The Systematic Design of Instruction

by Walter Dick, Lou Carey, James O. Carey

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205412742
• ISBN13: 9780205412747
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Textbook

I ordered this book for my class at University of Hawaii at Manoa. This book is really helpful in learning about the instructional design and development, including the construction of tests and formative evaluation methods. I was very glad that this book is worth every penny of my money!

Be fearless

As daunting as this book is, I must admit, it's a tour de force. Not one turn unstoned. Quit your job, steel yourself, and reread its passages, several times if necessary. Do so simultaneously, as I am, with Psychology of Learning for Instruction (Marcy Driscoll) and know astronaut-training in instructional design.

Useful Instructional Design Model

This text book describes the Dick & Carey System Approach Model for the design of instruction. This Instructional Design model is one of the better-known systems used in the field of Instructional Technology, and is included as part of the curriculum of many undergraduate and graduate programs. Happily this book incorporates many of the basic formatting and documentation strategies that so many textbooks lack, which is fortunate given the topic. Each chapter begins with a listing of learning objectives, and then proceeds to discuss the background, concepts, and examples. A comprehensive summary concludes each chapter. The text is readable and the graphics are useful and appropriate for the subject matter. Those who use this book as part of their university courses in Instructional Design, Adult Education, etc, should be pleased with the content and the presentation.

A new look at instruction

In many ways the methods of instructing students have changed very little from the little one-room schoolhouse days of the last century. In this book the authors discuss a systems analysis aproach to instruction that treats instruction not as an end in itself, but as a process that is trying to reach a defined goal. It doesn't matter what the goal is, but the establishment of a goal is the first step. Then following their model, their set of procedures to measure the attainment of that goal you can adjust or modify the goals or procedures to achieve the best results. The model they have developed is simple to follow and has been evolving over several editions of this book. The latest edition, the sixth, incorporates all of the changes brought about through feedback from using the system.

This is the BEST text for the art and science of ISD

The best ISD text for the graduate level! Excellent model. I have used earlier editions for graduate classes at the Milano Graduate School (formerly the New School) and students have found the text and exercises very helpful. I especially like the earlier chapters. The examples in the development chapter are hard to follow, but worth the effort. Joanne Polichetti Integrated Learning Solutions Adjunct Professor: Milano Graduate School