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Christian Wilson
Student Lesson Plan
EDU 202

Objective: To teacher class about Ralph Tyler, what he gathered from being involved in the
Eight Year Study, and what his model for curriculum development is. This will be mostly a
lecture, followed with a few questions to make the activity interactive, but the purpose is for the
students to think whether or not the model sounds familiar, if they can use it in their own
teaching, and if they have ever unknowingly followed the model before.

Materials/Equipment: Google slides presentation

Instruction:
● Start out with a youtube video summarizing the model and it’s components.
● State objective: What is Tyler’s Model? Who is Ralph Tyler and what is his contribution
to education?
● Google Slides Presentation
○ Slide 1 – Who is Ralph Tyler?
○ Slide 2 – What is the Eight Year Study?
○ Slide 3 – Definition of curriculum
○ Slide 4- The Tyler Model
○ Slide 5 – The 3 Sources
○ Slide 6- Philosophy and Psychology
○ Slide 7- The 4 Principles
○ Slide 8 - Conclusion
Closure: What are the benefits of Tyler’s Model? Are there any disadvantages? How relevant is
the model in today’s age of education?

Outline for Lesson Plan:

What is Tyler’s Rationale?

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Slide 2
● Objectives of the lecture are laid out.
Slide 3
● A summary of Tyler and his achievements
● Was the Director of Research for the Evaluation Staff in the Eight Year Study.
● Published Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction, which is a book in which he
elaborates on concepts he was working on during the Eight Year Study.
● Considered the Father of Behavioral Objectives or Evaluation

Slide 4
● What is the Eight Year Study?
 An experiement done between 30 different high schools between 1930 and 1942
conducted by the Progressive Education Association.
 Involved having those school redesign their school curriculum while working of
developing the staff and innovating practices in guiding students, test-taking, and
program assessment.
 Seeked to tend to the needs of non-college bound students and provide them with a
better education experience for their future and also seeked to make those going to
college more prepared with more progressive practices.

 Conclusion of the study: Curriculum needs more complex and sophisticated forms of
student tests and assessments. The schools that experimented the most with their
curriculum had a higher rate of student achievement and success compared to the
schools that did not
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Slide 5
 Definition of curriculum
 Definition: “refers to the lessons and academic content taught in a school or in a specific
course or program.”
Slide 6
 Intro to Tyler’s Rationale
 In conclusion to the Eight Year Study, Tyler extracted 4 basic principles of curriculum
development, 3 sources of educational experience that the curriculum should address,
and 2 screens that the curriculum should be evaluated through
Slide 7
 3 sources for educational experience
 Students
o What are the needs of the students?
 Society
o How can the educational experience help prepare the student for their future?
o How can the experience and information learned also benefit society?
 Subject
o Does the information learned translate to the other subjects taught at the school?
Slide 8
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 The 2 Screens
 Educational Philosophy
o What are the goals/philosophies of the school?
o Does the curriculum line up with the school’s educational philosophy?
 Educational Psychology
o What it is the students level of understanding
o What other factors can affect what the students can learn (ex: age, achievement
level, etc.)
o What can be done to make sure the students are interested in learning?
Slide 9
 The 4 Principles
 Determining appropriate objectives for learning
o Ex: The student will learn how to use the quadratic equation
 Establishing useful experiences for learning
o Ex: The student watches the teacher demonstrate how to use the formula and
later will practice it
o Purpose is to help achieve the objective
 Organization of the experiences
o In what logical order should the experiences be laid out?
o Ex: Should the student practice the use of the formula without a demonstration or
should the demonstration come first?
 Evaluation
o Was the learning experience effective for the students?
o Which aspects were or were not successful?
o Ex: pop quiz on how to use the quadratic equation.
Slide 10
 Conclusion
 The Tyler Model is a simple yet effective model for developing a curriculum.
 Makes the job of a teacher to almost that of a scientist, making the teacher a scientific
observer by testing out the success of a hypothesis and seeing if the behavior of the
students reflects the success.
 The model begins with addressing the 3 sources of the educational experience,
establishing educational philosophy and psychology within the school, and then
implementing the 4 principles in order to develop a curriculum.

Closure:
As teachers, we all need some kind of structure and method for teaching our students in a way
that is effective and produces positive results. Tyler’s Rational for developing a curriculum has
been implemented into the education system ever since the 1980’s. Have you experienced or
noticed teachers following this method or in any other fashion? How do you think the model is
helpful for teachers?