelled in test-taking and other product-type assessments. I can understand that my previous beliefs regarding this teaching model were based solely on my personal bias and success within it. I can see now how a fixation on memorization…