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Abiko, Tadahiko, "Developmental Stages and Curriculum: A Japanese Perspective," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 17(Winter, 2002), 160-170., Tadahiko Abiko

Annotation: Offers a new set of developmental stages based on children's interests and proposes a curriculum framework based on them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

Alkan, Sinem Hizll, and Mark Priestley, "Teacher Mediation of Curriculum Making: The Role of Refexivity," Journal of Curriclum Studies, 51(5, 2019), 751-754., Sinem Hizll Aikan and Mark Priestley

Annotation: Reports a study of how teachers in Scotland and Wales shaped their curriculum making through processes of reflexivity upon their own perspectives and upon contextual factors, such as structural and cultural; various modes of reflexivity are shown to be at work in these teachers; it is suggest that the research framework used in this study can be a useful way of studying teachers' involvement in curriculum making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development-Organization-Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies

Anderson, Digby C., Evaluating Curriculum Proposals: A Critical Guide. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981., Digby C. Anderson

Annotation: Provides guidelines for the rhetorical analysis of curriculum proposals and suggests foci for curriculum inquiry; illustrates this by reference to four British curriculum projects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form,Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Generation

Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M., "Globalization and Curriculum," pp. 349-368 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt

Annotation: Highlights the importance of an international or global perspective on curriculum; surveys a variety of cross-national studies of the intended, the enacted, and the achieved curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Comparative Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling

Aoki, Ted, "Interests, Knowledge and Evaluation: Alternative Approaches to Curriculum Evaluation," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 6(Spring, 1986), 27-44. Reprinted pp. 137-150 in William F. Pinar and Rita L. Irwin, eds., Curriculum in a New Key: The Collected Works of Ted T. Aoki. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005., Ted Aoki

Annotation: Discusses technical, situational interpretive, and critical theoretic evaluation in the context of an evaluation of British Columbia Social Studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

Apple, Michael W., "Can Critical Pedagogy Interrupt Rightist Policies?" Educational Theory, 50(Spring, 2000), 229-254.*, Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Challenges the market ideology that now dominates schooling and curriculum; reports on the effects of policy decisions resting on this ideology rather than on educational criteria; shows how national curriculum and national testing (in UK and in US) are reducing equality of educational opportunity; gives examples of efforts to counter current tendencies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

Apple, Michael W., Can Education Change Society? New York: Routledge, 2013., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Treats in previously unpublished essays the question in the title in light of the work of Freire, Counts, DuBois, Woodson , and others with examples both positive (Porto Alegre - Citizen Schools) and negative (Wal-Mart - Christian Conservative) influences; gives examples of the author's personal action in keeping with his commitment to critical education and action.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Democratic Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Apple, Michael W., "Creating Difference: Neo-Liberalism, Neo-Conservatism, and the Politics of Educational Reform," Educational Policy, 18(January and March, 2004)., 12-44., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Analyes how market proposals and regulatory proposals are joined in recent educational reforms in several countries, including the U. S., and reflect power blocks supporting standards, testing, and a national curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum and Politics, Local Control of Schooling

Apple, Michael W., "Curriculum as Ideological Selection," Comparative Education Review, 20(June, 1976), 209-215., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Presents an essay review of Knowledge and Control (Young, 1971) and Educability, Schools, and Ideology (Flude and Ahier,1974).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Comparative Curriculum

Apple, Michael W., "Curriculum Planning: Content, Form, and the Politics of Accountability," pp. 25-44 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Reviews political issues and actions related to deciding curriculum content and curriculum organization, including struggles by various social groups to influence textbook content, standards and testing, and pedagogical practices that are adopted by legislative bodies in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum

Apple, Michael W., ed., The State and the Politics of Knowledge. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2003., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Describes ways that the state and school knowledge are interrelated; introduces illustrative examples from several countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

Apple, Michael W., "Some Aspects of the Relationship Between Economic and Cultural Reproduction," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 130-142., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses the literature on the topic from France, England, and the U. S. and reviews leading issues involved.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Comparative Curriculum

Apple, Michael W., "Standards, Markets, and Curriculum," pp. 55-74 in Barry M. Franklin, ed., Curriculum and Consequences: Herbert M. Kliebard and the Promise of Schooling. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Analyzes the political movement (called conservative restoration by Apple) in which market forces and performance standards, national curriculum, and national testing are touted as reforms in the curriculum in England; also by inference in the U. S.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Comparative Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling

Apple, Michael W., "Teaching and 'Women's Work': A Comparative Historical and Ideological Analysis," Teachers College Record, 86(Spring, 1985), 455-473. Also appears pp. 29-49 in Edgar B. Gumbert, ed., Expressions of Power in Education. Atlanta: Center for Cross-Cultural Education, 1985., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses the history of women teachers in the U. S. and England.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum History

Apple, Michael W., and Kristen L Buras, eds., The Subaltern Speak: Curriculum, Power, and Educational Struggles. New York: Routledge, 2006., Michael W. Apple and Kristen L. Buras

Annotation: Offers perspectives on U. S. education from non-dominant and oppressed groups such as those oriented around the Core Knowledge Movement, home schooling, vouchers for African-Americans,indigenous and Chicano youth, the racially and sexually abused, those claiming academic freedom in the corporate academy,and those excluded by global cosmopolitanism, with additional examples from Taiwan and Brazil; includes analytic introductory and closing chapters.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Apple, Michael W., and Philip Wexler, "Cultural Capital and Educational Transmissions: An Essay on Basil Bernstein, Class, Codes and Control, Vol. III: Towards a Theory of Educational Transmissions," Educational Theory, 28(Winter, 1978), 34-44., Michael W. Apple and Philip Wexler

Annotation: Critiques and comments on the content of the Bernstein book.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

Arnot, M., and Geoff Whitty, "School Texts, the Hidden Curriculum and the Curriculum-in-use: A British Review of Recent American Contributions to the Sociology of the Curriculum," Discourse, 3(No. 1, 1982), 1-21., M. Arnot and Geoff Whitty

Annotation: Comments on scholarship in the U. S. on these topics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Textbooks, Hidden Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge

Atkinson, Paul, Sara Delamont, and Martyn Hammersley, "Qualitative Research Traditions: A British Response to Jacob," Review of Educational Research, 58 (Summer, 1988), 231-250., Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, and Martyn Hammersley

Annotation: Discusses qualitative research in Britain.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum, Qualitative Research

Ayalon, Hanna, "Math as a Gatekeeper: Ethnic and Gender Inequality in Course Taking of the Sciences in Isreal," American Journal of Education, 104(November, 1995), 34-56., Hanna Ayalon

Annotation: Reports an empirical study of the effects of ethnic and gender differences on course taking in science and the resulting inequalities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Comparative Curriculum, Science

Ayalon, Hanna, "Nonhierarchical Curriculum Differentiation and Inequality in Achievement: A Different Story or More of the Same?" Teachers College Record, 108(June, 2006), 1186-1213., Hanna Ayalon

Annotation: Reports a study in Israel of student achievement inequality (by gender, soico-economic level, ability) when comparing students in subject differentiated curricula; concludes this type of diffentiation does not reduce educational inequalities; suggests policy implications.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Comparative Curriculum, Student Assessment, Enrollment Changes-Implications

Baller, E., "Curriculum History: Hungary," pp. 216-218 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergaman, 1988., E. Baller

Annotation: Traces very briefly the history of curricula in Hungary from 1000 A.D. to recent times.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

Baller, E., "Curriculum History: Socialist Countries," pp. 1198-1199 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education, New York: Pergamon Press, 1984., E. Baller

Annotation: Gives the history of curriculum in Soviet Russia.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

Ball, Stephen J., ed., Foucault and Education: Disciplines and Knowledge . New York: Routledge, 1990., Stephen J. Ball

Annotation: Includes nine articles by Australian, English, and Canadian scholars on Foucault and power in education..

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum and the Disciplines

Banks, Philip, "Herbert Spencer: Victorian Curriculum Theorist," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 12(April-June, 1980), 123-135., Philip Banks

Annotation: Reviews British philosopher Spencer's views of the theory of knowledge and curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Generation

Barrow, Robin, "Prolegomenon to Curriculum Theory: Some Comments on The Canadian Curriculum," Canadian Journal of Education, 8(No. 1, 1983), 77-85., Robin Barrow

Annotation: Gives a response to a critque of his book.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

Bartlett, Leo, "Issues in the Construction of an Historical Narrative," Curriculum Perspectives, 7(May, 1987), 1-6., Leo Bartlett

Annotation: Describes the methodology used in an historical interpretation of an Australian school and discusses related issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum

Bas, Gokhan, and Cihad Senturk, "Teachers' Voice: Teacher Participation in Curriculum Development Process," Inquiry in Education, 11(1, 2019), 1-31., Gokhan Bas and Cihad Senturk

Annotation: Reports and analyzes interviews of high school teachers in Turkey to ascertain the extent of their involvement in the curriculum development process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum. Teacher Planning

Bayrakci, Mustafa, and Omer Cem Karacaoglu, "Determining Learning Outcomes of Curriculum Development in Education . . . . ," International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 12(2, 2020), 507-532., Mustafa Bayrakci and Omer Cem Karacaoglu

Annotation: Describes a study of tests given in Turkey to teachers-in-training regarding their knowledge of curriculum development from 2001-2018; reports various categories and frequencies and changing emphases over the years.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

Beattie, Catherine, "Judging the Worth of Curriculum Materials: A Preview Approach," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(July-September, 1986), 299-309.*, Catherine Beattie

Annotation: Formulates criteria for judging the potential worth of curriculum materials and applies them to 3 multi-media kits.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Comparative Curriculum

Begg, Andrew J. C., Emerging Curriculum. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers,2008., Andrew J. C. Begg

Annotation: Provides an autobiographical narrative of this New Zealand educator's emerging views of curriculum; focuses his report on selected incidents in teaching mathematics, writing textbooks, developing curriculum, teaching teachers, researching curriculum, and comparing international curricula; concludes with how he understands curriculum now.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

Benavot, Aaron, "Curricular Content, Educational Expansion, and Economic Growth," Comparative Education Review, 36(May,1992), 150-174., Aaron Benavot

Annotation: Examines cross-national empirical evidence of relative economic value of various subjects in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Comparative Curriculum

Benavot, Aaron, and Cecilia Braslavsky, eds., School Knowledge in Comparative and Historical Perspective: Changing Curriculum in Primary and Secondary Education. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2007., Aaron Benavot and Cecilia Braslavsky

Annotation: Reports 15 studies of curriculum change, content, and organization across and within various countries (see especially chapters 1, 12, and 15).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge

Benavot, Aaron, and Mura Resh,, "The Social Construction of the Local School Curriculum: Patterns of Diversity and Uniformity in Israel's Junior High Schools, Comparative Education Review, 45(November, 2001) 504-536., Aaron Benavot and Mura Resh

Annotation: Reports a study in 1996-1997 of Israeli middle schools' curricula giving subject labels, prevalents of school subjects, time allocations, differences in implementation, and related conclusions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

Ben-Peretz, Miriam , and Pinchas Tamir, "What Do Curricular Developers Do?" Curriculum Perspectives, 6(October, 1986), 8-15., Miriam Ben-Peretz and Pinchas Tamir

Annotation: Reports a study of what Israeli curriculum developers in different subject areas do; describes their personal practical knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Practical Knowledge

Bernstein, Basil, Class, Codes and Control: Volume 3, Towards a Theory of Educational Transmissions. Revised Edition. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977., Basil Bernstein

Annotation: Presents a series of Bernstein's papers on changes in the moral basis of schools and changes in the coding of educational transmissions; chapter five presents the author's classic conceptualizations of classification and framing of educational knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

Bernstein, Basil, "On the Classification and Framing of Educational Knowledge," pp. 47-69 in Michael F. D. Young, Knowledge and Control. London: Collier-Macmillan, 1971. Reprinted pp. 85-115 in Bernstein, Basil, Class, Codes and Control: Volume 3, Towards a Theory of Educational Transmissions, Revised Edition. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977. *, Basil Bernstein

Annotation: Describes the strengths and weaknesses of the integrated and collection codes that regulate knowledge in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Integration, Comparative Curriculum

Bhola, H. S., "Equivalent Curriculum Construction as Situated Discourse: A Case in the Context of Adult Education in Namibia," Curriculum Inquiry, 29(Winter, 1999), 459-484., H. S. Bhola

Annotation: Offers a model of curriculum development as the development of discourse in a situation as texts (as contrasted with outcomes-based education), illustrated in the context of adult education in Namibia.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

Blades, David W., Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change: Focault and the Quest for Possibilities in Science Education. New York: Peter Lang, 1997., David W. Blades

Annotation: Portrays the personal involvement of the author in changes in Alberta's science programs and shows how Foucault's views on power assist in revealing procedures of power in curriculum change; allegory in Ch. 5 captures the experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Science, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics

Boe, Erling E., and Sujie Shin, "Is the United States Really Losing the International Horse Race in Academic Achievement?" Phi Delta Kappan, 86(May, 2005), 688-695., Erling E. Boe and Sujie Shin

Annotation: Looks at data from six international comparison studies and organizes these data collectively and interprets these combined results.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Student Assessment, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing

Bookwalter, Keith, "WES: A Theory and Framework for an International Curriculum," pp. 35-50 in Donna Trueit, William E. Doll, Jr., Hongyu Wang, and William F. Pinar, eds., The Internationalization of Curriculum Studies. New York: Peter Lang, 2003., Keith Bookwalter

Annotation: Offers a curriculum proposal that includes six strands: processes, content, symbol systems, values, competencies, and self.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

Bracey, Gerald W., "International Comparisons and the Condition of American Education," Educational Researcher, 25(January-February, 1996), 5-11., Gerald W. Bracey

Annotation: Reviews recent studies comparing student achievement by U.S. students and those in other countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Student Assessment

Brady, Laurie, "Models for Curriculum Development," Curriculum and Teaching, l(Nos. 1 & 2, l986), 25-32.*, Laurie Brady

Annotation: Reviews models for curriculum development and reports an Australian study of teacher preferences for two alternative models.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Planning

Brady, Laurie, "The Relationship Between Models and Methods in School Based Curriculum Development," Curriculum Perspectives, 7(May, 1987), 47-52., Laurie Brady

Annotation: Reports a multiple regression study related to math curriculum in Australia which examined the relation between an objectives model and an interaction model and curriculum planning methods.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Mathematics, Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Braithwaite, R. J., "Governance of Curriculum in Australia, 1981-1991," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 26(September-October, 1994), 541-552., R. J. Braithwaite

Annotation: Describes changes in policy and governance of education in Australia from 1981-1991.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

Broadbent, Marianne, and Bruce Kemp, "Meeting Curriculum Information Needs," Curriculum Perspectives, 3(October, 1983), 1-7., Marianne Broadbent and Bruce Kemp

Annotation: Describes features of a desirable curriculum information system and describes a project in New South Wales.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Comparative Curriculum

Broadfoot, Patricia, " Towards Curssessment: The Symbiotic Relationship between Curriculum and Assessment," pp. 647-657 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Patricia Broadfoot

Annotation: Discusses issues involved in curriculum and assessment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Comparative Curriculum

Brown, George, ed., Knowledge, Education and Cultural Change: Papers in the Sociology of Education . London: Tavistock, 1973., George Brown

Annotation: Contains 12 papers by leading scholars at a 1970 Sociology of Education conference.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Comparative Curriculum

Brown, L. David, "People-Centered Development and Participatory Research," Harvard Educational Review, 55(February, 1985), 69-75., L. David Brown

Annotation: Makes the case for combining these two approaches and illustrates this with a project in India.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Research

Burgess, Robert G., ed., Field Methods in the Study of Education . Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1985., Robert G. Burgess

Annotation: Reports a 1982 British conference on ethnographic research; covers theoretical issues, data collection, and field methods.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum

Carlgren, Ingrid, and Daniel Kallos, "Lessons from a Comprehensive School System for Curriculum Theory and Research: Sweden Revisited after Twenty Years," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 29(July-August, 1997), 407-430., Ingrid Carlgren and Daniel Kallos

Annotation: Updates a 1977 report from Sweden on the same topic with new lessons learned from the intervening 20 years; the role of the theory of frame-factors is reanalyzed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

Carr, Wilfred, "Whatever Happened to Action Research?" pp. 100-107 in Wilfred Carr, For Education: Toward Critical Educational Inquiry. Bristol, PA: Open University Press, 1995.*, Wilfred Carr

Annotation: Discusses the nature of action research in relation to its contrast with positivism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

Carr, Wilfred, and Anthony Hartnett, Education and the Struggle for Democracy: The Politics of Educational Ideas. Bristol, PA: Open University Press, 1996., Wilfred Carr and Anthony Hartnett

Annotation: Offers critique and history of the democratic politics of the 1988 change in curriculum in the United Kingdom and provides a new democratic theory of education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Historical Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Citizenship Education, Curriculum and Politics, Philosophical Schools, Comparative Curriculum, Democratic Education

Chen, Der-Thanq, Li-Yi Wang, and Wei-Lang Neo, "School-Based Curriculum Development Toward a Culture of Learning: Nonlinearity in Practice," British Journal of Educational Studies, 63(2,2015),213-228., Der-Thanq Chen, Li-Yi Wang, and Wei-Lang Neo

Annotation: Analyzes focus group discussions of school-based curriculum development in six schools in Singapore; proposes a framework based on a culture of learning model and identifies five constituent themes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

Cheverst, W. J., "The Role of the Metaphor in Educational Thought: An Essay in Content Analysis," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 4(May, 1972), 71-82., W. J. Cheverst

Annotation: Reports a content analysis of British documents on primary education regarding an array of educational metaphors.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Elementary School Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Clemente, Maria, Elena Ramirez, and Ana B. Dominquez, "The Selection of Contents in School Projects in Spain," Curriculum Inquiry, 30(Fall, 2000), 295-317., Maria Clemente, Elena Ramirez, and Ana B. Dominquez

Annotation: Reports a survey of teachers' use of criteria in six categories for selecting curriculum content.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

Cohen, David K., "Curriculum History: Australia," pp. 1191-1193 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon Press, 1984., David K. Cohen

Annotation: Gives a brief look at curriculum in Australian schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

Cohen, David K., and James P. Spillane, "Policy and Practice: The Relation between Governance and Instruction," pp. 3-49. Gerald Grant, ed., Review of Research in Education, 18: 1992. Washington, D.C.: AERA, 1992., David K. Cohen and James P. Spillane

Annotation: Compares the relation between curriculum policy (instructional guidance) and practice in the United States and other countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Social Efficiency/Control, Comparative Curriculum

Common, Dianne L., "The Practice of Curriculum Fixing and the Governance of Canada's Public Schools," Curriculum Perspectives, 6(October, 1986), 23-26., Dianne L. Common

Annotation: Gives cases of curriculum-fixes in Canadian education and their role in centralizing control of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

Connelly, F. Michael , Robert K. Crocker, and Heidi Kass, "National Curriculum Research: Problems in the Methamethodology of Studies Concerned with State Policy and Local Variation," Comparative Education Review, 32(November, 1988), 430-451., F. Michael Connelly, Robert K. Crocker, and Heidi Kass

Annotation: Identifies problems with policy research in curriculum in various countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

Cooper, Donald, and Dane Ebbutt, "Participation in Action Research as an In-service Experience," Cambridge Journal of Education, 4(No. 2, 1977), 65-71.*, Donald Cooper and Dane Ebbutt

Annotation: Reports on the process engaged in by participants in an action research project in England.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development, Comparative Curriculum

Cornbleth, Catherine, "Curriculum Politics, Policy, and Practice: Comparative Questions, Contextualized Cases," pp. 95-106 in Moritz Rosemund, Amara-Verena Fries, and Werner Heller, eds., Comparing Curriculum-Making Processes. Bern: Peter Lang, 2002., Catherine Cornbleth

Annotation: Calls for studying curriculum research questions that examine relations among policies, politics, discourse, and practice in particular contexts; urges cross-case analysis and comparative curriculum research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

Coulter, David, "The Epic and the Novel: Dialogism and Teacher Research," Educational Researcher, 28(April,1999), 4-13., David Coulter

Annotation: Describes and illustrates the use of Bakhtin's concepts of language and dialogue in an action research study by teachers in Winnepeg of their school district's retention policy; explores the methodology of dialogic research and its use.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum

Curry, Lynn, "Deliberative Curriculum Inquiry and Its Application in the Education of Health Service Administrators," Journal of Health Administration Education, 10(Summer, 1992), 519-526.*, Lynn Curry

Annotation: Reviews the applicability of work in Curriculum Studies on deliberation to decisions regarding curricula for health service administrators.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Comparative Curriculum

Curry, Lynn, Bruce Fried, and Ron McQueen, "Preparing for Accreditation: An Opportunity for Faculty Development and Curriculum Renewal," Journal of Health Administration Education, 10(Summer, 1992), 491-507.*, Lynn Curry, Bruce Fried, and Ron McQueen

Annotation: Gives a case study of the use of deliberative curriculum inquiry in an accreditation process for a health service administration program at the University of Toronto; comments on use at two other Canadian universities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum

Dahllof, Urban S., Ability Grouping, Content Validity, and Curriculum Process Analysis . New York: Teachers College Press, 1971., Urban S. Dahllof

Annotation: Describes a study in Sweden of the analysis of the curriculum process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Comparative Curriculum

Dalin, Per, Case Studies of Educational Innovation: IV. Strategies for Innovation in Education. Paris: CERI, OECD, 1973., Per Dalin

Annotation: Gives a number of case studies of strategies used in educational innovation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Comparative Curriculum

Dalton, Thomas H., The Challenge of Curriculum Innovation: A Study of Ideology and Practice. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1988., Thomas H. Dalton

Annotation: A two-year ethnographic study of curriculum change in "Geography for Young School Learners" in two UK schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Social Studies

Davis, O. L., Jr., "The Theoretic Meets the Practical: The Practical Wins," pp. 87-106 in Bjorg B. Gundem and Stefan Hopmann, eds., Didaktik and/or Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 1998.*, O. L. Davis Jr.

Annotation: Contrasts presumed U.S. curriculum model of early 20th century (bureaucratic) with that of real schools revealed by historical studies (local, practical); discusses prospect for re-imaging U. S. curriculum development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

Dearden, Robert F., "Balance and Coherence: Some Curricular Principles in Recent Reports," Cambridge Journal of Education, 11(No. 2, 1981), 107-118., Robert F. Dearden

Annotation: Analyzes some British curriculum policy documents for the presence or absence of curriculum balance and coherence.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

de la Orden, A., "Curriculum History: Spain," pp. 1199-1200 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon Press, 1984., A. de la Orden

Annotation: Summarizes briefly curriculum in Spanish schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study,Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

Deng, Zongyi, "Bringing Curriculum Theory and Didactics Together: A Deweyan Approach," Pedagogy, Cutlure, and Society, 24(Issue 1, 2016),75-99., Zongyi Deng

Annotation: Recaps the perspectives of these two seemingly incompatible schools of thought and demonstrates how they may be brought together in the context of Chinese curriculum reform via Schwab's deliberative theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Deliberation

Deng, Zongyi, "Pedagogical Content Knowledge Reconceived: Bringing Curriculum Thinking into the Conversation on Teachers' Content Knowledge," Teaching and Teacher Education, 78(May, 2018), 155-164., Zongyi Deng

Annotation: Explores teachers' knowledge of the institutional curriculum and the content knowledge required to teach the content it specifies; thoroughly treats the related literature on the topic; draws implications for teacher education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry--Speculative Essay
Type of Study: SIngle Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Comparative Curriculum

Deng, Zongyi S., S. Gopinathan, and Christine Kim-Eng Lee, eds., Globalization and the Singapore Curriculum: From Policy to Classroom. New York: Springer, 2013., Zongyi Deng, S. S. Gopinathan, and Christine Kim-Eng Lee

Annotation: Provides fifteen articles on the Singapore Curriculum, its history, its policies, its programs, and its classroom enactment; a thorough-going case study.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History, Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies

Deyhle, Donna, Karen Swisher, Tracy Stevens, and Ruth Trinidad Galvan, "Indigenous Resistance and Renewal: From Colonizing Practices to Self-Determination," pp. 329-348 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., Donna Deyhle, Karen Swisher, Tracy Stevens, and Ruth Trinidad Galvan

Annotation: Surveys the issues related to the education of indigenous populations in the Western Hemisphere; gives illustrations of programs focusing on language revitalization.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Comparative Curriculum

Dimmock, Clive, and John Chi-Kin Lee, "Redesigning School-Based Curriculum Leadership: A Cross-Cultural Perspective," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 15(Summer, 2000), 332-358., Clive Dimmock and John Chi-Kin Lee

Annotation: Analyzes the relationship between restructuring of curriculum and the restructuring of leadership and organization in secondary schools of Hong Kong and Western Australia; notes the disjuncture between these when restructured separately; urges connectivity instead between them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Evaluation of Instruction, Organization Theory, Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation

Dinh, Hanh, "Towards a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: A Case Study of English as a Foreign Language Education in a VIetnamese Context," Journal of Curriculum Studies Research, 1(1, 2019), 54-70., Hanh Dinh

Annotation: Proposes a curriculum with a blend of academic/declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge with the former being minimized; also discusses types of teaching, learning, and assessment activities that this content requires; gives an example of this form of knowledge-rich curriculum in an English as a Foreign Language Program in Vietnam.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay; Case Study
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Practical Knowledge, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Student Assessment, Comparative Curriculum

Dmitriyev, Grigory D., and Isaak Y. Lerner, "The Composition of and Formative Influences on the Curriculum," International Review of Education, 36(No. 2, 1990), 233-241., Grigory D. Dmitriyev and Isaak Y. Lerner

Annotation: Discusses influences of societal experiences on curriculum content and design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

Eden, Shevach, "Curriculum Development Centers," pp. 1179-1181 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Shevach Eden

Annotation: Describes authority and structure, activities, and approaches taken by curriculum development centers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Materials Development and Evaluation, Comparative Curriculum

Edgerton, Susan H., "Curriculum Politics and Policies," pp. 1334-1338 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Susan H. Edgerton

Annotation: Reviews curriculum politics (hidden, reproduction, resistance, and criticisms) and curriculum policies (centralized vs local) across several countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling

Editors, "Curriculum verses Didaktik Revisited: Toward Transnational Curriculum Theory," Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy 1(January, 2015)., Editors

Annotation: Introduces a series of articles that address various issues in curriculum theory, such as: curriculum vs Didaktik, the history of curriculum theory work in various countries, epistemic issues, deliberative vs other approaches, and globalization.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Eisner, Elliot W., The Hidden Consequences of a National Curriculum. Washington, DC: AERA, 1995., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Has five articles and two responses on issues related to a nationalized curriculum policy in the U. S.; includes comparisons with European national curricula and projections of possible consequences.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing

Elbaz, Freema, "School-Based Curriculum Development: Opportunities for Critical Discourse," Curriculum Perspectives, 9(May, 1989), 16-25.*, Freema Elbaz

Annotation: Describes school-based curriculum development in two Israeli schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum

Elliott, John, "Teachers as Researchers: Implications for Supervision and Teacher Education," Teaching and Teacher Education, 6(No. 1, 1990), 1-26.*, John Elliott

Annotation: Describes teacher-researchers in Stenhouse's Humanities Project, Ford Teaching Project, and Quality of Learning Project in England from perspective of Elliott's personal involvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Teacher Research, Teaching/Learning Process, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Education

Elliott, Murray, and Le Roi B. Daniels, "Alberta in Wonderland: Some Comments on a Curriculum Rationale," pp. 279-295 in Donald B. Cochrane and Martin Shirolli, eds., Philosophy of Education: Canadian Perspectives, Don Mills, Ontario: Collier Macmillan, 1982., Murray Elliott and Le Roi B. Daniels

Annotation: Critiques Krathwohl's taxonomy in the affective domain.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Evaluation of Instruction, Psychology and Curriculum

Englund, Tomas, "Curriculum History Reconsidered," Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research , 39 (No. 2, 1990), 91-102.*, Tomas Englund

Annotation: Sums up the status and value of work done in curriculum history to date internationally.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

Englund, Tomas, "On Moral Education through Deliberative Communication," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 48(No. 1, 2016), 58-76., Tomas Englund

Annotation: Explores the concept of deliberative communication as something to be taught in democratic schools; draws heavily on Dewey and Habermas; example taken from Swedish school policy changes over the last two decades.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Deliberation, Democratic Education, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

Farrell, Joseph P., "Community Education in Developing Countries: The Quiet Revolution in Schooling," pp 369-389 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., Joseph P. Farrell

Annotation: Summarizes research on traditional and community education forms of schooling in developing countries; reports a comparative analysis of programs in Columbia, Bangladesh, and Egypt; identifies areas of needed research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum as Environment

Fensham, Peter, Colin Power, David Tripp, and Stephen Kemmis, A Study of Three Cases: A Review of "Alienation from Schooling ." London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986., Peter Fensham, Colin Power, David Tripp, and Stephen Kemmis

Annotation: Presents three cases from Australia on the topic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum

Fiala, Robert, "Educational Ideology and the School Curriculum," pp 15-34 in Aaron Benavot and Cecilia Braslavsky, eds., School Knowledge in Comparative and Historical Perspective: Changing Curricula in Primary and Secondary Education. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2007., Robert Fiala

Annotation: Reports a study of eighteen aims of education by world regions post WWII-2000.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Comparative Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge

Finlayson, Douglas, and Sylvia Quirk, "Ideology, Reality Assumptions, and Teachers' Classroom Decision-Making," pp. 50-73 in John Eggleston, ed., Teacher Decision-Making in the Classroom, A Collection of Papers . Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979.*, Douglas Finlayson and Sylvia Quirk

Annotation: Describes the nature of ideologies in education and gives some examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teacher Planning, Ideology and School Knowledge, Comparative Curriculum

Franklin, Barry M., "The State of Curriculum History," History of Education, 28(December, 1999), 459-476., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Sums up what curriculum historians in U.S., U.K., and Canada have said about curriculum as a social construct and about the social control (regulative) role of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Social Efficiency/Control

Frelin, Anneli, "Curriculum, Didaktik, and Professional Teaching: Conceptual Contributions from the Intersections of Curriculum Studies in an Age of 'Crisis' in Education," pp 645-662 in Joao M. Paraskeva and Shirley R. Steinberg, eds., Curriculum: Decanonizing the Field. New York: Peter Lang, 2016., Anneli Frelin

Annotation: Discusses both the Anglo-Saxon conception of Curriculum Studies and the German/European conception of the Didaktik tradition; notes the role of the teacher in these two traditions; raises questions regarding the teaching profession in light of these traditions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Conceptions of Teaching, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Professionalization in Curriculum, Teacher Education

Frey, Karl, "Curriculum Politics," pp. 1245-1246 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Karl Frey

Annotation: Reviews very briefly the history of curriculum politics in several countries, the centralization of decisions, and studies of cultural power in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum

Frey, Karl, Kleoniki Malliou, Rolf Langeheine, and Gillian Horton-Kruger, "Studies of the Quality of the Curriculum Process in the Curriculum Conference," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 7(Fall, 1991), 36-61.*, Karl Frey, Kleoniki Malliou, Rolf Langeheine, and Gillian Horton-Kruger

Annotation: Reports questionnaire study of four curriculum deliberations by component and elements.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum

Gacoin, Andree, The Politics of Curriculum Making: Understanding the Possibiliites for and the LImitations to a 'Teacher-led' Curriculum in British Columbia. Vancouvr, B. C.: British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2018., Andree Gacoin

Annotation: Reports how teachers who served on provincial curriculum development teams navigated that process, framed that work, understood curriculum content and implementation, and separated expertise from politics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics

Gado, Issaou, and Greta Verma, "Emerging Issues and Trends in International Curriculum Discourse: Theoretical, Philosophical, and Pedagogical Positions," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1(Winter, 2004), 151-176., Issaou Gado and Greta Verma

Annotation: Reports perceptions of eight international curriculum scholars regarding both the benefits and the issues related to the internationalization of curriculum discourse.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, American/International Curriculum Organizations

Gaffield, Chad, "Children's Lives and A adcemic Achievement in Canada and the United States," Comparative Education Review, 38(February, 1994), 36-64., Chad Gaffield

Annotation: Analyzes social and cultural factors affecting achievement on the IAEP, 1991.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum as Experience, Student Assessment

Gay, Geneva, "Curriculum Development," pp. 1170-1179 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Geneva Gay

Annotation: Writes about the characteristics of the curriculum development process, who participates in it, and the forces that influence it at the local, regional, and national levels.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

Gerrard, Jessica, and Lesley Farrell, "Remaking the Professional Teacher: Authority and Curriculum Reform," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 46(5,2014),634-655., Jessica Gerrard and Lesley Farrell

Annotation: Explores the way Australian policy-makers understand the role that teachers and teachers' knowledge have in enacting curriculum policy documents; issues of standardization, accountability and state authority are also addressed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Teacher Knowledge, Curriculum and Politics, Teacher Planning, Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

Gewirtz, Sharon, "Choice, Competition, and Equity: Lessons from Research in the United Kingdom," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 11(Spring, 1996), 215-228., Sharon Gewirtz

Annotation: Reports a study of parents' reasons (and their characteristics) for choosing schools under UK's market appeal system; concludes inequities persist under this system.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum