The Dick and Carey

Model
Elizabeth Hasse
 • Also known as the Dick and Carey Instructional
Design Model or the Systems Approach Model
• Widely used in the field of education and
instructional design
• Used to create effective and efficient
Background instructional material and courses.
• Based on several key principles
• Recognizes that instructional design is an iterative
process

(Dick, 1996)
 • The Dick and Carey Model was developed in
the early 1970s by Walter Dick and Lou Carey
• Created in response to the need for a
systematic and structured approach to
instructional design
• Key principles published in an influential book
titled “The Systematic Design of Instruction,”
History first published in 1978
• Gained widespread acceptance and became a
foundational framework in the field of
instructional design.
• Remains a relevant and widely used
instructional design framework
(Birgili, 2019)
 • K-12 Education (Lee & Lee, n.d.)
Frequent • Higher Education (Lee & Lee, n.d.)
Use’s • Corporate Training (Linkedin, n.d.)
• Healthcare Education (Jabaay, 2020)
Stages of the Dick and Carey Model

1 2 3 4 5
Stage 1: Identify Stage 2: Conduct Stage 3: Analyze Stage 4: Write Stage 5: Develop
Instructional Instructional Learners and Performance Assessment
Goals Analysis Context Objectives Instruments

(Chaparro et al., 2023)

Stages of the Dick and Carey Model
(Continued)

Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 Stage 9

Develop Develop and Select Design and Design and
Instructional Instructional Conduct Formative Conduct
Strategy Materials Evaluation Summative
Evaluation

(Chaparro et al., 2023)

Benefits and Drawbacks
Benefits Drawbacks

Systematic Approach Complexity

Clear Objectives Rigidity

Learner-Centered Resource-Intensive

Formative Evaluation Not Always Needed

Wide Applicability Overemphasis on Objectives

Research-Based Limited Adaptability

(Birgili, 2019)
References
Birgili, B. (2019, December, 20). Comparative reflection on best known instructional design models: Notes from the Field. Current issues in Emerging eLearning, 6(1), 78-94.

https://scholarworks.umb.edu/ciee/vol6/iss1/5?utm_source=scholarworks.umb.edu%2Fciee%2Fvol6%2Fiss1%2F5&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages

Chaparro, R., Reaves, M., Jagger, C. & Bunch, J. (2023, April 16). Instructional design using the Dick and Carey Systems Approach. University of Florida.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/WC294

Dick, W. (1996, September). The dick and carey model: Will it survive the decade? Educational Technology Research and Development, 44, 55-63. DOI: 10.1007/BF02300425

Jabaay, M., Grcevich, L., Marotta, D. & Reynolds, J. (2020, June 16). Trauma and triage: Applying the Dick and Carey Instructional Design Model to a primary survey clinical

workshop. Cureus, 12(6). DOI: 10.7759/cureus.8656

Lee & Lee. (n.d.). Dick and Carey Model. http://websites.umich.edu/~ed626/Dick_Carey/dc.html

Linkedin. (n.d.). How do you align your training objectives with the Dick and Carey model? https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/how-do-you- align-your-training-objectives-

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