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DePaor, Cathal, "The Curriculum in an Era of Global Reform: Bobbitt's Ideas on Efficiency and Teacher Knowledge," Journal of Curriclum Studies: 53(3, 2021), 270-278., Cathal de Paor

Annotation: Notes Bobbitt's concern for a more humanizing education through the selected application of scientific management principles in curriculum planning, a somewhat more Deweyan view than is commonly understood.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: SIngle Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Develpment Strategies, Literature of Curriculum

 

Deschenes, Sarah, Larry Cuban, and David Tyack, "Mismatch: Historical Perspectives on Schools and Students Who Don't Fit Them," Teachers College Record, 103(August, 2001), 527-547., Sarah Deschenes, Larry Cuban, and David Tyack

Annotation: Looks historically at explanations for why children fail in school and draws implications for adapting schooling to differences in students rather than continuing to make students try to fit schools as they are or as they are being currently reformed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Student Assessment

 

Dimitriadis, Greg, and George Kamberelis, Theory for Education. New York: Routledge, 2006., Greg Dimitriadis and George Kamberelis

Annotation: Presents sketches of the intellectual contributions of 23 twentieth century theorists (mostly outside of eduction) whose work have had implications for education; de Saussure, Bourdieu, Derrida, Foucoult, Freire, Vygotsky, and others.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Doll, Roland C., "Historical Foundations of Curriculum Improvement," pp. 2-18 in Roland C. Doll, Curriculum Improvement: Decision-Making and Process. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1964., Roland C. Doll

Annotation: Catalogs events affecting curriculum since 1860 and gives a digest of trends; a similar chapter appears in the 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992, and 1996 editions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Doyle, Walter, "Education for All: The Triumph of Professionalism," pp. 17-75 in O. L. Davis, Jr., ed., Perspectives on Curriculum Development: 1776-1976. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1976., Walter Doyle

Annotation: Traces rise of curriculum as a professional role in U. S. schooling and its historical contexts.

Broad Topical Focus: 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: Professionalization in Curriculum

 

Doyle, Walter, and Gerald A. Ponder, "Sources for Curriculum History," pp. 247-255 in O. L. Davis, Jr., ed., Perspectives on Curriculum Development: 1776-1976. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1976., Walter Doyle and Gerald A. Ponder

Annotation: Compiles a list of references related to curriculum history as a reflection of this relatively new field of scholarship.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Bibliographic Compilation
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Literature of Curriculum

 

Draper, Edgar M., Principles and Techniques of Curriculum Making . New York : Appelton-Century Co., 1936., Edgar M. Draper

Annotation: Is recognized as one of the early texts on curriculum making.

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: Literature of Curriculum

 

Drost, Walter, H., "Social Efficiency Reexamined: The Dewey-Snedden Controversy," Curriculum Inquiry, 7(Spring, 1977), 19-32., Walter H. Drost

Annotation: Discusses the different positions on vocationalism taken by Dewey and by Snedden.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum History

 

Durst, Anne, " 'The Union of Intellectual Freedom and Cooperation': Learning from the University of Chicago's Laboratory School Community, 1896-1904," Teachers College Record, 107(May, 2005), 958-984., Anne Durst

Annotation: Examines teaching and curriculum-planning in Dewey's Laboratory School with comparisons to author's experiences today.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Conceptions of Teaching, Curriculum History, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Dyer, Daniel, "Gordon F. Vars: The Heart and Soul of Core Curriculum" Middle School Journal, 24(January,1993), 30-38., Daniel Dyer

Annotation: Traces the contributions of Gordon F. Vars to the core curriculum concept.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration, Middle School Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Edson, C. H., "Curriculum Change During the Progressive Era," Educational Leadership, 36(October, 1978), 64-66., C. H. Edson

Annotation: Discusses briefly the role scientific ideology and rising diverse school populations had in the curriculum of the early 20th century.

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

 

Edson, C. H., "Our Past and Present: Historical Inquiry in Education," Journal of Thought, 21(Fall, 1986), 13-27.*, C. H. Edson

Annotation: Describes features of historical inquiry in curriculum and in education including suggestions on writing qualitative history.

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

 

Eisenhart, Margaret, and Lisa Towne, "Contestation and Change in National Policy on 'Scientifically Bases' Education Research," Educational Researcher, 32(October, 2003), 31-38., Margaret Eisenhart and Lisa Towne

Annotation: Traces the definitions of educational research that appear in varied federal education legislation passed in 2000 through 2003 and notes the uses intended for each and the effect of outside testimony in shifting the language that eventually appeared in these laws.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "Curriculum Development: Sources for a Foundation for the Field of Curriculum Development," Curriculum Theory Network, 5(Spring, 1970), 3-15. A slightly edited version appears pp. 1-13 in Elliot W. Eisner, ed., Confronting Curriculum Reform. Boston: Little, Brown, 1971.*, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Summarizes what has been learned about curriculum development from the subject area reforms of the 1950s and 1960s.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization

 

Eisner, Elliot W., ed., Confronting Curriculum Reform . Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1971., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Provides a collection of 1969 conference papers and reflections on them pertaining to curriculum reforms of the period.

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

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "Franklin Bobbitt and the 'Science' of Curriculum Making," School Review, 75(Fall, 1967), 13-28.*, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Reviews the content and impact of Bobbitt's 1924 book How to Make the Curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Literature of Curriculum

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "Those Who Ignore the Past...: 12 'Easy' Lessons for the Next Millennium," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 32(March-April, 2000), 343-357., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Distills the lessons of the last half-century for the next.

Broad Topical Focus: 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

 

Englund, Tomas, "Curriculum History Reconsidered," Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research , 39 (No. 2, 1990), 91-102.*, Tomas Englund

Annotation: Sums up the status and value of work done in curriculum history to date internationally.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Evaniuck, Jayson,"Turning the Wheel: A Perrenialist's Answer to the 1970s Curricular Debates," Curriculum History, No. 1, 2022,11-22., Jayson Evaniuck

Annotation: Shows responses of Harry S. Broudy to the curricular debates of the 1960s and 1970s; surveys work of other curriculum theorists of the period; notes Broudy's critique of the reconceptualists.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization

 

Fallace, Thomas. "American Educators' Confrontation with Fascism," Educational Researcher, 47(January/February, 2018), 46-52., Thomas Fallace

Annotation: Reports a study of the views of American educators about European Fascism between WW I and WW II and its conception of education; draws on the literature by key American educators from 1922-1941; treats propaganda, indoctrination, relativity, and fake news in the media of that period with implications for current circumstances.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, 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, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum and Politics, Social Studies, Democratic Education, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Fallace, Thomas, "Did the Social Studies Really Replace History in American Secondary Schools?" Teachers College Record, 110(October, 2008) 2245-2270., Thomas Fallace

Annotation: Re-examines the question of what groups dominated the history/social studies curriculum design controversy during the early 20th century in the US; provides analyses of the Committee of 10, Committee of 7, and Committee on Social Studies reports.

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, Social Studies, Curriculum and Politics, Content Selection and Organization

 

Fallace, Thomas, "John Dewey and the New Left, 1960-1988," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 52(5, 2020), 593-607., Thomas Fallace

Annotation: Traces the influence of Dewey's ideas about education on education writers during this period; notes others who critiqued Dewey; notes some who cited him regularly; notes some paradoxes that were created due to selective interpretations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies; Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Fallace, Thomas D., In the Shadow of Auithoritarianism: American Education in the Twentieth Century. New York: Teachers College Press, 2018., Thomas D. Fallace

Annotation: Traces several forms of authoritarianism from 1916 to 1983 and their impact on school curriculum in the United States.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Democratic Edcuation, Citizenship Education, Social Studies

 

Fallace, Thomas D., "The Origins of Classroom Deliberation: Democratic Education in the Shadow of Totalitarianism, 1938-1960," Harvard Educational Review, 86(Winter, 2016), 506-526., Thomas D. Fallace

Annotation: Traces references to the inclusion of social issues in the curriculum during this period; discusses the rationales put forth for such inclusion.

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 Deliberation, Curriculum History, Democratic Education, Social Studies, Content Selection and Organization

 

Fallace, Thomas D., "Tracing John Dewey's Influence on Progressive Education, 1903-1951: Toward a Received Dewey," Teachers College Record, 113(March, 2011), 463-492., Thomas D. Fallace

Annotation: Focuses on what Dewey's peers took from his ideas and used for their own purposes in shaping thought and practice in civic and social education--often in ways that conflicted with Dewey's actual statements; challenges the conventional understandings of social efficiency and social justice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Studies, Materials Development and Evaluation, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Fallace, Thomas, and Victoria Fantozzi, "The Dewey School as Triumph, Tragedy, and Misunderstood: Exploring the Myths and Historiography of the University of Chicago Laboratory School," Teachers College Record, 119(No. 2, 2017),1-32., Thomas Fallace and Victoria Fantozzi

Annotation: Presents a review of first-hand accounts of the school and studies made of it since its existence ended; one of the several dimensions of the review is the rationale for its curriculum; three myths are also analyzed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, 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

 

Fallace, Thomas, and Victoria Fantozzi, "Was There Really a Social Efficiency Doctrine? The Uses and Abuses of an Idea in Educational History," Educational Researcher, 42(April, 2013) 142-150., Thomas Fallace and Victoria Fantozzi

Annotation: Reviews the rise of the social efficiency doctrine in the field of history of curriculum; identifies problems in the use of the concept in this field; attempts a clarification thereof.

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

 

Field, Sherry L., "Teaching the Peace: Teachers and Curriculum, 1942-1945," pp. 363-386 in Lynn M. Burlbaw and Sherry L. Field, eds., Explorations in Curriculum History Research. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2005., Sherry L. Field

Annotation: Describes ways schools during World War II taught about peace, democracy, international unity, and tolerance.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Studies, Citizenship Education, Democratic Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Finder, Morris, Educating America: How Ralph W. Tyler Taught America to Teach. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004., Morris Finder

Annotation: Gives personalized sketches of Tyler's life and work as school and university teacher, on the Eight-Year Study, on the Tyler Rationale, on NEAP, on his roles as consultant and evaluator for schools and government agencies worldwide, and as a mentor to his students; includes seven interviews with Tyler and 50 pages listing his publications.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum Development Strategies, Literature of Curriculum, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Student Assessment, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Finklestein, Barbara, Governing the Young: Teacher Behavior in Popular Primary Schools in 19th Century United States. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Barbara Finklestein

Annotation: Covers the history of primary teaching in the U. S. from 1820-1880.

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, Early Childhood Curriculum

 

Fishman, Barry J., "Adapting Innovations to Particular Contexts of Use," pp. 48-66 in Chris Dede, James P. Honan, and Lawrence C. Peters, eds., Scaling Up Success: Lessons Learned from Technology-Based Educational Improvement. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005., Barry J. Fishman

Annotation: Gives a theoretical framework for evaluating the usabiltity of innovations; presents an example of an innovation in learning technology scaled up from a local to a broader context; analyzes usability gaps related to the fromework.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Development as Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Knowledge Utilization, Media and Computers in Curriculum Development

 

Flowers, Ronald B., "Religion in Public Schools," pp, 99-128 in Ronald B. Flowers, The Godless Court? Supreme Court Decisions on Church-State Relationships, 2nd ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005., Ronald B. Flowers

Annotation: Gives detailed history of Supreme Court decisions related to religion and public schools (and on aid to church-related schools in a preceding chapter).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Religious & Private Schooling, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Foshay, Arthur W., "Hollis Leland Caswell: An Appreciation," Teaching Education, 1(February, 1987), 76-79., Arthur W. Foshay

Annotation: Gives a tribute to Caswell by a former student and colleague.

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

 

Foshay, Arthur W., "What Have Been the Contributions of Curriculum Research?" Speech at ASCD, March 17, 1975. Pp. 172-185 in Arthur Foshay, ed., Essays on Curriculum . Rowe, MA: The Author, 1975., Arthur W. Foshay

Annotation: Summarizes the author's views on curriculum research and its significance.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Theorists,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Franklin, Barry, "Dialogue: Reply to Landon Beyer's 'Ideology, Social Efficiency and Curriculum Inquiry'," Curriculum Inquiry, 12(Winter, 1982), 411-417., Barry Franklin

Annotation: Responds to Beyer's article regarding its historical basis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Knowledge Generation

 

Franklin, Barry M., "American Curriculum Theory and the Problem of Social Control, 1918-1938." Paper presented at AERA, Chicago, 1974. ERIC Document No. ED 092 419., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Reviews history of social control in U. S. curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Building a Cooperative Community: Social Control and Curriculum Thought, 1930-1955," pp. 119-137 in his Building the American Community: The School Curriculum and the Search for Social Control . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1986., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Discusses Caswell's relation to social control tendencies in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Building an Efficient Community: The Origins of the Idea of Social Control in Curriuclum Thought," pp. 83-118 in his Building the American Community: The School Curriculum and the Search for Social Control . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1986., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Describes the role of Finney, Bobbitt, and Charters in the social efficiency movement in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., Building the American Community: The School Curriculum and the Search for Social Control . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1986., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Traces the history of social control through the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum History

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Curriculum History: Its Nature and Boundaries," (An Essay Review of the 1976 Yearbook of the ASCD), Curriculum Inquiry, 7(Spring, 1977), 67-79.*, Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Reviews the 1976 ASCD Yearbook from the perspective of its historical research methods.

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

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Curriculum Thought and Social Meaning: Edward L. Thorndike and the Curriculum Field," Educational Theory, 26(Summer, 1976), 298-309., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Explores the impact of Thorndike's views on the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Discourse, Rationality, and Educational Research: A Historical Perpective of RER," Review of Educational Research, 69(Winter, 1999), 347-363.*, Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Explores the relationship between research reviews in curriculum and the way the curriculum field has been constructed and changed over time; identifies four themes revealed by the discourse in which these reviews were framed; interprets historically the changes noted over time in terms of curriculum as an instrument of power.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History

 

Franklin, Barry M., ed., Curriculum and Consequence: Herbert M. Kliebard and the Promise of Schooling. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Contains eight essays on aspects of curriculum history published in honor of Kliebard at his retirement from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; includes an overview by the editor of Kliebard's life and contributions; closes with comments by Kliebard.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Differentiation, Liberal Education/General Education, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., "From Curriculum Thought to School Practice: Minneapolis Educators and the Search for Social Control," pp. 138-170 in his Building the American Community: The School Curriculum and the Search for Social Control. Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1986., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: GIves concrete examples of social control ideology at work in Minneapolis Public Schools ; this is an expanded version of an article in Curriculum Inquiry 12(Spring, 1982).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., "George Herbert Mead, Curriculum Theorist: The Curriculum Field and the Problem of Social Control," Paper presented at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, "Historical Studies within the Curriculum Field," Washington, DC: March 30-April 3, 1975. ERIC Document ED 103 976, Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Describes Mead's views as they related to social control of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Herbert M. Kliebard's Intellectual Legacy," pp. 1-12 in Barry M. Franklin, ed., Curriculum and Consequences: Herbert M. Kliebard and the Promise of Schooling. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Assesses the body of historical scholarship produced by Kliebard, introduces his writings, and previews the essays that follow in honor of Kliebard.

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

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Self Control and the Psychology of School Discipline," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1(Summer, 1979), 238-254., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Examines self control as an alternative to coersive forms of school discipline.

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: Self-Knowledge, Psychology and Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Social Control and Curriculum Administration in Early Twentieth Century America: The Case of Special Education," pp. 46-63 in Henning Haft and Stefan Hopmann, eds., Case Studies in Curriculum Administration History. Philadelphia: The Falmer Press, 1990.*, Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Gives the history of special education in Atlanta schools between 1900-1920.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Exceptional Education, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum Differentiation

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Technological Models and the Curriculum Field," Educational Forum, 40(March, 1976), 303-312.*, Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Examines the history of technological models of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Franklin, Barry M., "The Social Efficiency Movement and Curriculum Change: 1939-1976," pp. 239-268 in Ivor F. Goodson, ed., Social Histories of the Secondary Curriculum: Subjects for Study . London: Falmer, 1985., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Examines a change in the middle years of the 20th century and social control influences.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., "The Social Efficiency Movement Reconsidered: Curriculum Change in Minneapolis, 1917-1950," Curriculum Inquiry, 12(Spring, 1982), 9-33., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Provides an historical look at curriculum change in Minneapolis schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Franklin, Barry M., "The State of Curriculum History," History of Education, 28(December, 1999), 459-476., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Sums up what curriculum historians in U.S., U.K., and Canada have said about curriculum as a social construct and about the social control (regulative) role of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Franklin, Barry M., "Whatever Happened to Social Control? The Muting of Coercive Authority in Curriculum Discourse," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3 (Winter, 1981), 252-258. Reprinted pp. 80-90 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale,AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Examines the persistence of coersive authority in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Social Efficiency/Control, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Franklin, Barry M., and Carla C. Johnson, "What the Schools Teach: A Social History of the American Curriculum since 1950," pp. 460-477 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., Barry M. Franklin and Carla C. Johnson

Annotation: Examines ways schools have specified content for teaching in response to social pressures; cites school districts exemplifying life-adjustment, discipline-centered, basic skills, New Basics, and content area standards-based curricula at various times over the last half century.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum History, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Franklin, Barry M., and Gary McCulloch, eds., The Death of the Comprehensive High School? Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives. New York: Palsgrave Macmillan, 2007, Barry M. Franklin and Gary McCulloch

Annotation: Offers ten chapters (reviews and case studies) of the successes, , problems and changes in the comprehensive high school in the United States and around the world over the last half-century and into the contemporary period; the introduction and the epilogue by the editors provide succinct summaries of this work.

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, Secondary School Curriculum

 

Franklin, Barry N., Curriculum, Community, and Urban School Reform. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010., Barry N. Franklin

Annotation: Contains a collection of ethnographic/history reports of concrete urban school settings that attempted various curricular and educational reforms form the 1960s to the 2000s; analyzes them within the framework of certain concepts of community and curriculum.

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

 

Fraser, Barry J., "An Historical Look at Curriculum Evaluation," pp. 114-128 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Barry J. Fraser

Annotation: Reviews the history of progress in curriculum evaluation from 1960-1980, based on his published bibliography (1982).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Freedman, Kerry, and Thomas S. Popkewitz, "Art Education and Social Interests in the Development of American Schooling: Ideological Origins of Curriculum Theory," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20(September-October, 1988), 387-405., Kerry Freedman and Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Presents a history of art education from 1870-1900 and its ideological origins; shows antecedents of current curriculum thought.

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

 

French, William M., America's Educational Tradition, An Interpretive History. Boston: Heath, 1964., William M. French

Annotation: Provides a curriculum-oriented description of American educational institutions.

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

 

Fuhrman, Susan H., and Richard F. Elmore, "Governors and Educational Policy in the 1990s," pp. 56-74 in Richard F. Elmore and Susan H. Fuhrman, eds., The Governance of Curriculum. 1994 ASCD Yearbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,1994., Susan H. Fuhrman and Richard F. Elmore

Annotation: Traces the emergence of the role of state governors in education policy formation since the 1970s.

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

 

Gallagher, Mary Campbell, "Lessons from the Sputnik-Era Curriculum Reform Movement," pp. 281-312 in Sandra Stotsky, ed., What's at Stake in the K-12 Standards Wars: A Primer for Educational Policy Makers. New York: Peter Lang, 2000., Mary Campbell Gallagher

Annotation: Traces the events and consequences of this reform movement from the perspective of one directly involved in the mathematics and science projects.

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, Mathematics, Science

 

Garrett, Alan W., "Planning for Peace: Visions of Postwar American Education During World War II," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 11 (Fall, 1995), 6-38., Alan W. Garrett

Annotation: Traces the thought given by educators during World War II to the postwar curriculum of the public schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Social Studies, Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization

 

Gay, Geneva, "Beyond 'Brown': Promoting Equality Through Multicultural Education," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 19(Spring, 2004), 193-216., Geneva Gay

Annotation: Traces the history of devleopments in multicultural curriculum and instruction since Brown v. Board of Education fifty years ago.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Integration, Multicultural Education, Teaching/Learning Process, Multiethnic Adaptation

 

Glanz, Jeffrey, "Review of 'The Changing Curriculum' (1937)," Educational Studies, 26(Winter, 1995), 326-334., Jeffrey Glanz

Annotation: Traces the origin and activities of the Society for Curriculum Study (and their publication Curriculum Journal) and the Department of Supervisors and Directors of Instruction (and their publication Educational Method) from the 1920s through their joint publication in 1937 of The Changing Curriculum to their merger in 1943 becoming the Department of Supervision and Curriculum Development (in 1946-ASCD).

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Professionalization in Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Glass, Bentley, "The BSCS Retrospect and Prospect," The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Journal, 1(November, 1978), 2-4., Bentley Glass

Annotation: Gives a brief history of BSCS biology.

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: Science, Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Goertz, Margaret E., "Policy Analysis: Studying Policy Implementation," pp. 701-710 in Judith L. Green, Gregory Camilli, and Patricia B. Elmore, eds., Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006., Margaret E. Goertz

Annotation: Describes the policy analysis research approach; gives a case study of New Jersey whole school reform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Goldberg, Mark F., "A Portrait of John Goodlad," Educational Leadership, 52(March, 1995), 82-85., Mark F. Goldberg

Annotation: Provides a review of John Goodlad's professional career and his contributions to curriculum and educational reform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, 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

 

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

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

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

 

Goodson, Ivor, "Studying School Subjects," Curriculum Perspectives, 12 (April, 1992), 23-26., Ivor Goodson

Annotation: Reviews the historical work done in studying the origins and development of school subjects in U. S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.

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: School Subjects, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Goodson, Ivor F., "Becoming a School Subject," pp. 160-183 in his The Making of Curriculum: Collected Essays. London: The Falmer Press, 1988. Also in 2nd ed., 1995. A version appears pp. 52-68 in Ivor F. Goodson, Learning, Curriculum, and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson. London: Routledge, 2005., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Discusses the establishment and promotion of geography as a school subject in the United Kingdom.

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, Curriculum and Politics, School Subjects

 

Goodson, Ivor F., " 'Chariots of Fire': Etymologies, Epistemologies, and the Emergence of Curriculum," pp. 13-25 in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989. Reprinted pp.25-38 in Ivor F. Goodson, The Making of Curriculum: Collected Essays, 2nd ed. London: Falmer, 1995. Also reprinted pp. 42-51 in Ivor F. Goodson, Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson. London: Routledge, 2005., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Traces the rise of curriculum in British institutions from 1500 to the present.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Goodson, Ivor F., ed., International Perspectives on Curriculum History . London: Croom Helm, 1986., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Gives accounts of curriculum history in eleven countries in various subject areas.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Goodson, Ivor F., ed., Social Histories of the Secondary Curriculum: Subjects for Study . London: Falmer, 1985., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Presents studies of the histories of several secondary subjects.

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: School Subjects, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Goodson, Ivor F., "Long Waves of Educational Reform," pp. 105-129 in Ivor F. Goodson, Learning, Curriculum, and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson. London: Routledge, 2005., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Reports findings of the "Change over Time" project that examined historical waves of change in United States and Canadian schools with respect to restrictive and/or progressive reforms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
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

 

Goodson, Ivor F.,"On Curriculum Form," Sociology of Education, 65(January, 1992), 66-75. Reprinted pp. 69-80 in Ivor F. Goodson, Learning, Curriculum, and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson. London: Routledge, 2005., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Traces the structuration of science as a school subject for "higher order" and for "lower order" students in the United Kingdom.

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, Curriculum and Politics, School Subjects, Science

 

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

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

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

 

Goodson, Ivor F., Studying Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Collects previous work by the author that relates to the history of school subjects in Canada and Britain from a social constructivist perspective.

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: School Subjects, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Goodson, Ivor F., "Studying Curriculum: Towards a Social Constructionist Perspective," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 22(July-August, 1990), 299-312.* Reprinted pp. 133-148 in Ivor F. Goodson, Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson. London: Routledge, 2005., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Makes the case for linking studies of teachers' life histories and of the context of prescriptions for and interactions within the practice of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Knowledge Generation

 

Goodson, Ivor F., The Making of Curriculum: Collected Essays . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1988. (2nd ed., 1995), Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Contains essays covering case studies of state schooling in England between 1965-1980; the second edition has a new concluding chapter.

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

 

Goodson, Ivor F., "The Making of Curriculum," pp. 184-196 in THe Making of Curriculum: Colleted Essays. London: Falmer Press, 1988. Also in 2nd ed., 1995. Reprinted pp. 81-90 in Ivor F. Goodson, Learning, Curriculum, and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson. London: Routledge, 2005., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Shows how historical studies of curriculum use both internal and external factors in explaining curriculum changes as political processes; examples are from the United Kingdom.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics

 

Goodson, Ivor F., "Towards Curriculum History," pp. 1-8 in Ivor F. Goodson, ed., Social Histories of the Secondary Curriculum: Subjects for Study . London: Falmer, 1985., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Argues for the study of the history of school subjects in the secondary curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Goodson, Ivor F., with Christopher J. Anstead, "Behind the Schoolhouse Door: The Historical Study of Curriculum, " pp. 51-61; 127-129 in Ivor F. Goodson, ed., Studying Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994.*, Ivor F. Goodson and Christopher J. Anstead

Annotation: Presents the case for doing historical inquiry on actual school curriculum, delineates principles and processes for such inquiry, and offers a brief example.

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

 

Goodson, Ivor F., and Stephen J. Ball, eds., Defining the Curriculum: Histories and Ethnographies . London: Falmer, 1984., Ivor F. Goodson and Stephen J. Ball

Annotation: Contains articles on several subjects within the curriculum.

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

 

Goodson, Ivor F., and Colin Marsh, Studying School Subjects: A Guide. Bristol, PA: Falmer Press, 1996., Ivor F. Goodson and Colin Marsh

Annotation: Provides an introductory overview of the study of school subjects as history, the value of such research, and their useful implications for today.

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

 

Gray, Kenneth, "Vocational Education in High School: A Modern Phoenix?" Phi Delta Kappan , 72 (February, 1991), 437-445.*, Kenneth Gray

Annotation: Provides a review of the history of vocational education in the U. S. and of related research on curriculum reform in vocational education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Greene, Maxine, "Jeremiad and Curriculum: The Haunting of the Secondary School," Curriculum Inquiry, 15(Fall, 1985), 333-345., Maxine Greene

Annotation: Looks at historical trends in secondary school curriculum which reflect perspectives of sacred ideals in the context of presumed failure to achieve them.

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

 

Greenwalt, Kyle, "Discursivity, Heteroglossia, and Interest: Revisiting Kliebard's Dewey," Education and Culture, 24(No.2, 2008), 41-53., Kyle Greenwalt

Annotation: Takes issue with Kliebard's treatment of U.S. curriculum politics (competing interests) by drawing on Baktin's notion of discourses and Dewey's notion of interests; offers an alternative rooted in concrete curriculum institutional practices.

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

 

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

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

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

 

Gundem, Bjorg B., "History of Curriculum", pp. 1301-1308 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Bjorg B. Gundem

Annotation: Reviews the scope, subject matter, and value of historical inquiry in curriculum; history of curriculum theories, of curriculum codes, of school subjects, of curriculum reform and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History, School Subjects

 

Gundem, Bjorg B., "Notes on the Developent of Nordic Didactics," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 24(January-February, 1992), 61-70.*, Bjorg B. Gundem

Annotation: Describes the history in the Nordic countries of the concepts of curriculum and didactics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

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

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

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

 

Gwynn, J. Minor, and John B. Chase, Jr., "Evolution of the Curriculum: An Overview, " pp. 1-32 in J. Minor Gwynn and John B. Chase, Jr., Curriculum Principles and Social Trends, 4th edition. New York City: Macmillan, 1969., J. Minor Gwynn and John B. Chase Jr.

Annotation: Traces the evolution of the motives in curriculum in the United States from 1635 to the present.

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

 

Haft, Henning, and Stefan Hopmann, eds., Case Studies in Curriculum Administration History . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1990., Henning Haft and Stefan Hopmann

Annotation: Reports a series of historical case studies of curriculum administration.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Halpin, David, and Paddy Walsh,eds., Educational Commonplaces: Essays to Honour Denis Lawton. London: Institute of Education, University of London, 2005., David Halpin and Paddy Walsh

Annotation: Contains eleven essays by colleagues of Denis Lawton collected in honor of his academic accomplishments as a curriculum studies scholar and administrator at he University of London's Institute of Education; contains a 2005 interview with him and a comprehensive list of his publications 1963-2005.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Professors, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Hamilton, David, "Class and Curriculum," pp.21-23 in Bernadette Baker, ed., New Curriculum History. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2009., David Hamilton

Annotation: Comments on and updates his 1989 chapter on this topic in his book, Towards a Theory of Schooling.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Hamilton, David, "Curriculum Design: Historical Perspectives on the Art of the State." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, April, 1987. ERIC Document Reproduction Service ED 281 316.*, David Hamilton

Annotation: Traces the history of the ideas of curriculum and of curriculum design; discusses the natural order of knowledge and/or of development of the child as possible alternatives to which curriculum design should conform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

 

Hamilton, David, "On the Origins of the Educational Terms 'Class' and 'Curriculum'," pp. 35-55 in his Toward a Theory of Schooling. London: Falmer, 1989.*, David Hamilton

Annotation: Identifies the early European sources in which "class" and "curriculum" were used; shows various meanings of these terms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry,Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Higher Education Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

 

Hamilton, David, "The Beginning of Schooling--As We Know It," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 47(No. 5, 2015), 577-593., David Hamilton

Annotation: Traces the cultural and historical beginnings of schoooing in Europe i all its forms (religious and others); explains the evolution of schooling from the 9th to 16th centuries: cites numerous writers on schooling thoughout this period.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Hamilton, David, and Benjamin Zerfiaurre, BlackBoards and Bootstraps: Revisioning Education and Schooling. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2014., David Hamilton and Benjamin Zerfiaurre

Annotation: Traces the history of schooling and education (which are distinguishable) within their cultural and political contexts from pre-modern periods to today's neo-liberal marketized versions; gives attention to key thinkers, movements, and practical embodiments in each period of education and schooling; provides a basic reader in curriculum and didactics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Democratic Education

 

Hansen, David T., ed., Ethical Visions of Education: Philosophies in Practice. New York: Teachers College Press, 2007., David T. Hansen

Annotation: Presents portrayals of ten eminent educational philosophers' ethical visions of educational practice, together with commentaries on each (Dewey, Freire, DuBois, Makiguchi, Jane Addams, Zingzhi, Montessori, Tagore, Steiner, and Schweitzer).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum