JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.1.318/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2014.1.318/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<h1>which is better?</h1>
<div id="view">
1<h1 data-bind="text:current.prType"></h1>
<input type="text" data-bind="value: current.prType" />
2<h1 data-bind="text:prType"></h1>
<input type="text" data-bind="value: prType" />
</div>
JavaScript
var data = { visible: true, current: { prType: 'BR' } }
var viewModel = kendo.observable(data);
kendo.bind($("#view"), viewModel);