Title
Short, Edmund C., "Curriculum Policy Research," pp. 420-430 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008.
Annotation
Gives an overview of curriculum policy research, outlines the approaches and inquiry methods being used in this domain of research, and maps out various facets of curriculum policy research that pertains to the policy-making process itself (developing, choosing, enacting, and evaluating policy options); cites illustrative studies in each category.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study
Status Study
Narrow Topic
Curriculum Deliberation, Knowledge Generation, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Curriculum and Politics
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