TECHNICAL/

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

Let us define first what is Technical/Scientific Approach…

Technical/Scientific Approach is….

- a step-by-step approach in designing a curriculum which Tyler formed and modified by Taba

- called technical/scientific approach because it is as if we are experimenting in a laboratory- forming an objective, using a step by step approach in getting the outcome and finally evaluating if the solution is really applicable to real situations

- considered as rational, universal and objective

- Views curriculum as something similar to engineering or architecture

Technical/Scientific Approach

- involves a logical step-by-step procedure of problem solving

There are 7 steps…

First.

- To diagnose the need for improvement

EXPLANATIOOOON/ SAMPLE

It it was to good to know the necessities for us to know the lack that we need to fill.

Second.

- The formulation of objectives

EXPLAIN/SAMPLE

Making or forming a objectives helps us to be more motivated in doing a particular activity, because there is something we/you want to know.

Third.

- Specification of content

EXPLAIN/SAMPLE

Knowing the content of a certain activity is important because we need to know the reason or objective of the activity.

Forth.

- Organization of content

EXPLAIN/SAMPLE

Organizing the content is good for the instructor because he/she can easily command peacefully and organize the activity.

Fifth.

- Selection of learning experiences

EXPLAIN/SAMPLE

Sixth.

- Organization of learning experiences

EXPLAIN/SAMPLE

Seventh.

- Evaluation and means of evaluation

EXPLAIN/SAMPLE

The procedure is guided by well-defined objectives which are formulated based on the analysis of normative needs as defined by developmental and other psychological theories, rather than individual needs and interests.

This is a way of planning curricula to optimize students’ learning and to allow them to increase their output.

Who is Ralph Tyler?

Ralph Tyler

- a well-known proponent of the technical-scientific approach four basic curriculum development in his book Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction in 1949

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