Blog Post 2

I believe everyone can say they have experiences Tyler’s rationale in some form during their schooling. For me I saw this in orginization. If we did not stick to the plan or ciruculum then there seemed to be something wrong. It could have been in testing; making sure all objectives are being met throughout the year, or making sure children know what they are going to learn and how the learning is going to be done. Tyler’s rationale is the basic learning that every child in the school system has learn to cope with and pretend to enjoy. Almost all subjects are the same in elementary school. You start at a basic skill like counting in math, or reading sight words in English, and then progress to adding those numbers and reading books. We have all went through this process at some point in time.

Tyler’s rationale does in fact have some limitations. Some limitations Tyler’s rationale such as how some subjects do not prepare children for life after school, or even high school. We focus on certain elements and go so in depth with them that we sometimes forget the major issues. The curriculums are made so teachers have to test, and establish where your students rank when it comes to what the school system states is the appropriate grade level for children. As stated in the test “Curriculum theory and practice only makes sense when considered alongside notions like class, teacher, course, lesson and so on”. There are also many benefits to Tyler’s rationale as we see in the school system when it comes to basic knowledge or expanding knowledge. There is defiantly structure and management that is presented in Tyler’s rationale. The school system we observe and are a part of today is a very organized establishment; which is very beneficial when I comes to making sure children are being taught the proper curriculum.  Teachers can also benefit from this system. It allows them to have time management, and always have a plan when it comes to what is being taught for weeks on hand.