Broad Topical Focus - Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Page, Reba, and Linda Valli, eds., Curriculum Differentiation: Interpretive Studies in U. S. Secondary Schools . Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990., Reba Page and Linda Valli
Annotation: Reports interpretive studies of the use of curriculum differentiation and tracking in a number of secondary schools.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Secondary School Curriculum
Passow, A. Harry, "Organization and Procedures for Curriculum Improvement," Review of Educational Research, 24(June, 1954), 221-236., A. Harry Passow
Annotation: Reviews studies and programs related to organization and procedures for curriculum improvement as well as related needed research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Development Strategies
Patterson, Frances R. A., "Building a Conservative Base: Teaching History and Civics in Voucher-Supported Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, 82(October, 2000), 150-155., Frances R. A. Patterson
Annotation: Gives specific examples of the content of Christian School textbooks in social studies from three publishers.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Textbooks, Social Studies, Ideology and School Knowledge
Peatling, John H., "Research and Religious Education," Religious Education, 73(September-October, 1978), S101-S125., John H. Peatling
Annotation: Reviews research from 1920-1977 in religious education, character education, and related topics.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Moral Inquiry, Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Values in the Classroom, Character Education, Religious & Private Schooling
Peddiwell, J. Abner, The Saber-Tooth Curriculum, The Classic Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. (1st Edition, 1939), J. Abner Peddiwell
Annotation: Satarizes curricular anachronisms through humorous narrative.
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: Narrative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Criticism of Schooling
Annotation: Critiques Kliebard's assessment of the Tyler rationale and discusses Dewey's critique of using vision statements to guide educational practice.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature
Peltier, Gary, L., "Teacher Participation in Curriculum Revision: An Historical Case Study," History of Education Quarterly, 7(Summer, 1967), 209-219., Gary L. Peltier
Annotation: Examines teacher participation in curriculum revision in Denver in the 1920s.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: All Fields
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
Pendlebury, Shirley, "Practical Arguments and Situational Appreciation in Teaching," Educational Theory, 40(Spring, 1990), 171-179., Shirley Pendlebury
Annotation: Argues that appreciation of a situation is a necessary accompaniment of practical arguments about what to do in teaching in that situation; extends the criticism of previous work done on practical arguments by Fenstermacher and others.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Deliberation
Perkins, David N., Knowledge as Design. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1986., David N. Perkins
Annotation: Elucidates how knowledge as design (rather than as information) can be understood as a preferred basis for curriculum and schooling.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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: Content Selection and Organization
Annotation: Analyzes the role of aims in education and the ways values enter into the educational process.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: An analysis of the concepts education and aims fusing content and procedure, with implications for educational theory; critiques and reply by the author.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives
Annotation: Analyzes differences between disciplines, interdiciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, and transdiciplinarity.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines
Phan, Peter C., "Multiculturalism, Church, and the University," Religious Education, 90(Winter, 1995), 8-29., Peter C. Phan
Annotation: Provides an analysis of cultural pluralism vs cultural unity and an analysis of Catholicity vs particularity as a basis for curriculum theory as applied to the University; has implications for cross-cultural education at any level of education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Higher Education Curriculum, Multicultural Education, Religious & Private Schooling
Phenix, Philip H., Realms of Meaning . New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964., Philip H. Phenix
Annotation: Provides a systematic treatment of 16 realms of meaning as a theory of curriculum for general education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum and the Disciplines
Phenix, Philip H., "The Architectonics of Knowledge," pp. 44-62 in Stanley Elam, ed., Education and the Structure of Knowledge . Chicago: Rand McNally, 1964., Philip H. Phenix
Annotation: Categorizes knowledge by nine generic classes (synnoetics, aesthetics, symbolics, emperics, morals, ethics, history, philosophy, religion) on the basis of whether it refers to singular, general, or comprehensive knowledge and whether it is concerned with fact, form, or norm.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines, Content Selection and Organization, Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Argues that all curriculum content should be drawn from the disciplines; explains why they are teachable in this form due to analytic simplification, synthetic coordination, and dynamism.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines
Phenix, Philip H., "The Use of the Disciplines as Curriculum Content," The Educational Forum, 26(March, 1962), 273-280., Philip H. Phenix
Annotation: Explains the advantage of a curriculum defined by the disciplines of knowledge.
Broad Topical Focus: 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, Curriculum and the Disciplines
Annotation: Analyzes transcendence and describes its significance for educational theory and for curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry,Phenomenological Inquiry,Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience
Phillips, Richard C., "Development of the Term, Core Curriculum," Educational Forum, 29( May, 1965), 423-430., Richard C. Phillips
Annotation: Traces the early sources of the core curriculum and current definitions of the term; drawn from his dissertation from Northwestern University, 1962, entitled, "An Historical Study of the Concept Curriculum."
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum History, Curriculum Integration
Annotation: Reviews the theorists who have contributed to understanding curriculum through multi-discursive efforts such as politically, autobiographically, gendered, postmodern, internationally, and more.
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: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Pinar, William F., "The Voyage Out: Curriculum as the Relation Between the Knower and the Known," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 71-92., William F. Pinar
Annotation: Argues that we cannot design an educational experience and that we need descriptions of experience of texts, teachers, and other students; gives excerpts from a student's autobiographical report of the experience of the Virgina Woolf book.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience
Annotation: Urges personhood be made central in curriculum through theological images that counter narcissistic tendencies.
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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience
Poetter, Thomas S., Caroline Everington, and Ron Jetty, "Curriculum Deliberation in Action: Preparing School Leaders for Inclusion," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 16(Winter, 2001), 162-182., Thomas S. Poetter, Caroline Everington, and Ron Jetty
Annotation: Describes processes and results of attempts of an Education faculty at Miami University (Ohio) to infuse knowledge of inclusion into courses for preparing educational leaders.
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 Deliberation, Higher Education Curriculum
Poetter, Thomas S., and Frances Fowler, "Sophie's Class: The Pursuit of Democracy in an Elementary Mathematics Classroom in France," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 16(Fall, 2000), 91-109., Thomas S. Poetter and Frances Fowler
Annotation: Reports and analyzes a study giving evidence of liberty, equality, and fraternity in a French classroom; contrasts with values in American classrooms.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
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, Democratic Education
Annotation: Critiques the designation of "exemplary" given to several programs such as "Success for All" based on methodological issues in supporting research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation
Pollard, Andrew, Dennis Thiessen, and Ann Filer, eds., Children and Their Curriculum: The Perspectives of Primary and Elementary School Children. Bristol, PA: The Falmer Press, 1997., Andrew Pollard, Dennis Thiessen, and Ann Filer
Annotation: Contains nine studies of children's experiences of their curriculum; some chapters give attention to methodology for this type of inquiry.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Traces changes in function exhibited by the curriculum over time; treats issues such as social control, diversity, and conformity.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum and Politics
Pope, Denise Clark, Doing School: How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2001., Denise Clark Pope
Annotation: Reports research on five successful California high school students and how they cope and succeed; ideals of the school are replaced by the learning of deception, hostility, and anxiety.
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 Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience, Teaching/Learning Process
Annotation: Describes the function, formulation, and types of curriculum objectives.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives
Popham, W. James, "Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Amiable Allies or Phoney Friends," Teachers College Record, 106(March, 2004), 417-428., W. James Popham
Annotation: Argues for close relationships among personnel dealing with curriculum, instruction, and assessment, especially in state departments of education and in universities.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, 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: Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Curriculum Professors, Core Mandates, Curriculum Development Strategies, Evaluation of Instruction, Professionalization in Curriculum, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction
Popham, W. James, "Curriculum Materials," Review of Educational Research, 39(June, 1969), 319-338., W. James Popham
Annotation: Examines research on the form, effectiveness, and evaluation of curriculum materials.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation
Annotation: Describes effects of change processes related to the project, Individually Guided Education/Secondary.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation
Annotation: Traces the politics of school knowledge (subjects) as relates to school governance and freedom.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum History, Ideology and School Knowledge, School Subjects, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum
Popkewitz, Thomas S., ed., The Formation of the School Subjects: The Struggle for Creating an American Institution . Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1987., Thomas S. Popkewitz
Annotation: Presents 11 chapters showing the ideological dimensions of the content of various subjects in the curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: 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, Ideology and School Knowledge
Annotation: Critiques curriculum from perspective of preferred institutional knowledge and social and cultural interests.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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
Annotation: Discusses power elements in subjects in the general education curriculum, including classroom inequities.
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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge, Liberal Education/General Education, School Subjects, Curriculum and Politics
Annotation: Introduces the history of the creation of school subjects and the social and ideological pressures on this process.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Psychology and Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Popkewitz, Thomas S., "The Production of Reason and Power: Curriculum History and Intellectual Traditions," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 29(March-April, 1997), 131-164., Thomas S. Popkewitz
Annotation: Discusses curriculum as systems of regulation and discipline in the historical examination of school subjects.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics, Ideology and School Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization
Portelli, John P., "Exploring the Hidden Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(July-August, l993), 343-358., John P. Portelli
Annotation: Analyzes four meanings of hidden curriculum and their moral implications.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Moral Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum
Porter, Andrew, Jennifer McMaken, Jun Hwang, and Rui Yang, "Common Core Standards: The New U. S. Intended Curriculum," Educational Researcher, 40(April, 2011), 103-116., Andrew Porter, Jennifer McMaken, Jun Hwang, and Rui Yang
Annotation: Analyzes differences between the recently developed common core standards and those currently functioning in several selected states--in mathematics and English language arts; employs an alignment by cells procedure from the Survey of Enacted Curriculum (Porter, ER, 37(7), 2002); compares content topics and cognitive demand, among other matters.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and Politics
Annotation: Analyzes curriculum planning models as to procedural, descriptive, and conceptual features and illustrates each with examples.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Discusses knowledge as curriculum content and knowledge of curriculum development (means-end, naturalistic, epistemological, analysis of experiences and preconceptions, approaches).
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies
Annotation: Discusses two perspectives on curriculum planning (technical production and critical) and distinguishes procedural, descriptive, conceptual, and ideological questions related to them.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Posner, George J., "The Role of Student Assessment in Curriculum Reform," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Summer, 1994), 91-99., George J. Posner
Annotation: Sets forth the traditional belief system associated with student assessment, critiques that system, and provides an alternate belief system for authentic assessment.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Student Assessment
Posner, George J., and Kenneth A. Strike, "A Categorization Scheme for Principles of Sequencing Content," Review of Educational Research, 46(Fall, 1976), 665-690.*, George J. Posner and Kenneth A. Strike
Annotation: Presents six major content sequencing principles and explores their applicability to existing schemes and for future development of curricula.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Scientific/Empirical Inquiry,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization
Poynting, Scott, "Flies and Elephants: The Common Sense of Relevance," Curriculum Perspectives, 6(October, 1986), 17-22., Scott Poynting
Annotation: Provides a critique of the relevance trend.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation
Annotation: Distinguishes between the humanistic and technical orientations on curriculum and urges a dialogue between the two.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Pratt, David and Edmund C. Short, "Curriculum Management," pp. 1320-1325 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, David Pratt and Edmund C. Short
Annotation: Covers curriculum development processes of needs assessment, planning of all elements of curriculum, structuring of the elements, installation, maintenance, and research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies
Prawat, Richard S., "The Value of Ideas: Problems versus Possibilities in Learning," Educational Researcher, 22(August-September, l993), 5-16.*, Richard S. Prawat
Annotation: Reviews the idea-based social-constructivism (embedded) approach to designing curriculum and instruction.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Preston, Ralph C., and Estoy T. Reddin, "Status of the Curriculum," Review of Educational Research, 27(June, 1957), 250-261., Ralph C. Preston and Estoy T. Reddin
Annotation: Treats briefly types of curriculum organization and programs (including core curriculum and various subjects) and other related topics.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization
Annotation: Shows how school-based curriculum development can be a means of central authorities controlling local decision-making in the Australian setting.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling
Annotation: Curriculum integration is analyzed in terms of the unity of knowledge, experience, inquiry or problem-solving, and epistemological questions concerning the relationship of the disciplines.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration
Annotation: Critiques the way of conceiving of curriculum planning by Hirst, following the lead of Young and Bernstein; advances some proposals for new language for curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Proctor, Nigel, "Matching the School Curriculum and Teacher Education," Journal of Education for Teaching, 12(No. 2, 1986), 141-153., Nigel Proctor
Annotation: Provides charts on aims and designs in DES and HMI papers in England and Wales; discusses teacher education's need to match these.
Broad Topical Focus: 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, Teacher Education, Comparative Curriculum
Purpel, David E., "Holistic Education in a Prophetic Voice," pp. 109 - 131 in David E. Purpel, Moral Outrage in Education. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., David E. Purpel
Annotation: Draws the parallel between the prophetic tradition in religion and the critical function needed in relation to curriculum policies and programs.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization
Purpel, David E., and Kevin Ryan, "It Comes with the Territory: The Inevitability of Moral Education in the Schools," pp. 357-365 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., David E. Purpel and Kevin Ryan
Annotation: Argues for making moral education visible in the curriculum, in the hidden curriculum, and in the school culture.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Character Education, Values in the Classroom, Content Selection and Organization
Ragan, William B., and Gene D. Shepherd, "Historical Influences," pp. 9-43 in their Modern Elementary Curriculum . 4th Edition. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971., William B. Ragan and Gene D. Shepherd
Annotation: Summarizes historical influences on the curriculum from the colonial period to the present.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
Raizen, Senta A., "Standards for Science Education," Teachers College Record, 100(Fall, 1998), 66-121., Senta A. Raizen
Annotation: Analyzes the concept of standards and its use and purposes (pp. 72-75) as a preamble to a review of the various science standards developed by AAAS, NSTA, NRC, etc.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Science, Content Selection and Organization
Raths, James D., "Teaching Without Specific Objectives," Educational Leadership, 28(April, 1971), 714-720., James D. Raths
Annotation: Explains alternatives to specifying objectives for teaching.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Teaching/Learning Process
Annotation: Gives a full treatise on competence and its measurement.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry,Normative Inquiry,Ethnographic Inquiry,Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives
Ravitch, Diane, National Standards in American Education: A Citizen's Guide. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1995., Diane Ravitch
Annotation: Reviews the meaning, interests, issues, history, politics, and implications of the movement toward national curriculum standards.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics, Local Control of Schooling
Annotation: Critiques the Tyler rationale in terms of recent non-positivist perspectives; followed by Tyler's response and the author's rejoinder.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Classics of Curriculum Literature
Annotation: Records the curriculum and textbooks of selected high schools from 1820-1880; additional related facts appear in a following chapter.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Textbooks, Secondary School Curriculum
Annotation: Analyses technologies being used in "learning-to-scale" projects of three types (instructor guided, algorithm guided, peer guided); critiques their over-hyped claims; discusses the dilemmas faced in producing and implementing educational products via technology.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Media and Computers in Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Evaluation of Instruction, Materials Development and Evaluation
Reid, William A., Curriculum Planning as Deliberation. Oslo: Universitetet I. Oslo, 1994., William A. Reid
Annotation: Explains the logic of the deliberative model of curriculum problem resolution and the institutional and moral character of curriculum deliberation.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Annotation: Writes of Schwab's views of liberal education in the context of others' views on the topic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Education
Reid, William A., "Does Schwab Improve on Tyler? A Response to Jackson," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(November-December, l993), 499-510.*, William A. Reid
Annotation: Critiques Phil Jackson's interpretation of Schwab's contributions to curriculum theory in connection with the Tyler Rationale.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum History
Reid, William A., "Rationalism or Humanism? The Future of Curriculum Studies," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 93-108., William A. Reid
Annotation: Contrasts rationalism and humanism; places curriculum studies as a humanistic discipline; this is a revised version of chapter six in his Thinking About the Curriculum, 1978.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Philosophical Schools, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Presents results of analysis of case studies in curriculum change in relation to several theoretical and practical categories of analysis.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Annotation: Conceptualizes curriculum as a public institution and as a moral practice requiring the use of deliberation and participation of the five commonplaces identified by Schwab.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Annotation: Traces the arguments for general education in light of the technological society.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization
Reiss, Michael J., and John White, An Aims-based Curriculum: The Significance of Human Flourishing for Schools. London: The Institute of Education Press, University of London, 2013, Michael J. Reiss and John White
Annotation: Outlines a curriculum design based on the general aim of equipping every student to lead a personally flourishing life (and derivative sub-aims) rather than on knowledge-based (subject-centered) aims; spells out a rationale for this model of curriculum design and offers illustrative examples of both dispositions and understandings derived from such aims; describes processes for implementing this model thorough changes in policy and professional actions; written with specific reference to curriculum in England but applicable elsewhere.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum
Resnick, Daniel P., and Lauren B. Resnick, "Standards, Curriculum, and Performance: A Historical and Comparative Perspective," Educational Researcher, 14(April, 1985), 5-20.*, Daniel P. Resnick and Lauren B. Resnick
Annotation: Traces the history of efforts to employ curriculum standards and assessment as instruments of curriculum improvement.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum Differentiation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Evaluation of Instruction, Student Assessment
Reynolds, John and Malcolm Skilbeck, Culture and the Classroom . London: Open Books, 1976., John Reynolds and Malcolm Skilbeck
Annotation: Gives an overview of schools within the culture and implications for curriculum design.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Environment
Annotation: Argues for a curriculum of compassion that cares about people--not just what they think or do; focuses on the problems of our times, not on control, accountability, and efficiency.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Values in the Classroom
Annotation: Gives the history and context of the 1915 Alabama intitutes for Black teachers and Jeanes Supervisors sponsored by the Jeanes Fund; traces the participation and influence of Booker T. Washington and his educational philosphy.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Education
Roberts, Julian, "Curriculum Development and Experimentation," Review of Educational Research, 36(June, 1966), 353-361., Julian Roberts
Annotation: Examines projects designed to structure curriculum in new ways in various subjects.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization
Robinson, Agnes S., "Curriculum Building," pp. 564-575 in Lee C. Deighton, ed., The Encyclopedia of Education , Volume 2. New York: Macmillan and Free Press, 1971., Agnes S. Robinson
Annotation: Summarizes the literature on curriculum development and provides a model of a master plan for curriculum development.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies
Annotation: Critiques the use of disciplinary knowledge as basis for school subjects; suggests alternatives such as problem-solving experiences.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives
Annotation: Discusses need for inquiry into how schooling contributes to aesthetic meaning in children.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Aesthetics and Curriculum
Annotation: Discusses implications of ability grouping and curriculum grouping.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Teaching/Learning Process
Ross, Alistair, Curriculum: Construction and Critique. London: The Falmer Press, 2000., Alistair Curriculum: Ross
Annotation: Traces the history, parameters, and polticial constraints within which arguments over curriculum have taken place in England.
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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History
Ross, E. Wayne, "Institutional Constraints on Curriculum Deliberation," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 8(Winter,1993), 95-111.*, E. Wayne Ross
Annotation: Reports a case study of curriculum deliberation in terms of selected institutional constraints.
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: Curriculum Deliberation
Ross, E. Wayne, and Lynne M. Hannay, "Towards a Critical Theory of Reflective Inquiry," Journal of Teacher Education, 37(July-August, 1986), 9-15., E. Wayne Ross and Lynne M. Hannay
Annotation: Advocates a laboratory approach where practices can be modeled, experienced, and reflected upon.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education, Conceptions of Teaching
Rothman, Robert, "Laying a Common Foundation for Success," Phi Delta Kappan, 94(November,2012) 57-61., Robert Rothman
Annotation: Gives the story of the development of the Common Core Standards and the movement toward implementation by several states as of this date.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Standards and Testing
Annotation: Reports a study of six aspects of social interaction in curriculum planning in a school system including the lived experience of participants.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Rubin, Louis, "Muddy Curriculum Waters," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Summer, 1994), 21-37., Louis Rubin
Annotation: Sums up current issues in curriculum reform having policy implications.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Argues that government research and development techniques were used with the NSF/USOE-funded science curriculum projects of the 1950s and 1960s.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Science
Rugg, Harold O., Foundations for American Education . Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY: World Book Co., 1947., Harold O. Rugg
Annotation: Presents some of the history of progressive education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature
Rugg, Harold O., The Child-Centered School . Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York: World Book Co., 1928., Harold O. Rugg
Annotation: Presents a description of progessive schools.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature
Ryan, Kevin, "The New Moral Education," Phi Delta Kappan, 68(November, 1986), 228-233.*, Kevin Ryan
Annotation: Shows how moral education has changed from the 1940s to the present.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Values in the Classroom, Curriculum as Environment, Hidden Curriculum
Annotation: Discusses the school-based curriculum development strategy and the variables involved along with its advantages and disadvantages.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies
Sandlin, Jennifer A., Jake Burdick, and Trevor Norris, "Erosion and Experience: Education for Democracy in a Consumer Society," Review of Research in Education,36 (March, 2012), 139-168., Jennifer A. Sandlin, Jake Burdick, and Trevor Norris
Annotation: Explores evidence of the ideology of consumerism and commercialism at work in the schools and of the erosion of the public sphere; reviews research on these topics and on their consequences in public schooling; identifies critical practices used against these ideologies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Democratic Education
Santolli, Susan P., Rebecca McMahan Giles, and Edward L. Shaw, Jr., "Curriculum in the United States: A Work in Progress," pp. 360-375 in James D. Kirylo, and Ann K Nauman, eds. Curriculum Development: Perspectives from Around the World. Olney, MD: Association for Childhood Education International, 2010., Susan P. Santolli, Rebecca McMahan Giles, and Edward L. Shaw Jr.
Annotation: Discusses the major features of curriculum in the United States from colonial times to the present.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
Annotation: Analyzes the issue of disciplinary and interdisciplinary subjects in the curriculum by reference to some studies from UK, France, and Finland in light of Habermas's position; concludes that a balanced curriculum is desirable.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines
Saunders, M. S., "Locality and the Curriculum: Towards a Positive Critique," Comparative Education, 15(No. 2, 1979), 217-230., M. S. Saunders
Annotation: Describes how curriculum content can be drawn from the local community in the context of contextualized, decontextualized, and interventional frameworks.
Broad Topical Focus: 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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Saxe, David Warren, "Framing a Theory for Social Studies Foundations," Review of Educational Research, 62(Fall, 1992), 259-277., David Warren Saxe
Annotation: Establishes the origin of the social studies as a curriculum area in the United States.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Social Studies, Curriculum History
Saylor, J. Galen, "Design of the Curriculum," Review of Educational Research, 24(June, 1954), 204-213., J. Galen Saylor
Annotation: Discusses the nature of curriculum design and various approaches at secondary and elementary levels; discusses the core curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Integration
Annotation: Identifies a lack of conceptual bases in the Australian Curriculum for its view of learners and their life-worlds, for its view of learning, for its view of knowledge and knowing, and for its view of the curriculum as a whole.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making; Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay; Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum
Annotation: Describes the rise and fall of federal curriculum reforms in the 1960s and 1970s.
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, Government Role in Educational Research & Development