Broad Topical Focus - Curriculum Development, Organization, Design

 

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Tanner, Laurel N., Dewey's Laboratory School: Lessons for Today. New York: Teachers College Press. 1997., Laurel N. Tanner

Annotation: Presents a thorough-going history of Dewey's Laboratory School at the University of Chicago and draws lessons for today from this history.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Tanner, Laurel N., "The Meaning of Curriculum in Dewey's Laboratory School (1896-1904)," Journal of Curriculum Studies , 23 (March-April, 1991), 101-117., Laurel N. Tanner

Annotation: Describes the curriculum of Dewey's school and gives implications for current reforms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
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Tanner, Laurel N., and Daniel Tanner, "Environmentalism in American Pedogogy: The Legacy of Lester Ward," Teachers College Record, 88(Summer, 1987), 537-547., Laurel N. Tanner and Daniel Tanner

Annotation: Shows how Ward's ideas influenced Dewey's work; gives Ward's focus on social progress through the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, 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 Aims and Objectives

 

NIE Curriculum Development Task Force, Current Issues, Problems, and Concerns in Curriculum Development . Washington, DC: National Institute of Education, NCER, 1976.*, NIE Curriculum Development Task Force

Annotation: Presents the results of a 1975 NIE survey of curriculum development processes, needs, roles, and relationships.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Local Control of Schooling

 

Taxel, Joel, "The American Revolution in Children's Fiction: An Analysis of Literary Content, Form, and Ideology," pp. 61-88 in Michael W. Apple and Lois Weis, eds., Ideology and Practice in Schooling . Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983., Joel Taxel

Annotation: Shows how children's fiction portrays the American Revolution in four periods, with symbolic representations of socioeconomic relations.

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

 

Taylor, Harold, "Meiklejohn and Dewey in the 1950's," pp. 178-192 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Harold Taylor

Annotation: Traces how Meiklejohn and Dewey handled the criticism of progressive education in higher education during this period; provides some historical background as well.

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

 

Teitelbaum, Kenneth, Schooling for 'Good Rebels': Socialism, American Education, and the Search for Radical Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995., Kenneth Teitelbaum

Annotation: Examines curriculum of Socialist Sunday schools of the early twentieth century.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Religious & Private Schooling

 

Thaman, Konai Helu, "Culture and the Curriculum in the South Pacific," Comparative Education, 29(No. 3, 1993), 249-260., Konai Helu Thaman

Annotation: Argues for cultural analysis and cultural literacy in curriculum development projects in Pacific countries.

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, Comparative Curriculum

 

Tholfsen, Trygve R., "The Ambiguous Virtues of the Study of History," Teachers College Record, 79(December, 1977), 245-257., Trygve R. Tholfsen

Annotation: Describes the advantages of the study of history.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Social Studies, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Thomas, R. M., "Curriculum Enrichment," pp. 1183-1185 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite. eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., R. M. Thomas

Annotation: Describes two types of curriculum enrichment: extended planning and individualized enrichment.

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: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Content Selection and Organization

 

Thompson, Merritt M., "The History of the Curriculum," pp. 106-111 in his The History of Education . New York: Barnes and Noble, 1951. (College Outline Series, No. 9)., Merritt M. Thompson

Annotation: Outlines the history of curriculum from the Greeks to the 20th century.

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, Comparative Curriculum

 

Thornton, Stephen J., "Curriculum, Construction and Evaluation of," in D. C. Philiips, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2014., Stephen J. Thornton

Annotation: Summarizes the processes typically employed in constructing and evaluating the curriculum; Gives some historical references to work of curriculum scholars; see related entry by the same author on Hidden Curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum History, Evaluation of Instruction

 

Thornton, Stephen J., and Keith C. Barton, "Can History Stand Alone? Drawbacks and Blind Spots of a 'Disciplinary' Curriculum," Teachers College Record, 112(September, 2010) 2471-2495., Stephen J. Thornton and Keith C. Barton

Annotation: Summarizes the array of positions taken on the question of what place and form historical knowledge should have within school curriculum; analyzes the arguments made by various authorities over the last 100 years or more on this question; lays out a basis for gaining some consensus on the matter across conflicting positions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Historical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Social Studies

 

Tikunoff, William J., Beatrice A. Ward, and Franklin D. Stacy, "Toward Ecology -Based Curriculum: A Model for Professional Growth Through Participatory Research and Development," pp. 61-80 in Roy A. Edelfelt and E. Brooks Smith, eds., Breakaway to Multidimensional Approaches: Integrating Curriculum Development and Inservice Education . Washington, DC: Association for Teacher Education, 1978.*, William J. Tikunoff, Beatrice A. Ward, and Franklin D. Stacy

Annotation: Sets forth an interactive model for curriculum development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Teacher Research, In-service Teacher Development

 

Tillett, Wade, "Integrated, Holistic, and Core Subject Matter," pp. 96-102 in Ming Fang He, Brian D. Schultz, and William H. Schubert, eds., The Sage Guide to Curriculum in Education. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2015., Wade Tillett

Annotation: Distinguishes among three ways of integating curriculum subject matter and reviews theoretical and research work related to them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration

 

Tom, Alan R., "Inquiring into Inquiry-Oriented Teacher Education," Journal of Teacher Education , 36(September-October, 1985), 35-44., Alan R. Tom

Annotation: Presents several distinct kinds of inquiry within teacher education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Teacher Education

 

Tomkins, George S., A Common Countenance: Stability and Change in the Canadian Curriculum . Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice-Hall Canada Inc.,1986., George S. Tomkins

Annotation: Provides a thorough-going historical account of the curriculum in Canadian schools from 1841-today.

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: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Tomkins, George S., ed., The Curriculum in Canada in Historical Perspective . 1979 Yearbook of Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Vancouver, BC: CSSE, 1979., George S. Tomkins

Annotation: Provides a history of various aspects of Canadian curriculum.

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: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Tomkins, George S., "Foreign Influences on Curriculum Policy Making and Development in Canada: Some Impressions in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives," pp. 127-139 in Jean-Jacques Bernier and George S. Tompkins, eds., Curriculum Canada, II: Curriculum Policy and Curriculum Development . Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia, CSCI, 1980. A slightly revised version of this article appears in Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Summer, 1981), 157-166., George S. Tomkins

Annotation: Traces the French, U. S., and British influences on Canadian curriculum.

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: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Tomkins, George S., "Stability and Change in Canadian Curriculum," pp. 135-158 in J. Donald Wilson, ed., Canadian Education in the 1980's . Calgary: Detselig Enterprises, Ltd., 1981., George S. Tomkins

Annotation: Highlights the factors contributing to change in the history of Canadian curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, 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: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics

 

Tomkins, George S., "The Moral, Cultural, and Intellectual Foundation of the Canadian Curriculum," pp. 1-23 in Douglas A. Roberts and John O. Fritz, eds., Curriculum Canada V: School Subject Curriculum / Instruction Theory . Vancouver, BC: Centre for Study of C&I, University of British Columbia, 1984., George S. Tomkins

Annotation: Traces several foundational elements contributing to the nature of Canadian curriculum.

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: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Tomkins, George S., "Towards a History of Curriculum Development in Canada," pp. 1-17 in his The Curriculum in Canada in Historical Perspective. 1979 Yearbook of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Vancouver, BC: CSSE, 1979., George S. Tomkins

Annotation: Discusses the need for and rise of a Canadian history of curriculum development.

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

 

Tripp, David H., and A. John Watt, "Core Curriculum: What It Is and Why We Don't Need One," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(April-June, 1984), 131-141., David H. Tripp and A. John Watt

Annotation: Critiques the Australian mandate for a core curriculum (1980).

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, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Core Mandates, Comparative Curriculum

 

Turner, Brian, "The Interdisciplinary Curriculum: From Social Medicine to Post Modernism," Sociology of Health and Illness, 12 (March, 1990), 1-23., Brian Turner

Annotation: Describes interdisiplinarity as a desirable aspect of the medical curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Higher Education Curriculum

 

Tyler, Louise L., "Meaning and Schooling," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 51-57., Louise L. Tyler

Annotation: Discusses psychoanalysis as a basis for curriculum and related implications.

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: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Psychology and Curriculum, Curriculum as Experience

 

Tyler, Ralph W., Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1949., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Presents explanation and arguments for five elements of curriculum and instructional planning (purposes, learning experiences, organization, evaluation, planning). Originally published as a Syllabus for Education 360 at the University of Chicago prepared and taught by Tyler.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Development Strategies, Evaluation of Instruction, Student Assessment, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Curriculum Development in the Twenties and Thirties," pp. 26-44 in Robert M. McClure, ed., The Curriculum: Retrospect and Prospect . The 70th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Surveys the history of curriculum development in the 1920s and 1930s.

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

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Curriculum Development Since 1900," Educational Leadership , 38(May, 1981), 599-601.*, Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Gives a brief overview of curriculum development in the U. S. since 1960 and identifies lessons learned from this era.

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 Development Strategies

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Curriculum Resources," pp. 1263-1265 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Gives helpful resources for deciding on objectives, learning experiences, and their organization.

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: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Desirable Content for a Curriculum Development Syllabus Today," pp. 36-48 in Alex Molnar and John A. Zahorik, eds., Curriculum Theory. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1977. Reprinted pp. 395-400 in George Willis, et al., The American Curriculum: A Documentary History. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Indicates how the author would revise his syllabus (Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction) for today.

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: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Educational Improvements Best Served by Curriculum Development," pp. 237-262 in Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1979.*, Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Demonstrates how national change projects overlook teacher's role in learning by pupils.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Teaching/Learning Process, Content Selection and Organization

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Reflecting on the Eight-Year Study," Journal of Thought, 21 (Spring, 1986), 15-23. Reprinted pp. 193-203 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Tyler gives his personal assessment of the value of the Eight Year Study 1934-1942.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Tyrrell, Ronald W., "An Appraisal of the Tyler Rationale," School Review, 83(November, 1974), 151-162.*, Ronald W. Tyrrell

Annotation: Provides a supportive view of the Tyler rationale.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum History

 

Unks, Gerald, "Three Nations' Curricula: What Can We Learn from Them?" NASSP Bulletin, 76(December, 1992), 30-46.*, Gerald Unks

Annotation: Surveys subjects in the curriculum of Japan, Great Britain, and Germany, and relates this information to policy issues in U. S. curriculum

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

 

Vallance, Elizabeth, "Focus on Students in Curriculum Knowledge: A Critique of Curriculum Criticism," pp. 37-43 in William H. Schubert and Ann L. Schubert, eds., Conceptions of Curriculum Knowledge: Focus on Students and Teachers . University Park, PA: College of Education, Penn State University, 1982., Elizabeth Vallance

Annotation: Calls for curriculum criticism to be done by students themselves since they have the experience of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience

 

Vallance, Elizabeth, "Scanning Horizons and Looking at Weeds: A Critical Description of 'The Great Plains Experience'," pp. 140-160 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Elizabeth Vallance

Annotation: Presents an educational criticism of a distance learning course in which the author portrays its qualities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction

 

Vallance, Elizabeth, "The Public Curriculum of Orderly Images," Educational Researcher, 24(March, 1995), 4-13., Elizabeth Vallance

Annotation: Describes the curriculum and related planning for the Saint Louis Art Museum by the Director of Education.

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: Curriculum as Environment

 

Vallance, Elizabeth, "Ways of Knowing and Curriculum Conceptions: Implications for Program Planning," pp. 199-217 in Elliot W. Eisner, ed., Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, 84th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1985., Elizabeth Vallance

Annotation: Describes four existing systems of curriculum thought and poses a fifith--the ways of knowing--within which curriculum decisions can be oriented.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
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, Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Practical Knowledge

 

van Bruggen, John C., "Curriculum Development Centers," pp 1272-1278 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, John C. van Bruggen

Annotation: Names and describes the work of curriculum development centers around the world.

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

 

van den Akker, Jan, "A European Perspective on Curriculum Development and Innovation," pp. 535-545 in Edmond Hau-Fai Law and Chenzhi Li, eds., Curriculum Innovations in Changing Societies: Chinese Perspectives from Hong Kong Taiwan, and Mainland China. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2013., Jan van den Akker

Annotation: Compares European and Chinese curriculum development and research on nine threads of a "curriculum spider-web."

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: Comparative Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization

 

van den Akker, Jan, "Principles and Methods of Development Research," pp. 1-14 in Jan van den Akker, Robert M. Branch, Kent Gustafson, Nienke Nieveen, and Tjeerd Plomp, eds., Design Approaches and Tools in Education and Training. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999., Jan van den Akker

Annotation: Defines and conceptualizes development research, compares this to other research approaches, discusses its methods and challenges.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Vandenberg, Brian, "Play as Curriculum," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1(Summer, 1979), 229-237., Brian Vandenberg

Annotation: Portrays play as curriculum and defends this view.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Early Childhood Curriculum

 

Vars, Gordon F., "Another Look at Tomorrow's High School, Part One: Implication s for High School Curriculum from the Eight-Year Study," Voices from the Field (Journal of the National High School Association), 2(Fall, 1999), 27-34.*, Gordon F. Vars

Annotation: Presents five lessons of the Eight-Year Study for the high school curriculum; five more lessons appear in part two of the article appearing in the next issue of the journal, 2, Spring/Summer, 2000.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Secondary School Curriculum

 

Vars, Gordon F., "Another Look at Tomorrow's High School, Part Two: Lessons from the Eight-Year Study for High School Methods, Guidance Assessment, and the Change Process," Voices from the Field (Journal of the National High School Association), 2(Spring/Summer, 2000), 4-11., Gordon F. Vars

Annotation: Presents lessons 6-10 (1-5 appear in previous issue of the journal, 2, Fall, 1999) of the Eight-Year Study for the high school curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Secondary School Curriculum

 

Vars, Gordon F., "Common Learnings: A 50-Year Quest," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 16(Fall, 2000), 70-89.*, Gordon F. Vars

Annotation: Traces the scholarly history of common learnings and the core or integrated design for organizing curriculum content; includes summaries of Vars' work related to these topics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Integration, Core Mandates, Liberal Education/General Education

 

Venezky, Richard L.,"Texbooks in School and Society," pp. 436-462 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Richard L. Venezky

Annotation: Defines the nature and value of textbooks in U. S. schools, reviews the control of the content of textbooks, and traces the historical evolution of school textbooks.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Textbooks, Curriculum History, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Visscher-Voerman, Irene, Kent Gustafson, and Tjeerd Plomp, "Educational Design and Development: An Overview of Paradigms," pp. 15-28 in Jan van den Akker, Robert M. Branch, Kent Gustafson, Nienke Nieveen, and Tjeerd Plomp, eds., Design Approaches and Tools in Education and Training. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999., Irene Visscher-Voerman, Kent Gustafson, and Tjeerd Plomp

Annotation: Describes, analyzes, and compares four development paradigms (instrumental, communicative, pragmatic, and artistic); gives vignettes of each paradigm.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Waetjen, Walter B., "Curiosity and Exploration: Roles in Intellectual Development and Learning," pp. 40-58 in A. Harry Passow and Robert R. Leeper, eds., Intellectual Development: Another Look . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1964., Walter B. Waetjen

Annotation: Summarizes studies of curiosity and related variables that have implications for education.

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: Psychology and Curriculum

 

Waks, Leonard J., "Brown v Board, Common Citizenship,and the Limits of Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 20(Winter, 2005), 94-128., Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Shows how equal or common citizenship has not been achieved through court decisions since Brown, how factors inside and outside schools have changed the context for equal citizenship, and poses a possible solution: the networked common school in a virtual megasetting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, 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: Curriculum History, Citizenship Education, Media and Computers in Curriculum Development, Hidden Curriculum, Criticism of Schooling, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Waks, Leonard J., "Educational Objectives and Existential Heroes," pp. 15-29, "Curriculum as Engineering Design," pp. 31-35; "Curriculum Philosophy and Accountability," pp. 37-42 in Leonard J. Waks, Technology's School: The Challenge to Philosophy. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1995. *, Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Critiques the doctrine of technical planning, evaluation, and behavioral specification and their relation to accountability

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Waks, Leonard J., "Nonbehavioral Goals: Investigating the Validity of the Two-Defect Argument," Curriculum Theory Network, 4(No.1, 1973/74), 37-42., Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Points out the problems with behavioral goals in educational research and why scientific researchers have problems with nonnbehavioral goals.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Waks, Leonard J., "The Educational Situation 1901-2001: From Industrial Nation-State to Global Network Society," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 17(WInter, 2002), 100-103., Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Includes a reprint of a portion of Dewey's 1902 "The Educational Situation" ; introduces a symposium on this writing of Dewey's.

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

 

Waks, Leonard J., " 'The Educational Situation as Concerns the Universtiy' : 1901-2001," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 17(Winter, 2002), 144-159., Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Reviews the substance of Dewey's 1902 article and analyzes the recent and current situation facing higher education today in light of its contrast with Dewey's time.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Higher Education Curriculum

 

Waks, Leonard J., "The Project Method in Postindustrial Education," Journal of Curriculum Studies," 29(July-August, 1997), 391-406.*, Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Reviews historical conceptions of project-based curricula as offerred by Dewey and Kilpatrick and notes critiques of these by Charters and Bode; suggest starting points for new formulations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Walker, Decker, "The Curriculum Field in Formation: A Review of the Twenty-Sixth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education," Curriculum Theory Network, 4(No. 4, 1975), 263-280.*, Decker Walker

Annotation: Reviews the 26th NSSE Yearbook in its historical context.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum History, Professionalization in Curriculum

 

Walker, Decker F., "Approaches to Curriculum Development," pp. 263-290 in Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1979.*, Decker F. Walker

Annotation: Distinguishes three modes of curriculum development: policy making, generic, and site-specific development.

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

 

Walker, Decker F., "A Study of Deliberation in Three Curriculum Projects," Curriculum Theory Network, 7(1971), 118-134., Decker F. Walker

Annotation: Describes a system of analysis used to study three curriculum development projects; has application elsewhere as well.

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

 

Walker, Decker F., "Back to the Future: The New Conservatism in Education," Educational Researcher, 19(April, 1990), 35-38., Decker F. Walker

Annotation: Reviews three 1987 books (Finn & Ravitch, Hirsch, Bloom) and notes their ideological perspectives and their non-research bases.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Walker, H. M., "Curriculum and Instruction: Special Education," pp. 229-232 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., H. M. Walker

Annotation: Discusses the identification, teaching, and assessment of social skills to special education students; also suggests related needed research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Exceptional Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Walker, J. C., "A Philosophy of Leadership in Curriculum Development: A Pragmatic and Holistic Approach," pp. 47-82 in Pat A. Drignan and R.J.S. Macpherson, eds., Educative Leadership: A Practical Theory for New Administrators and Mangers. London: The Falmer Press, 1992., J. C. Walker

Annotation: Presents a pragmatic holistic model of curriculum development within an educative philosophy of curriculum leadership.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, 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 Development Strategies

 

Walker, Stephen and Len Barton, Gender, Class, and Education . London: Falmer Press, 1983., Stephen Walker and Len Barton

Annotation: Relates the gender and class issues in the hidden curriculum.

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

 

Walmsley, Sean A., "On the Purpose and Content of Secondary Reading Programs: An Educational Ideological Perspective," Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Spring, 1981), 73-93., Sean A. Walmsley

Annotation: Employs several specific ideological types and their related educational purposes to secondary reading programs.

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: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Reading, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Walters, Kerry S., "Critical Thinking in Teacher Education: Towards a Demythologization," Journal of Teacher Education, 40(May-June, 1989), 14-19., Kerry S. Walters

Annotation: Urges the reexamination of the reductionist and ideological nature of some views of crtical thinking.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
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, Critical Thinking, Teacher Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Wang, Margaret C., Geneva D. Haertell, and Herbert J. Walberg, "Models of Reform: A Comparative Guide," Educational Leadership, 55 (April, 1998), 66-71.*, Margaret C. Wang, Geneva D. Haertell, and Herbert J. Walberg

Annotation: Compares twelve programs for at-risk children in relation to 25 research-based practices.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Watkins, William H., "Black Curriculum Orientations: A Preliminary Inquiry," Harvard Educational Review, 63(Fall, l993), 321-338., William H. Watkins

Annotation: Portrays black functionalism, accommodationism, liberal education, nationalist, Afrocentric, and social reconstructionism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Watt, John, "Schooling and Comprehensive Understanding," pp. 151-165, and "Mores, Myths, and Moralities," pp. 166-184 in his Ideology, Objectivity, and Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994., John Watt

Annotation: Proposes curriculum based on the concept of comprehensive understanding (not on ideology or constructivism) and the concept of evaluative pluralism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum

 

Wegener, Charles, "Being Practical With Schwab," Curriculum Inquiry, 16 (Summer, 1986), 215-232., Charles Wegener

Annotation: Comments on Schwab's theory of the practical in "The Practical 4", 13(1983).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Theorists,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Weilbacher, Gary, "Is Curriculum Integration an Endangered Species?" Middle School Journal, 33(November, 2001), 18-27., Gary Weilbacher

Annotation: Reports an interview study of teachers' reasons for returning to traditional forms of curriculum (from an integrated form of curriculum to which they were committed).

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 Integration

 

Weis, Lois, "Inequality: A Sociological Perspective in Teacher Education," Educational Foundations, 1(Fall, 1986), 41-50.*, Lois Weis

Annotation: Critiques teacher education from the perspective of inequality.

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: Ideology and School Knowledge, Teacher Education

 

Weiss, Joel, "Assessing Nonconventional Outcomes of Schooling," pp. 405-454 in David C. Berliner, ed., Review of Research in Education, 8:1980 . Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 1980.*, Joel Weiss

Annotation: Interprets evaluative studies of conventional and non-conventional program outcomes and critiques theories and methods for doing such research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Weiss, Joel, and Jack Edwards, "Data Banks: Observations on a Methodology for Securing Curriculum Development Process Data," Curriculum Theory Network, 7 (1971), 35-42., Joel Weiss and Jack Edwards

Annotation: Lists a series of curriculum categories and concerns into which curriculum data can be placed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Westbury, Ian, "Making Curricula: Why Do States Make Curricula, and How?" pp. 45-65 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., Ian Westbury

Annotation: Describes how states manage curriculum making and reforms; includes examples from several countries

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Comparative Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization

 

Westbury, Ian, "Teaching as a Reflective Practice: What Might Didaktic Teach Curriculum?" pp. 15-39 in Ian Westbury, Stefan Hopmann, and Kurt Riquarts, eds., Teaching as a Reflective Practice: The German Didaktic Tradition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2000., Ian Westbury

Annotation: Contrasts U. S. curriculum theory with German Didaktic in an extensive analysis; identifies possibilities of their intersection.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

 

Westbury, Ian, "The Burdens and the Excitement of the 'New' Curriculum Research: A Response to Hlebowitsh's "The Burdens of the New Curricularist," Curriculum Inquiry, 29(Fall,1999), 355-364.*, Ian Westbury

Annotation: Acknowledges certain views and challenges others of both Hlebowitsh and the reconceptualists; sets forth a third perspective tied to Reid's notion of translating ideals into institutionalized curriculum and also tied to Schwab's notion of deliberation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum History, Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Westbury, Ian, " 'The Educational Situation as Concerns the Elementary School' : Implications for our Time," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 17(Winter, 2002), 120-129., Ian Westbury

Annotation: Reviews the substance of Dewey's 1902 article and analyzes its relevance for today.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Elementary School Curriculum, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Westbury, Ian, Stefan Hopmann, and Kurt Riquarts, eds., Teaching as a Reflective Practice: The German Didaktik Tradition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2000., Ian Westbury, Stefan Hopmann, and Kurt Riquarts

Annotation: Contains 18 essays that define Didaktic and Bildung (Didaktic's central idea), give their sources in German educational theory, and provide examples in use in several countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

 

Westbury, Ian, and Chao-Sheng Hsu, "Structures of Curriculum Governance and Classroom Practice in Mathematics," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 18(Summer, 1996), 123-139.*, Ian Westbury and Chao-Sheng Hsu

Annotation: Re-examines international data on relation between central control (setting of standards) and actual content coverage in mathematics classes; challenges previous findings on effects by country of degree of central control and classroom practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Mathematics, Content Selection and Organization, Local Control of Schooling

 

Wexler, Philip, "Change: Social, Cultural and Educational," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Summer, 1981), 157-164., Philip Wexler

Annotation: Gives three examples of educational change for which the reproduction model is incomplete.

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

 

Wexler, Philip, "Structure, Text, and Subject: A Critical Sociology of School Knowledge," pp. 275-303 in Michael W. Apple, ed., Cultural and Economic Reproduction in Education . Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982., Philip Wexler

Annotation: Discusses how critical sociology questions assumptions in all three areas of school knowledge.

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: Content Selection and Organization, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

White, John, "Curriculum: Philosophical Perspectives," pp. 1325-1328 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, John White

Annotation: Reviews Hirsh's forms of knowledge and other contributions of philosophy to curriculum development.

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

 

White, John, "Introduction," "Shaping a Curriculum," and "Conclusion," pp. 1-29; 179-190 in John White, ed., Rethinking the School Curriculum: Values, Aims, and Purposes. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2004. A version also appears pp. 114-128 in John White, The Curriculum and the Child: The Selected Works of John White. London: Rougledge, 2005., John White

Annotation: Describes and critiques the post-2000 National Curriculum in England--overall and by subjects.

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-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Criticism of Schooling, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Whitford, Betty Lou, and Victor S. Vance, "It Bears Repeating: The Legacy of the Eight Year Study," The High School Journal , 62(May, 1979), 350-353.*, Betty Lou Whitford and Victor S. Vance

Annotation: Reviews the Eight Year Study and its legacy.

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: Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Whitty, Geoff, Sociology and School Knowledge: Curriculum Theory, Research, and Politics . London: Methuen, 1985., Geoff Whitty

Annotation: Explores the political and social issues in curriculum from the perspective of critical sociology of knowledge.

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

 

Wiggins, Grant, "Curricular Coherence and Assessment: Making Sure that the Effect Matches the Intent," pp. 101-119 in James A. Beane, ed., Toward a Coherent Curriculum. Alexandria,VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1995., Grant Wiggins

Annotation: Discusses ways to achieve coherence in curriculum and its enactment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation, Student Assessment

 

Wilcox, Brian, "Curriculum Analysis and Review," pp. 625-636 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Brian Wilcox

Annotation: Summarizes ways of conducting curriculum evaluation in British educational setting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Willinsky, John, "Just Say Know? Schooling the Knowledge Society," Educational Theory, 55(No. 1, 2005), 97-111., John Willinsky

Annotation: Reviews and critiques three books (Andy Hargraves, Barry Smith, Peter Jarvis) on the knowledge society and its implications for schooling.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Willinsky, John, Learning to Divide the World: Education at Empire's End. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1998., John Willinsky

Annotation: Critiques the imperialist perspectives on which much current curricula are based; examines school texts that reveal colonialist themes in history, geography, science, language, and literature.

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: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Textbooks, Content Selection and Organization

 

Willis, George, William H. Schubert, Robert V. Bullough, Jr., Craig Kridel, and John T. Holton, eds., The American Curriculum: A Documentary History. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993., George Willis, William H. Schubert, Robert V. Bullough Jr., Craig Kridel, and John T. Holton

Annotation: Reprints 36 documents of historical significance in U. S. curriculum history from 1642 to 1983.

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: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Literature of Curriculum

 

Wilson, John, "The Curriculum: Justification and Taxonomy," British Journal of Educational Studies, 17(February, 1969), 36-40., John Wilson

Annotation: Describes facets of justifying and ordering the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,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

 

Winch, Christopher, "Constructing Worthwhile Curriculum," Journal of Philosophy of Education, 30(No. 1,1996), 45-56., Christopher Winch

Annotation: Examines arguments for compromising on what subjects should be selected for the curriculum (for a common core and for a diversity of options).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Winch, Christopher, "Curriculum Design and Epistemic Ascent," Journal of Philosophy of Education, 47(February, 2013), 128-146., Christopher Winch

Annotation: Discusses knowledge by acquaintance, propositional knowledge, and how-to knowledge in relation to both academic knowledge and practical knowledge; shows practical implications for curriculum design.

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, Practical Knowledge

 

Wirth, Arthur, "A Reconstituted General Education: The Integration of the Vocational and the Liberal," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 26(November-December, 1994), 593-600., Arthur Wirth

Annotation: Traces historical background of the attempt to integrate vocational and liberal education in the US.

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: Curriculum History, Vocational vs. Liberal Education

 

Wirth, Arthur G., "Educational Control for Crazy-Making: Notes Toward an Alternative," pp. 14-17 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1986., Arthur G. Wirth

Annotation: Discusses the historical social efficiency movement in education and contemporary alternatives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Historical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Wirt, John G., "A New Federal Law on Vocational Education: Will Reform Follow?" Phi Delta Kappan , 72 (February, 1991), 425-433.*, John G. Wirt

Annotation: Describes new federal legislation based on the integration of academic and vocational education.

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: Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Wise, Robert I., "The Use of Objectives in Curriculum Planning: A Critique of Planning by Objectives," Curriculum Theory Network, 5( No. 4, 1976), 280-289.*, Robert I. Wise

Annotation: Examines the claim that "Planning by Objectives" makes for better plans by clarifying what stating objectives may or may not do for someone planning instruction.

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 Aims and Objectives

 

Wixson, Karen K, Elizabeth Dutro, and Ruth G. Athan, "The Challenge of Developing Content Standards," pp. 69-107 in Robert E. Floden, ed., Review of Research in Education, 27: 2003. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 2004.*, Karen K. Wixson, Elizabeth Dutro, and Ruth G. Athan

Annotation: Traces the history of the entire content standards movement, with special attention to the English language arts, both state and national influences.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Standards and Testing, English, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Wong, Yew Leong,"Curriculum Making as Design Activity," pp. 141-158 in Bill Green, Philip Robberts, and Marie Brennan, eds., Curriculu Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World: Transnational Perspectives in Curriculum Inquiry. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021., Yew Leong Wong

Annotation: Describes the design process and its practical uses in planning curriculum; gives examples form Chinese education.

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

 

Wood, George H., "Democracy and the Curriculum," pp. 166-187 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possiblilites . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., George H. Wood

Annotation: Sets forth the ideal of a curriculum for democratic empowerment; discusses several dimensions thereof.

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, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Democratic Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Woods, Ronald G., and Robin Barrow, "Curriculum," pp. 23-46 in Ronald G. Woods and Robin Barrow, An Introduction to Philosophy of Education. London: Methuen, 1975., Ronald G. Woods and Robin Barrow

Annotation: Analyzes the nature of knowledge and its relation to curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Content Selection and Organization

 

Wraga, William G., "A Century of Interdisciplinary Curricula in American Schools," pp. 117-145 in Peter S. Hlebowitsh and William G. Wraga, eds., Annual Review of Research for School Leaders. New York: Scholastic (NASSP), 1996., William G. Wraga

Annotation: Traces the use of interdisciplinary curricula historically in American schools with references from 1895-1993.

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 Integration, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

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