Broad Topical Focus - Curriculum Enactment and Teaching

 

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Nikitina, Svetlana, "Three Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching: Contextualizing, Conceptualizing, and Problem-Centered," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 38(June, 2006), 251-271., Svetlana Nikitina

Annotation: Distinguishes among a humanities, a scientific, and a crative-product-development form of epistemology in guiding interdisciplinary teaching; examples are given.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization, Higher Education Curriculum, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Nixon, Jon, ed., A Teacher's Guide to Action Research . London: Grant McIntyre, 1981., Jon Nixon

Annotation: Gives views of several authors on doing action research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research

 

Nolan, James F., "Student's Perceptions of the Ideal College Curriculum and the Real College Curriculum," Higher Education Abstracts, 22(No. 5, 1987), 282-283., James F. Nolan

Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' views of teaching as five metaphors.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Teacher Education

 

Oberg, Antoinette, "Using Construct Theory as a Basis for Research into Teacher Professional Development," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 19(January-February, 1987), 55-65.*, Antoinette Oberg

Annotation: Reports a case study of one teacher's thinking about her classroom practices; employs Kelly's construct theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, In-service Teacher Development

 

O'Shea, Joseph A., and George A. Antonelli, "Ralph W. Tyler: Mentor and Force for Excellence," Kappa Delta Pi Record, 22(Fall, 1985), 18-22., Joseph A. O'Shea and George A. Antonelli

Annotation: Reviews Tyler's work as teacher and professor.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Professors

 

Overly, Norman U., ed., The Unstudied Curriculum: Its Impact on Children, Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1970., Norman U. Overly

Annotation: Explores the hidden curriculum in its many dimensions; papers are by Jackson, Friedenberg, Biber & Minuchin, Rosenthal, Dreeben, and Kohlberg.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Page, Reba, "Who Systematizes the Systematizers? Policy and Practice Interactions in a Case of State-Level Systemic Reform," Theory into Practice, 34(Winter, 1995), 21-29.*, Reba Page

Annotation: Reports a study of political aspects of a change involving the science curriculum framework in California.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Frameworks, Science, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Pajak, Edward, and Lewis McAfee, "The Principal as School Leader, Curriculum Leader," NASSP Bulletin, 76(November, 1992), 21-30.*, Edward Pajak and Lewis McAfee

Annotation: Reviews the role of principals as curriculum leaders in curriculum development and change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Supervision of Instruction

 

Pajares, M. Frank, "Teachers' Beliefs and Educational Research: Cleaning Up a Messy Construct," Review of Educational Research, 62(Fall, 1992), 307-332., M. Frank Pajares

Annotation: Reviews the research on the role of beliefs in teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Philosophical Schools, Conceptions of Teaching, Teacher Knowledge

 

Palonsky, Stuart B., 900 Shows a Year: A Look at Teaching from the Teacher's Side of the Desk . New York: Random House, 1986., Stuart B. Palonsky

Annotation: Reports classroom examples of teachers' teaching and their perspectives on their teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Classroom Observation & Research

 

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

 

Penuel, William R., Rachel S. Phillips, and Christopher J. Harris, "Analyzing Teachers' Curriculum Implementation from Integrity and Actor-Oriented Perspectives," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 46(6,2014),751-777., William R. Penuel, Rachel S. Phillips, and Christopher J. Harris

Annotation: Analyzes teachers' use of an environmental biology curriculum to determine how much they enact it with integrity and how much they altered it and why; suggests both perspectives can provide useful feed-back to curriculum designers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Pinar, William, "Sanity, Madness, and the School," pp. 359-383 in his Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., William Pinar

Annotation: Discusses the loss of self-love and alienation and the role of schooling in these.

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

 

Poetter, Thomas S., ed., 10 Great Curricula: Lived Conversations of Progressive, Democratic Curricula in School and Society. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2011., Thomas S. Poetter

Annotation: Presents narratives on the lived curricula from ten settings that embody progressive forms of curriculum and pedagogy; prepared by doctoral students of the editor; contains commentaries and critiques on each; epilogue written by the editor contains summary of themes and lessons derived from this kind of research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Alternatives in Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience, Democratic Education, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Philosophical Schools, Qualitative Research, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Ponte, Petra, and Jan Ax, "Action Research and Pedagogy as Science of the Child's Upbringing," pp. 324-335 in Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh, eds., The Sage Handbook of Educational Action Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009., Petra Ponte and Jan Ax

Annotation: Elucidates the European concept of pedagogy; distinguishes normative/dogmatic, humanistic, empirical/analytic, and critical pedagogy; notes the potential of action research for studying pedagogy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Craft and Community as Metaphors for Social Inquiry Curriculum," Educational Theory, 27(Fall, 1977), 310-321., Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Questions the assumptions of curriculum through use of social inquiry in classrooms, schools, and communities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Social Studies

 

Porro, Barbara, "Playing the School System: The Low Achiever's Game," pp. 256-274 in Elliot W. Eisner, ed., The Educational Imagination . New York: Macmillan, 1985., Barbara Porro

Annotation: Describes a strategy used by low-achieving students.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Exceptional Education

 

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., Kenneth A Strike, Peter W. Hewson, and William A. Gertzog, "Accommodation of a Scientific Conception: Toward a Theroy of Conceptual Change," Science Education, 66( April, 1982), 211-227.*, George J. Posner, Kenneth A. Strike, Peter W. Hewson, and William A. Gertzog

Annotation: Reports evidence of accommodation by students of science of various scientific conceptions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process, Science

 

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

 

Priestley, Mark, and Stavroula Philipou, "Curriculum Making as Social Practice: Complex Webs of Enactment," The Curriculum Journal, 29(No. 2, 2018), 151-158., Mark Priestley and Stavroula Philipou

Annotation: Introduces a set of seven reports (which follow this preview) on how curriculum is made from curriculum policies in seven settings (Australia, Finland, United Kingdom, Scotland, Cyprus, Canada, Estonia); these studies illustrate curriculum-making at national, local, and classroom levels and utilize various forms of research; they introduce concepts and strategies such as policy actors, shared sense-making, enactment with freedom, curriculum brokers, teacher agency, effect of local circumstances; as background, this introduction reports the state of curriculum-making as revealed in the literature of the field; the seven papers were first presented in a 2017 European Conference on Curriculum Studies and provide a rich and varied understanding of how curriculum-making is actually done.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Currriculum Decision-Making Processes, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr., The Difference Engine: Computing, Knowledge, and the Transformation of Learning. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012., Eugene F. Provenzo Jr.

Annotation: Reviews the nature of computing and related technology and its changing role in accessing and reconfiguring knowledge; provides a broad general philosophical treatment of this topic; draws implications for education in K-12 and higher education; gives introduction to language of the hypertext age and examples of a variety of current technologies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Computers and Technology as Subjects, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Pugh, Kevin J., and Michael M. Phillips, "Helping Students Develop an Appreciation for School Content," Theory into Practice, 50(No. 4, 2011), 285-292., Kevin J. Pugh and Michael M. Phillips

Annotation: Discusses the concept of "content appreciation" and how it can be fostered in teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Content Selection and Organization, Motivation, Values in the Classroom

 

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

 

Statement of Agreement by Professionals in the Field of Educational Dissemination, Educational Researcher, 6(November, 1977), 3-4., Educationl Researcher

Annotation: Presents a concensus statement on the topic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

 

Richardson, Virginia, "Conducting Research on Practice," Educational Researcher, 23(June-July, 1994), 5-10., Virginia Richardson

Annotation: Contrasts formal inquiry with practical inquiry in the context of research on teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Roby, Thomas, "Curriculum as the School Experience of Great Teaching or Why Joe Schwab Will Become the Greatest Teacher I Know," pp. 49-52 in Lynn W. Burlbaw, ed., Curriculum History, 1998. College Station, TX: Society for the Study of Curriculum History, Texas A&M University, 1998., Thomas Roby

Annotation: Provides a former student's view of Joseph Schwab's approach to teaching and curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors, Curriculum History

 

Rogers, Vincent, "Ways of Knowing: Their Meaning for Teacher Education," pp. 250-264 in Elliot W. Eisner,ed., Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, 84th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985., Vincent Rogers

Annotation: Suggests ways of fostering intellectual growth in teachers such as doing naturalistic research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Education

 

Rogers, Vincent R., "Qualitative Research-Another Way of Knowing," pp. 85-111 in Philip L. Hosford, ed., Using What We Know About Teaching . Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1984., Vincent R. Rogers

Annotation: Explores the use of qualitative research approaches in studying teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Qualitative Research

 

Romberg, Thomas A., and Gary G. Price, "Curriculum Implementation and Staff Development as Cultural Change," pp. 154-184 in Gary A. Griffith, ed., Staff Development, 82nd Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1983. Reprinted pp. 201-231 in Margaret J. Early and Kenneth J. Rehage, eds., Issues in Curriculum: A Selection of Chapters from Past NSSE Yearbooks. 98th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999., Thomas A. Romberg and Gary G. Price

Annotation: Summarizes the nature of curriculum changes at various levels and in various dimensions and makes recommendations for systematic monitoring of change; illustrated by a specific local example.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development, Curriculum Implementation, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Rosario, Jose, "On the Child's Acquisition of Aesthetic Meaning: The Contribution of Schooling," pp. 206-226 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Education. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Jose Rosario

Annotation: Describes and critiques a project on this topic in Rochester City Schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Aesthetics and Curriculum, Art Education

 

Rose, Edward, and David Hawkins, "The Schooling Machine and Mechanisms of Education," pp. 78-89 in Edward Rose, ed., Forms and Formulations of Education. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Curriculum Development Center, University of Nebraska, 1976., Edward Rose and David Hawkins

Annotation: Argues for research on knowing and coming to know in the classroom.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process

 

Rosenbaum, James E., "Social Implications of Educational Grouping," pp. 361-401 in David C. Berliner, ed., Review of Research in Education ,8:1980. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 1980., James E. Rosenbaum

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, E. Wayne, Jeffrey W. Cornett, and Gail McCutcheon, Teacher Personal Theorizing: Connecting Curriculum Practice, Theory, and Research. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1992., E. Wayne Ross, Jeffrey W. Cornett, and Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Examines the relation between teacher theorizing and teacher practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Planning

 

Rudduck, Jean, and David Hopkins, eds., Research as a Basis for Teaching: Readings from the Work of Lawrence Stenhouse . Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books, 1985., Jean Rudduck and David Hopkins

Annotation: Collects excerpts from the writings of Stenhouse on curriculum research and the teacher.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Teacher Research, Conceptions of Teaching

 

Sagarin, Stephan K., The Story of Waldorf Education in the United States: Past, Present, and Future. Great Barrington, MA: Steiner Books, 2011., Stephan K. Sagarin

Annotation: Provides a historical treatment of Waldorf Education in the United States and the incorporation (and lack thereof) of the educational ideas of Rudolf Steiner in specific schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Teaching/Learning Process, Values in the Classroom

 

Santoro, Doris A., "'We're Not Going To Do That Because It's Not Right': Using Pedagogical Responsibility to Reframe the Doublespeak of Fidelity," Educational Theory, 66(Nos.1-2, 2016), 263-277., Doris A. Santoro

Annotation: Draws on Dewey to argue for teachers' responsibility to implement curriculum ethically, amid mandates by corporatocratic policy makers to adhere with fidelity to specific education laws or regulations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Implementation, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling

 

Sawyer, Richard D., "Curriculum Deliberation Over Time: A Nexus of Teacher Dilemmas, Questions, Experimentation, and Agency," Teachers College Record, 119(No. 14,2017)., Richard D. Sawyer

Annotation: Describes a qualitative study of the changes in curriculum decision-making that occurred over an eleven-year span by 24 New Jersey teachers; reports the detailed patterns found for all 24 teachers; analyzed by levels taught and by preparation type (college or alternative route); a few broad conclusions are stated across individuals as well as for individuals over time.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Planning, Teaching/Learning Process, Teacher Education

 

Scheffler, Israel, "Human Nature and Potential (AESA R. Freeman Butts Lecture-1982)," Educational Studies, 3(Fall, 1983), 211-224., Israel Scheffler

Annotation: Describes the nautre of human potential in three constructions--a capacity notion, a predictive notion, and a decision notion.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Potential, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Schmidt, William H., Andrew C. Porter, Robert E. Floden, Donald J. Freeman, and John R. Schwille, "Four Patterns of Teacher Content Decision-Making," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 19(September-October, 1987), 439-455., William H. Schmidt, Andrew C. Porter, Robert E. Floden, Donald J. Freeman, and John R. Schwille

Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' content decision-making across nine factors.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Implementation

 

Schon, Donald A. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action . New York: Basic Books, 1983., Donald A. Schon

Annotation: Describes various facets of reflection-in-action by practitioners in diverse fields, including education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Research, Curriculum Deliberation, Conceptions of Teaching, Professionalization in Curriculum

 

Schon, Donald A., William D. Drake, and Roy I. Miller, "Social Experimentation as Reflection-in-Action," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 6(September, 1984), 5-36., Donald A. Schon, William D. Drake, and Roy I. Miller

Annotation: Shows how programs of social experimentation are attempts at doing reflection-in-action.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Research

 

Schoonmaker, Frances, "Curriculum Making, Models, Practices and Issues: A Knowledge Fetish?" pp. 1-33 in Lyn Corno, ed., Education Across a Century: The Centennial Volume. 100th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2001.*, Frances Schoonmaker

Annotation: Presents an analysis of the NSSE yearbooks on curriculum and references in many others to curriculum making; the 26th Yearbook is a central volume in the analysis; offers a new question for curriculum making: what is worth knowing?

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Literature of Curriculum, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Schoonmaker, Frances, Living Faithfully: The Transformation of Washington School. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2012., Frances Schoonmaker

Annotation: Reports the stances and deliberative processes taken by the principals, teachers, and others in transforming a failed Oklahoma school into a successful one, a conflicted school into a school with a wholesome atmosphere; extensive quotes are included from participants; interpreted with spiritual and sacred dimensions taken from philosopher Philip H. Phenix.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Supervision of Instruction, In-service Teacher Development

 

Schoonmaker, Frances, "Only Those Who See Take Off Their Shoes: Seeing the Classroom as a Spiritual Space," Teachers College Record, 111(December, 2009)., 2713-2731., Frances Schoonmaker

Annotation: Argues for recognizing classrooms as spiritual space; offers examples from the author's own experience of teaching that illustrate students experiencing awe, wonder, and other dimensions of spirituality; suggests ways teachers and teacher educators can enhance their ability to see and facilitate the spiritual aspects of classroom learning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience, Conceptions of Teaching, Self-Knowledge, Values in the Classroom, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Schubert, William H., "John Dewey as a Philosophical Basis for Small Schools," pp. 53-66 in William Ayers, Michael Klonsky, and Gabrielle H. Lyon, eds., A Simple Justice: The Challenge of Small Schools. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.*, William H. Schubert

Annotation: Explains the author's use of role-playing Dewey's views (and others) in teaching teachers; highlights six questions drawn from Dewey's article on utopian schools (1933) to contrast his views of education with today's views.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching

 

Schubert, William H., "On Mentoring: Examples from J. Harlan Shores and Others through the Lenses Provided by James B. Macdonald," JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 9(Spring, 1992), 47-69.*, William H. Schubert

Annotation: Gives a personal account of the mentor-mentee relationship between a curriculum theorist and the author.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process

 

Schubert, William H., "The Curriculum-Curriculum: Experiences in Teaching Curriculum," Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 5(No. 1, 2003), 9-21., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Dicusses ways the author has approached his teaching of curriculum studies over the years and gives his view of his own educational journey in the curriculum field.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors, Curriculum as Experience

 

Schulz, Renate, Interpreting Teacher Practice: Two Continuing Stories. New York: Teachers College Press, 1997., Renate Schulz

Annotation: Provides narratives of two teachers' teaching along with reflections on the problem of narrative inquiry and of collaborative research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Practical Knowledge

 

Schwartz, Morey, "For Whom Do We Write the Curriculum?" Journal of Curriculum Studies, 38(August, 2006), 449-457.*, Morey Schwartz

Annotation: Describes a form of curriculum writing called "rehearsal curriculum" that intends to educate the teacher to go through the same learning experiences that are to be used with students.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials, 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 Frameworks, Curriculum as Experience, In-service Teacher Development, Materials Development and Evaluation, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Seddon, Terri, "The Hidden Curriculum: An Overview," Curriculum Perspectives, 3(May, 1983), 1-6., Terri Seddon

Annotation: Reviews literature on the hidden curriculum and analyzes it into its various aspects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, "Conceptualizing Method: A History," pp. 6-13 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, 1981., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Draws an historical picture of teaching methodology from 1829-1977.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Sensoy, Ozlem, and Robin DiAngelo, Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 2012., Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo

Annotation: Explains basic concepts for developing critical social literacy, including prejudice, oppression, power, privilege, and white supremacy; provides guidelines and examples for implementing social justice education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Multicultural Education, Curriculum and Politics, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Shacklock, Geoffrey, John Smyth, and Robert Hattam, "The Effects of an Advanced Skills Teacher Classification on Teachers' Work: From Storied Accounts to Policy Insights," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 13(Summer, 1998). 357-372.*, Geoffrey Shacklock, John Smyth, and Robert Hattam

Annotation: Reports an Australian study of the difference between teachers' natural discourse and an imposed discourse by policy-makers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Shaker, Paul, "The Application of Jung's Analytical Psychology to Education," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 14(July-September, 1982), 241-250., Paul Shaker

Annotation: Shows how Jung's ideas can be applied to curriculum.

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

 

Shalem, Yael, "What Binds Professional Judgment? The Case of Teaching," pp. 93-105 in Michael Young and Johan Muller, eds., Knowledge, Expertise, and the Professions. New York Rutledge, 2014., Yael Shalem

Annotation: Treats the topic of how judgment in teaching depends on theoretical knowledge as well as on experiential knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education, Conceptions of Teaching, Knowledge Utilization, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge

 

Shawer, Saad F., "Teacher-driven Curriculum Development at the Classroom Level: Implications for Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Teacher Education," Teaching and Teacher Education, 63(April, 2017), 296-313., Saad F. Shawer

Annotation: Reports a study of the ways six British teachers developed their official curriculum for its use in their classrooms; some were seen as curriculum transmitters, some as curriculum makers, and some as curriculum developers; factors related to their training and their current circumstances were also examined in relation to these categories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Planning, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Shaw, Francine Shuchat, "Congruence," pp. 445-452 in William F. Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Francine Shuchat Shaw

Annotation: Writes an educational criticism of teaching a film course.

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

 

Shaw, Francine Shuchat, "In Search of Congruence," pp. 227-249 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Francine Shuchat Shaw

Annotation: Argues for congruence between the artistic principles of intructional methods and the content being taught.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Shaw, Francine Shuchat, "The Meanings of Congruence," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 178-202., Francine Shuchat Shaw

Annotation: Discusses need for congruence between content and the form of educational experience provided.

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

 

Short, Edmund C., "Challenging the Trivialization of Curriculum through Research," pp. 199-210 in James T. Sears and J. Dan Marshall, eds., Teaching and Thinking about Curriculum: Critical Inquires . New York: Teachers College Press, 1990.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Describes evidence of curriculum trivialization and gives process used in graduate classes to help students confront trivialization through studying reseach reports.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Short, Edmund C., "Three Levels of Questions Addressed in the Field of Curriculum Research and Practice," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 9(Fall, l993), 77-86.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Distinguishes questions of curriculum practice, inquiry, and methodologies of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Shulman, Judith H., "Now You See Them, Now You Don't: Anonymity Versus Visibility in Case Studies of Teachers," Educational Researcher, 19(August-September, 1990), 11-15., Judith H. Shulman

Annotation: Explains and illustrates ethical dilemmas in reporting research that identifies human subjects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

Shulman, Lee S., "Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform," Harvard Educational Review, 57( February , 1987), 1-22., Lee S. Shulman

Annotation: Sets forth seven categories of the knowledge base for teaching: content knowledge, general pedagogical knowledge, knowledge of curriculum and curriculum materials, pedoagogical content knowledge, knowledge of learners, knowledge of contexts, and knowledge of ends/purposes/values.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Teacher Education, Curriculum Implementation, Professionalization in Curriculum, Practical Knowledge, Knowledge Utilization, Teacher Knowledge

 

Shulman, Lee S., "Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching," Educational Researcher, 15(February, 1986), 4-14., Lee S. Shulman

Annotation: Suggests that there are three forms of knowledge of interest to teachers: propositional, case, and strategic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Silva, Diane Yendol, "Collaborative Curriculum Encounters," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 15(Summer, 2000), 279-299., Diane Yendol Silva

Annotation: Describes a study of three teams of teachers implementing a history curriculum; shows how this was affected by context, their perceived roles, and experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Simon, Katherine G., "Classroom Deliberation," pp. 107-129 in Susan Fuhrman and Marvin Lazerson, eds., The Public Schools. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005., Katherine G. Simon

Annotation: Reviews examples of classroom civic deliberations , the skills involved, and obstacles to such deliberations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Social Studies, Curriculum Deliberation, Citizenship Education

 

Simon, Roger I., "Time, Authority, and the Modification of Student Roles," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(January-March, 1979), 69-86., Roger I. Simon

Annotation: Reports a study of a theater program and the students' understanding of authority and their role in relation to that of the teacher.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Authority of Teacher, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Sinnema, Claire, "Learning for and Realizing Curriculum Aspirations through Schools as Learning Orgaizations," European Journal of Education, 55(1, 2020), 9-23., Claire Sinnema

Annotation: Proposes a model of realizing a new national curriculum through addressing and challenging four learning demands and seven steps for schools as learning organizations.

Broad Topical Focus: 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 Implementation

 

Sirotnik, Kenneth A., "What Goes on in Classrooms? Is This the Way We Want It?" pp. 56-70 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., Kenneth A. Sirotnik

Annotation: Reports evidence from Goodlad's Study of Schooling and asks whether this is what we want; makes a plea for critical inquiry in schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Slattery, Patrick, and Dana Rapp, Ethics and the Foundations of Education: Teaching Convictions in a Postmodern World. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2003., Patrick Slattery and Dana Rapp

Annotation: Addresses from critical, activist, and postmodern perspectives several particular examples of ethical, hermeneutic, aesthetic, theological, and ecological issues facing curriculum and takes a stand on them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Values in the Classroom

 

Smith, David G., "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: Facing Pedagogy in the Nuclear Shadow," pp. 275-285 in Terrance R. Carson, ed., Toward a Renaissance of Humanity . Edmonton: Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, 1988., David G. Smith

Annotation: Gives an explanation of hermeneutics applied to the teaching-learning process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Knowledge Generation

 

Smith, David Geoffrey, "The Specific Challenges of Globalizaiton for Teaching... and Vice Versa," pp. 293-318 in Donna Trueit, William E. Doll, Jr., Hongyu Wang, and William F. Pinar, eds., The Internationalization of Curriculum Studies. New York: Peter Lang, 2003., David Geoffrey Smith

Annotation: Gives a thorough analysis of the economics of globalization aand implications for curriculum and teaching; also addresses the recovery of personal truth.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
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 Politics

 

Smith, Ralph, The New Aesthetic Curriculum Theorists and Their Astonishing Ideas. Vancouver, BC: CSCI, University of British Columbia, 1984., Ralph Smith

Annotation: Critiques recent theoretical work by Arnstine, Travers, and Eisner in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Smylie, M. A., "Curriculum Adaptation within Classroom," pp. 192-194 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., Intenational Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., M. A. Smylie

Annotation: Discusses various modifications teachers make in implementing the curriculum to meet students where they are.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Planning, Curriculum Implementation, Multiethnic Adaptation

 

Smyth, John, A 'Critical Pedagogy' of Teacher Evaluation . Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1988., John Smyth

Annotation: Conceptualizes an approach to teacher evaluation that goes beyond pointing to inadequacies to acknowledge the existing power relationships and transforming them through critical pedagogical relationships; includes three lengthy reprinted articles on the topic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Teacher Evaluation

 

Smyth, John, "Exploring the Critical Politics of Teaching," pp. 65-74 in Michael P. Wolfe and Caroline R. Pryor, eds., The Mission of the Scholar: Research and Practice: A Tribute to Nelson Haggerson. New York: Peter Lang, 2002., John Smyth

Annotation: Explains how the author as a critical scholar seeks to unmask the injustices constructed around teacher's work; suggests ways to counter these with alternative discourses and actions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Criticism of Schooling, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Sockett, Hugh, "Curriculum Planning: Taking a Means to an End," Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, 6(January, 1972). Reprinted pp. 150-160 in R. S. Peters, ed., The Philosophy of Education . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973.*, Hugh Sockett

Annotation: An analysis of five distinctions about the relationship between curricular ends and means.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Solomon, Warren H., "Participant Observation and Lesson Plan Analysis: Implications for Curriculum and Instructional Research," Paper presented at American Educational Research Association, at New York, 1971. ERIC Document No. ED 049 189., Warren H. Solomon

Annotation: Draws implications from data from ethnographic studies and lesson plan analyses.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classroom Observation & Research, Teacher Planning

 

Sosniak, Lauren A., "Curriculum Feasibility Studies," pp. 213- 216 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Lauren A. Sosniak

Annotation: Discusses philosophical, pedagogical, political, and economic issues involved in deciding on a new curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Spillane, James P., Standards Deviation: How Schools Misunderstand Education Policy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004., James P. Spillane

Annotation: Presents a case study of curriculum policy implementation of standards-based science and math policies in Michigan schools (1992-1996) at the district and classroom levels.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum and Politics, Content Selection and Organization, Local Control of Schooling, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Core Mandates

 

Squire, Kurt, "From Content to Context: Videogames as Designed Experience," Educational Researcher, 35(November, 2006), 19-29., Kurt Squire

Annotation: Discusses the impact of videogames in education and their potential for conducting research on learning and on designing educational experiences; gives concrete illustrations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Media and Computers in Curriculum Development

 

Stanley, William B., Curriculum for Utopia: Social Reconstructionism and Critical Pedagogy in the Postmodern Era. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1992., William B. Stanley

Annotation: Analyzes the role of reconstructionism in critical pedogogy and relates this to past and present tradtions of educational theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Philosophical Schools

 

Stark, Sheila, "Toward an Understanding of the Beginning-Teacher Experience: Curricular Insights for Teacher Education," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 6 (Summer, 1991), 294-311., Sheila Stark

Annotation: Reports a phenomenological study of teacher's curriculum experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Teacher Education

 

Sternberg, Robert J., and David R. Caruso, "Practical Modes of Knowing," pp. 133 -158 in Elliot W. Eisner,ed., Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, Eighty-fourth Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1985., Robert J. Sternberg and David R. Caruso

Annotation: Defines practical knowledge and discusses the transmission and acquisition of practical knowledge.

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

 

Stevenson, David Lee, and David P. Baker, "State Control of the Curriculum and Classroom Instruction," Sociology of Education, 64 (January, 1991), 1-10.*, David Lee Stevenson and David P. Baker

Annotation: Reports cross-national comparisons between centralized and decentralized educational systems for mathematics and draws inplications about curriculum reform procedures.

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

 

Tamir, Pinchas, "The Potential of Evaluation in Curriculum Implementation," pp. 341-356 in Arieh Lewy and David Nevo, eds., Evaluation Roles in Education . London: Gordon and Breach, 1981., Pinchas Tamir

Annotation: Describes the uses of evaluation findings in curriculum implementation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Tangerud, Hans, and Erik Wallin, "Values and Contextual Factors in School Improvement," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(January-March, 1986), 45-61., Hans Tangerud and Erik Wallin

Annotation: Analyzes several aspects and strategies of school improvement, including those with open-ended and/or closed-ended pedagogies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences,Curriculum Change,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Tappan, Mark B., and Lyn Mikel Brown, "Stories Told and Lessons Learned: Toward a Narrative Approach to Moral Development and Moral Education," Harvard Educational Review, 59(May, 1989), 182-205.*, Mark B. Tappan and Lyn Mikel Brown

Annotation: Shows how narratives are used by children in authoring their own stories related to moral choice, action, and sensibility.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Values in the Classroom

 

Taylor, William, "Power and the Curriculum," pp. 7-21 in Colin Richards, ed., Power and the Curriculum: Issues in Curriculum Studies . Nafferton, England: Nafferton Books, 1978 / Walkergate Press, 1979.*, William Taylor

Annotation: Relates the new criticism to the politics of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Thiessen, Dennis, "Researching Student Experiences in Elementary and Secondary School: An Evolving Field of Study," pp. 1-76 in Dennis Thiessen and Alison Cook-Sather, eds., International Handbook of Student Experiences in Elementary and Secondary School. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2007., Dennis Thiessen

Annotation: Gives a comprehensive overview of the available research on the topic, organized around three "orientations" in each of which are catalogued and described the major studies done in the periods 1966-1990 and 1991-2005; 28 articles follow which report research studies on specific subtopics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience

 

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, Harry, and Christine E. Deer, "The Institutionalization of a Senior Secondary Curriculum in New South Wales High Schools," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21(March-April, 1989), 169-184., Harry Thompson and Christine E. Deer

Annotation: Reports a study of aspects of institutionalization of a curriculum using Miles' conceptualizations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Secondary School Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Deliberation

 

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

 

Toohey, Kellen, "Minority Education Failure: Is Dialect a Factor?" Curriculum Inquiry, 16(Summer, 1986), 127-145., Kellen Toohey

Annotation: Summarizes the literature on the topic; concludes that differences in ways language is used in school and in minority communities outside school deserves further investigation; suggests teachers do their own inquiries into these matters.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Multiethnic Adaptation, English

 

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

 

Vallance, Elizabeth, "Hiding the Hidden Curriculum: An Interpretation of the Language of Justification in Nineteenth Century Educational Reform," Curriculum Theory Network, 4(No. 1, 1973/74), 5-21. Reprinted pp. 590-607 in Arno A. Bellack and Herbert M. Kliebard, eds., Curriculum and Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1977.*, Elizabeth Vallance

Annotation: Traces the historical evidence for the hidden curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Valli, Linda, Robert G. Croninger, Marilyn J. Chambliss, Anna O. Graeber,and Daria Buese. Test Driven: High-Stakes Accountability in Elementary Schools. New York: Teachers College Press, 2008., Linda Valli, Robert G. Croninger, Marilyn J. Chambliss, Anna O. Graeber, and Daria Buese

Annotation: Presents data on how high-stakes testing and NCLB affected three elementary schools in the same school district during 2004-2005; teachers' stories are told about the test-taking cultures that developed, how they affected teachers' roles and responsibilities, how the curriculum was affected by the test-taking culture, how professional development changed, and how actual teaching was driven by this culture; key findings and policy recommendations are included with this report.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

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

 

van de Oudeweetering, Karmijn, and Joke Voogt, "Teachers' Conceptualization and the Enacdtment of Twenty-First Century Competences: Exploring Dimensions for New Curricula," The Curriculum Journal, 29(No. 1, 2018), 116-133., Karmijn van de Oudeweetering and Joke Voogt

Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' targeting their instruction toward specified competences found in five published sets of twenty-first century competences; findings fell into six dimensions that were studied for time and emphasis; draws implications for practice and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: SIngle Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives