Title
Smith, Mark K., "Curriculum Theory and Practice," The Encyclopedia of Informal Education, 1996, 2000. www.infed.org/biblio/b-curricu.htm
Annotation
Stipulates four ways of conceiving curriculum and its contexts (as knowledge to be transmitted, as end- product, as process, as praxis); reviews work of curriculum theorists in relation to each of these; discusses these ideas in relation to informal education.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Theorists, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum History
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