Broad Topical Focus - Curriculum Change

Broad Topical Focus - Curriculum Change

 

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Giroux, Henry A., "Toward a New Public Sphere," pp. 234-242 in his Theory and Resistance in Education: A Pedagogy for the Opposition . South Hadley, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1983., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Discusses the notion of the public sphere as a place for radical pedagogies to be redefined and restructured.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

Gitlin, Andrew, and Frank Margouis, "The Political Aspects of Reform: Teacher Resistence as Good Sense," American Journal of Education, 103 (August, 1995), 377-405.*, Andrew Gitlin and Frank Margouis

Annotation: Reviews literature on change and school culture; reports a study of teacher resistence to change in one elementary school.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Teacher Knowledge

 

Glass, Gene V., "The Wisdom of Scientific Inquiry on Education," Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 9(No. 1, 1972), 3-18., Gene V. Glass

Annotation: Discusses the value of evaluation studies in providing helpful bases for improving educational programs.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Change, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Gleeson, Denis, "Curriculum Development and Social Change: Towards a Reappraisal of Teacher Action," pp. 193-203 in John Eggleston, ed., Teacher Decision-Making in the Classroom-A Collection of Papers . Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979., Denis Gleeson

Annotation: Examines critically the teacher's role in curriculum development and change.

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

 

Goodlad, John I., The Dynamics of Educational Change: Toward Responsive Schools . New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975., John I. Goodlad

Annotation: Presents a study of school change across numerous districts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Goodman, Jesse, "Change without Difference: School Restructuring in Historical Perspective," Harvard Educational Review, 65(Spring, 1995), 1-29. *, Jesse Goodman

Annotation: Argues that current third-wave school restructuring does not depart from the prevailing underlying values of schools: social functionalism, efficiency and productivity, individualism, and expertism; advocates instead reform based on alterntive values that the author articulates.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Goodman, Jesse, Reforming Schools: Working Within a Progressive Tradition during Conservative Times. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006., Jesse Goodman

Annotation: Portrays work undertaken in reforming schools during th first twelve years of the existence of the Harmony Education Center's outreach services as described by its organizer and leader.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Democratic Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Qualitative Research

 

Goodson, Ivor, School Subjects and Curriculum Change: Case Studies in Curriculum History. London: Croom Helm, 1983. Philadeplia: Falmer, 1987., Ivor Goodson

Annotation: Discusses the history of several school subjects in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Curriculum History

 

Goodson, Ivor F., "Patterns of Curriculum Change," pp. 231-241 in Andy Hargreaves, Ann Lieberman, Michael Fullan, and David Hopkins, eds., International Handbook of Educational Change, Part One. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Describes the relation between political power and the evolution of school subjects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum, School Subjects

 

Gough, Noel, "Locating Curriculum Studies in the Global Village," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 32 (March-April, 2000), 329-342., Noel Gough

Annotation: Considers the impact of globalization on curriculum and the issue of internationalizing curriculum studies; contrasts local knowledge and universal knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Greene, Maxine, "Excellence and the Educational Researcher," Educational Researcher, 10(October, 1981), 4; 30-31.*, Maxine Greene

Annotation: Treats briefly the relation between excellence and educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Grobman, Arnold B., "Curriculum Adaptation," pp. 1135-1138 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Arnold B. Grobman

Annotation: Discusses issues in curriculum adaptation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Gundem, Bjorg B., "Curriculum Reform and the School Subject "English" in the Norwegian Common School," pp. 233-240 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Bjorg B. Gundem

Annotation: The story of changes in English as a foreign language in the Norwegian schools and their relation to social and ideological factors.

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

 

Gwynn, J. Minor, "Overview ot the Evolution of the Curriculum," pp. 1-40, and "Stages of Growth in the Modern Curriculum Movement," pp. 137-165 in J. Minor Gwynn, Curriculum Principles & Social Trends. New York: Macmillan, 1943., J. Minor Gwynn

Annotation: Provides a summary of the curricula offered in U. S. schools from 1635-present; gives analyses by various curriculum authorities of the various movements during this history.

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

 

Hall, Gene E., and Shirley M. Hord, "Analyzing What Change Facilitators Do: The Intervention Taxonomy," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 5(March, 1984), 275-305., Gene E. Hall and Shirley M. Hord

Annotation: Poses a way of conceptualizing what change facilitators do.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Hampton, David H., "Curriculum Change at the Local Level: A Case Study," pp. 355-377 in J. Victor Baldridge and Terrance E. Deal, eds., Managing Change in Educational Organizations, Sociological Perspectives, Strategies, and Case Studies. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., David H. Hampton

Annotation: Presents a report of change strategies in social studies in Palo Alto, CA.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Social Studies

 

Hargreaves, Andy, Changing Teachers, Changing TImes: Teacher's Work and Culture in the Postmodern Age. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994., Andy Hargreaves

Annotation: Presents essays on teacher change, time, work, and culture, and their implications for school leaders.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling, Teacher Planning, Classroom Observation & Research

 

Hargreaves, Andy, "Curriculum Policy and the Culture of Teaching," pp. 26-40 in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Andy Hargreaves

Annotation: Suggests the role of cultural interruption in school and curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Hargreaves, Andy, ed., Rethinking Educational Change With Heart and Mind, 1997 ASCD Yearbook. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1997., Andy Hargreaves

Annotation: Provides eleven articles by key scholars of educational change reflecting current thinking and research related to changing relationships and culture of the setting and giving attention to the emotional aspects of persons involved in the process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Organization Theory, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Hargreaves, Andy, "Rethinking Educational Change: Going Deeper and Wider in the Quest for Success", pp. 1-26 in Andy Hargreaves, ed., Rethinking Educational Change With Heart and Mind, 1997 ASCD Yearbook. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1997., Andy Hargreaves

Annotation: Highlights the problems and challenges of educational change while embracing the emotional aspects of teaching and leadership.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Psychology and Curriculum, Organization Theory

 

Hargreaves, Andy, Lorna Earl, Shawn Moore, and Susan Manning, Learning to Change: Teaching Beyond Subjects and Standards. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000., Andy Hargreaves, Lorna Earl, Shawn Moore, and Susan Manning

Annotation: Reports a study of 29 teachers facing reforms in standards, assessment, and curriculum integration; gives their experiences and reactions to these changes in a broad context of research on the process of change in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum Integration, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Helsby, Gill, and Gary McCulloch, eds., Teachers and the National Curriculum. London: Cassell, 1997., Gill Helsby and Gary McCulloch

Annotation: Gives responses to the National Curriculum in England and Wales by teachers at various levels and in various subject fields.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Comparative Curriculum

 

Hertzog, Nancy B., "Creation of a School and Curriculum Reform," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 29(March-April, 1997), 209-231., Nancy B. Hertzog

Annotation: Presents a case study of the creation of a new private U. S. school, the stakeholders efforts to determine a non-traditional curriculum, and the nature of that curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Religious & Private Schooling

 

Hofman, Amos, Braca Alpert, and Izhak Schnell, "Education and Social Change: The Case of Israel's State Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 37(December, 2007), 303-328., Amos Hofman, Braca Alpert, and Izhak Schnell

Annotation: Describes the changes over the last few decades in Israel's curriculum policies and content.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Citizenship Education

 

Holt, Maurice, "Agencies and Strategies for Curriculum Change," pp. 615-624 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Maurice Holt

Annotation: Reviews strategies of curriculum change in British education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

 

Hood-Hanchey, Janet L., "Bobbitt's 1914 San Antonio Survey: Much Ado About Nothing?" pp. 18-25 in Murry R. Nelson, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University, College of Education, 1983., Janet L. Hood-Hanchey

Annotation: Describes Bobbitt's study and the lack of change resulting from it.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Hopkins, David, and Marvin Wideen, eds., Alternative Perspectives on School Improvement . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1984., David Hopkins and Marvin Wideen

Annotation: Presents a phenomenological and critical perspective on school improvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Hord, Shirley M., and Gene E. Hall, "Three Images: What Principals Do in Curriculum Implementation," Curriculum Inquiry, 17(Spring, 1987), 55-89., Shirley M. Hord and Gene E. Hall

Annotation: Reports a study of what principals do to bring about curriculum implementation and school improvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

House, Ernest R., "Technology as Craft: A Ten Year Perspective on Innovation," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(January-March, 1979), 1-15., Ernest R. House

Annotation: Reviews from technical, political, and cultural perspectives studies on innovation in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

House, Ernest R., The Politics of Educational Innovation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1974., Ernest R. House

Annotation: Provides a variety of reports on the politics of innovation in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

Hovda, Ric A., and Diane W. Kyle, "Why Action Research? An Emergent Role in Educational Reform," Irish Educational Studies, 8(No. 2, 1989), 24-44., Ric A. Hovda and Diane W. Kyle

Annotation: Gives a rationale for the role of action research in educational reform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development

 

Hoyle, Eric, "How Does the Curriculum Change? Part I: A Proposal for Inquiries, Part II: Systems and Strategies," pp. 517-537 in Arno A. Bellack and Herbert M. Kliebard, eds., Curriculum and Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1977., Eric Hoyle

Annotation: Discusses several processes of curriculum change and describes several related strategies.

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

 

Huberman, A. Michael, and Matthew B. Miles, Innovation Up Close: How School Improvement Works . New York: Plenum, 1984., A. Michael Huberman and Matthew B. Miles

Annotation: Documents innovation and change in twelve schools; summarizes what has been learned from these case histories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Huberman, A. Michael, and Matthew B. Miles, "What Have We Learned?" pp. 271-284 in A. Michael Huberman and Matthew B. Miles, Innovation Up Close: How School Improvement Works . New York: Plenum, 1984.*, A. Michael Huberman and Matthew B. Miles

Annotation: Summarizes studies of change and transformation and of school improvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Huebner, Dwayne, "The Contradiction Between the Recreative and the Established," pp. 27-37 in James Macdonald and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975., Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Discusses the problem of reducing the gap between actuality and possibility, order and educating individuals in schools, past and future, and creating possibilities in an institutional setting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Huebner, Dwayne, "The Leadership Role in Curricular Change," pp. 133-151 in Marcella R. Lawler, ed., Strategies for Planned Curricular Innovation. New York: Teachers College Press, 1970., Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Envisions the role of the curriculum leader in curriculum change.

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: Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Professionalization in Curriculum

 

Joyce, Bruce R., Richard H. Hersh, and Michael McKibbin, The Structure of School Improvement . New York: Longman, 1983., Bruce R. Joyce, Richard H. Hersh, and Michael McKibbin

Annotation: Provides a handbook on redesigning schools, curricula, and staff developmemt.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling, Content Selection and Organization, In-service Teacher Development

 

Kallos, Daniel, "On Educational Phenomena and Educational Research," pp. 140-152; 200-202 in W. B. Dockrell and David Hamilton, eds., Rethinking Educational Research. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980.*, Daniel Kallos

Annotation: Discusses the tasks of educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
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

 

Kelly, Thomas F., "Why State Mandates Don't Work," Phi Delta Kappan, 80(March, 1999), 543-546., Thomas F. Kelly

Annotation: Argues against mandates as a method of school reform: discusses the failure of these mandates: teacher evaluation, state testing, higher standards, foreign language.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Kemmis, Stephen, and Robin McTaggart, The Action Research Planner. Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1982., Stephen Kemmis and Robin McTaggart

Annotation: Describes briefly how to do action research with step-by-step guidelines.

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

 

Kennedy, Kerry J., "The Policy Context of Curriculum Reform in Australia in the 1980's," Australian Journal of Education, 32 (No. 3, 1988), 357-374.*, Kerry J. Kennedy

Annotation: Reviews the move to adapt an instrument approach to curriculum determination in Australia in the 1980s in order to meet new material needs but which failed to take local teachers and students into account in implementing the new policies.

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

 

Kennedy, Kerry J., and John C. K. Lee, "Curriculum Reform: School-Based Curriculum Development as a Strategy for Asia's Schools," pp. 89-107 in their The Changing Role of Schools in Asian Societies. New York: Routledge, 2008., Kerry J. Kennedy and John C. K. Lee

Annotation: Notes specific examples of employing the concept of SBCD in curriculum reform in Asian countries; assesses the prospects for increased use of this strategy in Asian schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Kimpston, Richard D., "Curriculum Fidelity and the Implementation Tasks Employed by Teachers: A Research Study," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17(April-June, 1985), 185-!95.*, Richard D. Kimpston

Annotation: Reports a scientific study of variables related to the fidelity of a curriculum implementation effort.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

King, Jean A., "Curriculum Implementation," pp. 267-273 in Marvin C. Alkin, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th ed. New York: Macmillan, 1992.*, Jean A. King

Annotation: Summarizes studies over last ten years related to curriculum implementation--both as process and as a product.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Kirk, David, "Ideology and School-Centered Innovation: A Case Study and a Critique," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20(September-October, 1988), 449-464., David Kirk

Annotation: Describes teachers' innovative actions in an Australian school.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Planning

 

Kirk, David, "Temporal Dimensions of an Innovative Idea: A Case Study of Teacher-Initiated Innovation," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(July-September, 1986), 311-330., David Kirk

Annotation: Describes all facets of a teacher-initiated innovation in an Australian school (see related article in JCS, 20 (5).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Planning

 

Kirst, Michael W., and Gail R. Meister, "Turbulence in American Secondary Schools: What Reforms Last?" Curriculum Inquiry, 15(Summer, 1985), 169-186., Michael W. Kirst and Gail R. Meister

Annotation: Examines the history of demands for reform and reports four kinds of reforms that last; makes suggestions for improved curriculum policy-making.

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

 

Klein, M. Frances, "Approaches to Curriculum Development in the United States." pp. 163-182 in Bjorg B. Gundem and Stefan Hopmann, eds., Didaktik and/or Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 1998.*, M. Frances Klein

Annotation: Contrasts curriculum reform with curriculum revision; contrasts systematic curriculum planning, implementation, and evaluation with newer alternative ways of curriculum planning; and explores related factors from technology to accountability.

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

 

Klein, M. Frances, "The Toll for Curriculum Reform," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Spring, 1994), 19-34.*, M. Frances Klein

Annotation: Reviews various forms of curriculum designs and their rationales and advocates further work on alternative designs.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., Changing Course: American Curriculum Reform in the 20th Century. New York: Teachers College Press, 2002., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Gives eight examples of curriculum reforms in the history of U. S. curriculum and critiques these changes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Curriculum History," pp. 264-267 in Marvin C. Alkin, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th ed. New YorK: Macmillan, 1992.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Reviews the reinterpretations of early twentieth century curriculum reforms by studies done in the last twenty-five years; also reviews recent historical case studies of school system curricula and the recent attention given to how subjects arose and changed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History

 

Kliebard, Herbert, M., "Curriculum History: United States," pp. 1204-1208 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York : Pergamon, 1984., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Presents a brief overview of U.S. curriculum history.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Education at the Turn of the Century: A Crucible for Curriculum Change," Educational Researcher, 11(January, 1982), 16-24.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Traces the influence of four groups on curriculum: humanists, child-study movement, social efficiency educators, and the social meliorists.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Fads, Fashions, and Rituals: The Instability of Curriculum Change," pp. 16-34 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Critical Issues in Curriculum. 87th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part I. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1988. Reprinted with editorial modifications, pp. 76-90 in Herbert M. Kliebard, Changing Course: American Curriculum Reform in the 20th Century. New York: Teachers College Press, 2002., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Explores the causes of cyclical change in the history of American curriculum.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Success and Failure in Educational Reform: Are There Historical Lessons?" Peabody Journal of Education, 65(Winter, 1988). Reprinted pp. 97-112 in Herbert M. Kliebard, Forging American Curriculum: Essays in Curriculum History and Theory. New York: Routledge, 1992. Also reprinted with editorial modifications, pp. 126-137 in Herbert M. Kliebard, Changing Course: American Curriculum Reform in the 20th Century. New York: Teachers College Press, 2002., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Examines three kinds of educational reform efforts and highlights what can be learned from these historical examples.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The Development of Certain Key Curriculum Issues in the United States," pp. 169-183 in Philip H. Taylor and Mauritz Johnson, eds., Curriculum Development: A Comparative Study . Windsor, Berks, England: NFER, 1974.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Reviews U. S. origins of curriculum field and some of the issues addressed in the past.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Change, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The Drive for Curriculum Change in the United States, 1890-1958. II--From Local Reform to a National Preoccupation," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(October-December, 1979), 274-286.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Traces the use of school surveys and local reform from 1920 onward, reviews the work of the Educational Policies Commission of the NEA, the development of ASCD, and post-WW II curriculum development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Specialists in Schools, American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The Drive for Curriculum Change in the United States, 1890-1958. I--The Ideological Roots of Curriculum as a Field of Specialization," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(July-September, 1979), 191-202.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Discusses various committees of the National Education Association whose reports laid the groundwork for curriculum as a field of specialization; covers 1890-1920.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Kliebard, Herbert, M., The Struggle for the American Curriculum: 1893-1958 . Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986. 2nd ed., Routledge, 1995; 3rd ed., RoutledgeFalmer, 2004. A review can be found in Curriculum Inquiry 40(March, 2010), 205-220., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Represents the first history of the American curriculum; interprets curriculum changes in light of political factors vying for dominance but with no one of these factors gaining complete dominance.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Change,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "What Happened to American Schooling in the First Part of the Twentieth Century?" pp. 1-22 in Elliot W. Eisner, ed., Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, 84th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Traces early 20th century reforms and their critics.

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

 

Klohr, Paul R., and Jack R. Frymier, "Curriculum Development: Dynamics of Change," Review of Educational Research, 33(June, 1963), 304-321., Paul R. Klohr and Jack R. Frymier

Annotation: Reviews definitions, models, and diffision of curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Kridel, Craig, "Implications for Initiating Educational Change," pp. 17-56 in Richard P. Lipka and others, The Eight-Year Study Revisited: Lessons from the Past for the Present. Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association, 1998., Craig Kridel

Annotation: Characterizes the relation of the Progessive Education Association to the Eight-Year Study and illustrates some of the ways the thirty schools in the study developed and organized their curricula; draws four lessons on initiating change in education.

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

 

Kridel, Craig, and Robert V. Bullough, Jr., Stories of the Eight-Year Study: Reexamining Secondary Education in America. Albany, NY: State University Press of New York,2007., Craig Kridel and Robert V. Bullough Jr.

Annotation: Details many aspects of the history of the Eight-Year Study (1930-1942) and includes vignettes of several of its leading contributors (Aikin, Thayer, Eugene Smith, Tyler, Keliher, Zachry, Alberty, Bode, Willis). A review appears in Curriculum Inquiry, 40(March, 2010), 2905-316.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum History, Curriculum Integration, Curriculum Professors, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Literature, Literature of Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Secondary School Curriculum, Student Assessment

 

Lasch, Christopher, "'Excellence' in Education: Old Refrain or New Departure?" Issues in Education, 1(Summer, 1985), 1-12., Christopher Lasch

Annotation: Looks at the idea of excellence in historical perspecive.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Lawler, Marcella R., ed., Strategies for Planned Curricular Innovation . New York: Teachers College Press, 1970., Marcella R. Lawler

Annotation: Contains several essays on planned curriculum innovation presented at a conference led by the editor.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Lazerson, Marvin, Judith Block McLaughlin, and Bruce McPherson, "New Curriculum, Old Issues," Teachers College Record, 86(Winter, 1984), 300-319.*, Marvin Lazerson, Judith Block McLaughlin, and Bruce McPherson

Annotation: Reviews history of SMSG, MACOS, and other reforms of the 1950s and 1960s.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies, Mathematics, Social Studies, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Lehming, Rolf, and Michael Kane, eds., Improving Schools: Using What We Know. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1981., Rolf Lehming and Michael Kane

Annotation: Describes the use of research knowledge to improve schools.

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

 

Leithwood, Kenneth A., "Curriculum Diffusion," pp. 1181-1183 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Kenneth A. Leithwood

Annotation: Defines curriculum diffusion and briefly cites research and criticism on the topic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage

 

Leithwood, Kenneth A., "Managing the Implementation of Curriculum Innovations," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 2(March, 1981), 341-360., Kenneth A. Leithwood

Annotation: Gives a summary of work done on managing the implementation of curriculum innovations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Leithwood, Kenneth A., "The Dimensions of Curriculum Innovation," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 13(January-March, 1981), 25-36.*, Kenneth A. Leithwood

Annotation: Identifies and relates several dimensions of curriculum innovation into a model.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Leithwood, Kenneth, Teresa Menzies, and Doris Jantzi, "Earning Teachers' Commitment to Curriculum Reform," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Summer, 1994), 38-61., Kenneth Leithwood, Teresa Menzies, and Doris Jantzi

Annotation: Reviews literature on teacher commitment and suggests a strategy for building teachers' commitment to curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Leonardo, Zeus, Ideology, Discourse, and School Reform. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003., Zeus Leonardo

Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' discourse illuminating their ideologies (necessary, negative, and positive) undertaken from a critical ideological research perspective.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Discourse Analysis, Middle School Curriculum, Teacher Planning, Teacher Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Levin, Ben, More High School Graduates: How Schools Can Save Students from Dropping Out. Thousand Oakes, CA: Corwin Press, 2012., Ben Levin

Annotation: Gives four primary practical strategies to be undertaken by high schools to keep students from dropping out; gives guidelines for implementing such practices and many examples being used in real school situations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Secondary School Curriculum

 

Lewy, Arieh, "Curriculum Tryout," pp. 1272-1274 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Arieh Lewy

Annotation: Describes laboratory, pilot, and field tryout phases and related procedures.

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

 

Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh, Conversations with Educational Leaders: Contemporary Viewpoints on Education in America. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997., Anne Turnbaugh Lockwood

Annotation: Reports interviews with 24 leaders in education on their views of violence, values, youth culture, multiculturalism, enrichment, multiple intelligences, professionalism, leadership, and reform in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Education as a Field of Study

 

London, Norrel A., "Socio-Politics in Effective Curriculum Change in a Less Developed Country: Trinidad and Tobago," Curriculum Inquiry , 27 (Spring, 1997), 63-80., Norrel A. London

Annotation: Tells the story of a curriculum change process conducted in Trinidad and Tobago.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum

 

Loucks, Susan F., "Curriculum Adoption," pp. 1138-1139 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Susan F. Loucks

Annotation: Discusses curriculum adoption as a phase of curriculum decision-making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation

 

Lundgren, Ulf P., "Political Governing and Curriculum Change--From Active to Reactive Curriculum Reforms," pp. 109-122 in Eero Ropo and Tero Autio, eds., International Conversations on Curriculum Studies: Subject, Society, and Curriculum. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2009., Ulf P. Lundgren

Annotation: Recaps the history of theories governing curriculum change in Europe and the United States; contrasts decentralization and privatization of curriculum decision-making, as well as governing by goals or outcomes, in relation to the changing culture of globalization; draws implications for practice and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Local Control of Schooling, Organization Theory, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Comparative Curriculum

 

Lusi, Susan Follett, "Systemic School Reform: The Challenge Faced by State Departments of Education," pp. 109-130 in Richard F. Elmore and Susan H. Fuhrman, eds., The Governance of Curriculum. 1994 ASCD Yearbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1994., Susan Follett Lusi

Annotation: Outlines changes in external and internal relationships of state departments of education that affect systemic school reform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin, "Student Perspectices on Curriculum Innovation and Change in an English Secondary School: An Empirical Study," British Educational Research Journal, 18(No. 3, 1992), 221-234., Mairtin Mac an Ghaill

Annotation: Interviews students and teachers on their understanding of their roles in curriculum innovation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum

 

Mackenzie, Gordon N., and Marcella R. Lawler, "Curriculum: Change and Improvement," Review of Educational Research, 18(June, 1948), 273-281., Gordon N. Mackenzie and Marcella R. Lawler

Annotation: Reviews studies on the meaning and process of curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Mahan, James M., "Frank Observations on Innovations in Elementary Schools," Interchange, 3(Nos. 2-3, 1972), 144-160., James M. Mahan

Annotation: Gives a 36-item six-stage set of guidelines for examining the installation of curricula; makes recommendations concerning the process of curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Maloney, Carmel, "Implementing Curriculum: A Case Study," Curriculum Perspectives, 13(September, 1993), 23-32., Carmel Maloney

Annotation: Surveys 12 teachers in three Australian primary schools on their experience of innovation using CBAM.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Mann, Dale, "The Impact of IMPACT II," Teachers College Record, 84(Summer, 1983), 837-870., Dale Mann

Annotation: Assesses outcomes of this project regarding instruction and change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development

 

Mann, Dale, "The Politics of Training Teachers in Schools," Teachers College Record, 77(February, 1976), 323-338., Dale Mann

Annotation: Reports a project to change schools through teacher change; describes the stages in the process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development, Curriculum and Politics

 

Mann, John Steven, and Alex Molnar, "On Student Rights," pp. 167-174 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., John Steven Mann and Alex Molnar

Annotation: Expresses a view of student rights as a form of social struggle within democratic procedures.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Democratic Education

 

Marsh, Colin , and Catherine Harris-Hart, "Power, Knowledge, and Curriculum Change in Australia: A Critical Perspective," pp. 291-308 in Eero Ropo and Tero Autio, eds., International Conversations on Curriculum Studies: Subject, Society, and Curriculum. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2009., Colin Marsh and Catherine Harris-Hart

Annotation: Summarizes the state of curriculum change models in both the literature and in Australian curriculum-change practices; employs the concepts of curriculum junctions and disjunctions in the analysis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Organization Theory

 

Marsh, Colin, and Michael Huberman, "Disseminating Curricula: A Look from the Top Down," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(January-March, 1984), 53-66., Colin Marsh and Michael Huberman

Annotation: Distinguishes several models of curriculum dissemination.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Knowledge Utilization

 

Marsh, Colin J., "Curriculum Implementation: An Analysis of Australian Research Studies, 1973-83," Curriculum Perspectives, 6(May, 1986), 11-21., Colin J. Marsh

Annotation: Does a review and analysis of a decade of Australian studies on curriculum implementation.

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

 

Marsh, Colin J., "Implementation of a Curriculum Innovation in Australian Schools," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 6(September, 1984), 37-58., Colin J. Marsh

Annotation: Describes curriculum innovation projects in Australia and derives models of implementation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Martin, David S., Philip S. Saif, and Linda Thiel, "Curriculum Development: Who Is Involved and How?" Educational Leadership, 44(December 1986-January 1987), 40-48.*, David S. Martin, Philip S. Saif, and Linda Thiel

Annotation: Reports the results of a survey of curriculum administrators to discover to what extent high level involement in curriculum development is carried out in U. S. public schools; the questionnaire used is included.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Implementation

 

Mathison, Sandra, "Implementing Curricular Change through State-mandated Testing: Ethical Issues," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision , 6 (Spring, 1991), 201-212., Sandra Mathison

Annotation: Gives an ethical critique of the New York State elementary science testing program (ESPET) and its utilitarian perspective.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Science, Evaluation of Instruction, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Maxwell, T. W., "Curriculum Consultant," pp. 1150-1151 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., T. W. Maxwell

Annotation: Discusses duties, attributes, and impact of curriculum consultants.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Professionalization in Curriculum, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

McCulloch, Gary, "Curriculum Reform, Educational Change, and School Improvement," pp. 1203-1215 in Andy Hargreaves, Ann Lieberman, Michael Fullan, and David Hopkins, eds., International Handbook of Educational Change, Part Two. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998., Gary McCulloch

Annotation: Discusses the role of teachers in curriculum reform in the United Kingdom, among other things.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation

 

McDonnell, Lorraine M., "The Politics of Educational Accountability: Can the Clock Be Turned Back?" pp. 47-67 in Katherine E. Ryan and Lorrie A. Shepard, eds.. The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability. New York: Routledge, 2008., Lorraine M. McDonnell

Annotation: Discusses why test-based accountability developed as a dominant policy idea; explains what would have to change to install an alternative approach.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum and Politics

 

McEneaney, E. H., and J. W. Meyer, "The Content of the Curriculum: An Institutionalist Perspective," pp. 189-211 in Maureen T. Hallinan, ed., Handbook of the Sociology of Education. New York: Kluwer, 2000., E. H. McEneaney and J. W. Meyer

Annotation: Deals with tracking, hidden curriculum, choice, universal participation, culture, globalization, change, reform and resistance, differentiation, and related theories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Ideology and School Knowledge, Hidden Curriculum, Curriculum Differentiation

 

McLaughlin, Milbrey Wallin, "Implementation as Mutual Adaptation: Change in Classroom Organization," Teachers College Record, 77(February, 1976), 339-351., Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin

Annotation: Reports studies of implementation of classroom changes where adaptation rather than fidelity of the change is the norm.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

McNeil, Linda M., "Contradictions of Control, Part 3: Contradictions of Reform," Phi Delta Kappan, 69(March, 1988), 478-485., Linda M. McNeil

Annotation: Shows how in two cases of top-down reform they lead to inauthentic curriculum and mechanical teaching processes and to results that contradict the intentions of the reforms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Core Mandates, Local Control of Schooling

 

McNeil, Linda M., Contradictions of Reform: Educational Costs of Standardized Testing. New York: Routledge, 2000., Linda M. McNeil

Annotation: Reports on the policies of the Perot reforms in Texas education and their negative consequences for children, learning, educators, and democracy; includes evidence from three schools in Houston.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Mehta, Jal, The Allure3 of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013., Jal Mehta

Annotation: Traces historically the changes in U.S. school policies and practices related to their rationalization, accountability, and the role of teachers; delves deeply into analysis and explanations for these changes; offers a model that proposes to challenge these trends.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Implementation, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Local Control of Schooling, Qualitative Research