1. Bob Bolt.
Bob West Bolt is a famous American educator and curriculum theorist in the early 20th century. He is one of the founders of structuralist curriculum theory and is known as "the father of modern curriculum theory". He published the book "Principles of Educational Work" in 19 18, and systematically expounded his curriculum theory. He advocated that education should design courses with organic structure according to students' individual differences and social needs.
2. Ralph Taylor
Ralph Taylor is a famous American educator and curriculum theorist in the mid-20th century. He played an important role in the development of structuralist curriculum theory. He published the book "Principles of Basic Education Curriculum" on 1949, and put forward a systematic curriculum design process, emphasizing student-centered and paying attention to students' needs and interests.
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Structuralism curriculum theory is a kind of curriculum design theory developed from the early to the middle of the 20th century. Its core idea is to organize subject knowledge and learning activities according to a certain logical structure and level, so that students can learn knowledge and develop their abilities step by step and systematically.
This theory emphasizes that education should be carried out in a targeted, planned and step-by-step manner, and pays attention to the organization of teaching content and the guidance of learning activities. Structuralism curriculum theory has a far-reaching impact on the development of modern pedagogy and has become an important curriculum design idea.
As representatives of structuralist curriculum theory, Bob West Bolt and Ralph Taylor have made important contributions to the development and perfection of this theory. They emphasize the logical structure of curriculum and the order of learning process, and advocate the organic combination of students' learning needs and social needs to make education more in line with the actual situation and students' characteristics.
Their theoretical thoughts provide important reference and guidance for later curriculum design and teaching practice. Although the structuralist curriculum theory gradually evolved and developed in the later educational theory, it is still an important branch of pedagogy, which has important enlightenment significance for curriculum reform and teaching improvement.