Ralph Tyler: Community And Education

Tyler promotes Community and Education Ralph Tyler, Jerome Bruner, and John Dewey, were three of the leading educational psychologists who are responsible for transforming the public education curriculum. Their educational philosophies, theories, research, and strategies were the foundation of American Schools. Their developments are dated, however, years later, they are still relevant, insightful and rational to our present public education curriculum. Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 legislation funded schools with a high population of disadvantaged students among other things. Tyler noted that the educational system had excluded minorities and questioned whether schools would be able to handle the new demands …show more content…
President L.B. Johnson responded with the War on Poverty acts and extra resources were funneled to low socio-economic areas to handle the inclusion of minorities that were federally funded and included in the public school system. School districts and schools were provided with additional resources to develop and improve the “new” public education system. High socio-economic status has been associated with high test scores, therefore, this supplement would enrich these communities. Tyler noticed, in the past, experiences in the home, the work/situation, and the school have made somewhat different contributions to the development of American youth (Tyler, 1976). Parents, family, community and neighborhoods are essential to academic performance for disadvantaged students. The funding alone would not produce a better school district, school or student. It would take a culmination of entities to improve these areas. Dewey has similar commentary. In John Dewey’s, The Public and Its Problems, he contends a need for the “great community” which would seek to answer the decline of the public in the era of industrialization (Jorke, …show more content…
Ralph Tyler’s reflective ideas best relate to my field of interest Parental involvement and support is a key ingredient to meeting the demands of these schools. With more parental guidance and assistance, students have shown academic progress and improvement (Child Trends, 2012). Community development encompasses the relationship that Tyler draws between the school and the learner’s development. In the recent period of rapid social change, the educational roles of the home, the community, the religious institutions, and employment have been greatly changed. Generally, they have been reduced. Only the school is maintaining approximately the same role with the same amount of time annually for its work with children and youth. As the educational expectations of the public do not seem to be realized in the performance of youth, the common view seems to be that the schools have failed rather than to examine the total educational system to identify malfunctioning. In the beginning there was a lot of emphasis placed on students’ home life and family, research recommends students are more successful with parental involvement (Tyler,