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Pring, Richard, "The Development of Curriculum Studies at the Institute of Education [University of London], pp. 195-208 in David Halpin and Paddy Walsh, eds., Educational Commonplaces: Essays to Honour Denis Lawton. London: Institute of Education, University of London, 2005., Richard Pring

Annotation: Gives the history of the initiation and development of the Department of Curriculum Studies at the University of London in 1972 with Denis Lawton at its head.

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: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Professors

 

Proefriedt, William A., High Expectations: The Cultural Roots of Standards Reform in American Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 2010., William A. Proefriedt

Annotation: Argues against the policies and practices of educational reformers who demand testing, high individual achievement for all, and an economic model of curriculum for national competitiveness; traces threads both for and against these views throughout American educational history; gives a close reading and balanced interpretation of our leading educators over the last 250 years.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Philosophical Schools, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Ragan, William B., and Gene D. Shepherd, "Historical Influences," pp. 9-43 in their Modern Elementary Curriculum . 4th Edition. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971., William B. Ragan and Gene D. Shepherd

Annotation: Summarizes historical influences on the curriculum from the colonial period to the present.

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

 

Raizen, Senta A., "Dissemination Programs at the National Institute of Education: 1974-1979," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(December, 1979), 259-292., Senta A. Raizen

Annotation: Describes NIE's dissemination programs.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Ravitch, Diane, "Curriculum in Crisis: Connections between Past and Present," pp. 63-78 in John H. Bunzel, ed., Challenge to American Schools: The Case for Standards and Values . New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.*, Diane Ravitch

Annotation: Sets forth the history of curriculum reform from 1890s to 1920s.

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

 

Reese, William J., "Knowledge of the Most Worth," pp. 103-122 in William J. Reese, The Origins of the American High School. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995., William J. Reese

Annotation: Records the curriculum and textbooks of selected high schools from 1820-1880; additional related facts appear in a following chapter.

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

 

Reese, William J., "What History Teaches About the Impact of Educational Research on Practice," pp. 1-19 in Asghar Iran-Nejad and P. David Pearson eds., Review of Research in Education, 24, 1999. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 1999., William J. Reese

Annotation: Reviews the history of educational research and its impact on practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Reid, William, "Curriculum Theory and Curriculum Change: What Can We Learn from History?" Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(April-June, 1986), 159-166., William Reid

Annotation: Describes curriculum change as activity aimed at resolution of uncertain practical problems; argues for the value of knowing the history of curriculum changes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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

 

Reid, William A., "Democracy, Perfectability, and the Battle of the Books: Thoughts on the Conception of Liberal Education in the Writings of Schwab," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Fall, 1980), 249-263., William A. Reid

Annotation: Writes of Schwab's views of liberal education in the context of others' views on the topic.

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

 

Reid, William A., "Rationalism or Humanism? The Future of Curriculum Studies," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 93-108., William A. Reid

Annotation: Contrasts rationalism and humanism; places curriculum studies as a humanistic discipline; this is a revised version of chapter six in his Thinking About the Curriculum, 1978.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Philosophical Schools, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Reid, William A., "The Changing Curriculum: Theory and Practice," pp. 240-259 in William A. Reid and Decker F. Walker, eds., Case Studies in Curriculum Change: Great Britain and the United States. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975.*, William A. Reid

Annotation: Presents results of analysis of case studies in curriculum change in relation to several theoretical and practical categories of analysis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Reid, William A., "The Voice of 'The Practical': Schwab as Correspondent," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 31(July-August,1999), 385-397., William A. Reid

Annotation: Displays letters written by Schwab to Reid 1979-1982 commenting on some of Reid's articles; reveals some personal touches about Schwab; Reid discusses how to benefit form Schwab's legacy.

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

 

Resnick, Daniel P., and Lauren B. Resnick, "Standards, Curriculum, and Performance: A Historical and Comparative Perspective," Educational Researcher, 14(April, 1985), 5-20.*, Daniel P. Resnick and Lauren B. Resnick

Annotation: Traces the history of efforts to employ curriculum standards and assessment as instruments of curriculum improvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum Differentiation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Evaluation of Instruction, Student Assessment

 

Rice, Theodore, and Chandos Rice, "The Eight-Year Study at East High School, Denver, Colorado," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 24-32. Reprinted pp. 204-212 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Theodore Rice and Chandos Rice

Annotation: Describes one school's experience in the Eight-Year Study.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum History

 

Richards, Colin, ed., Power and the Curriculum: Issues in Curriculum Studies. England: Nafferton Books, 1978., Colin Richards

Annotation: Presents 13 conference papers on curriculum change, the new criticism, teachers' decision-making, and other curriculum issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

Rich, Robert F., "The Pursuit of Knowledge," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(September, 1979), 6-30.*, Robert F. Rich

Annotation: Gives the history of the production and utilization of knowledge from 17th century to the present.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Riley, Karen L., "The Summer Teaching Institute of 1915 and the Influence of Booker T. Washington on Negro Teacher Education in Alabama," Education and Culture, 18 (Spring, 2002), 2-13., Karen L. Riley

Annotation: Gives the history and context of the 1915 Alabama intitutes for Black teachers and Jeanes Supervisors sponsored by the Jeanes Fund; traces the participation and influence of Booker T. Washington and his educational philosphy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Education

 

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

 

Romanish, Bruce, "Neutrality, Imposition, and Indoctrination in the Writings of George Counts," pp. 49-58 in Murry R. Nelson, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982 . DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University, College of Education, 1983., Bruce Romanish

Annotation: Discusses several aspects of Counts' thought and writings.

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

 

Rosario, Jose, "Harold Rugg on How We Came to Know: A View of His Aesthetics," JCT, 2(Winter, 1980), 165-177. Reprinted pp. 343-358 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Jose Rosario

Annotation: Reviews Rugg's ideas on aesthetics and its implications for curriculum; largely based on Rugg's 1963 book Imagination.

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: Aesthetics and Curriculum, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Ross, Alistair, Curriculum: Construction and Critique. London: The Falmer Press, 2000., Alistair Curriculum: Ross

Annotation: Traces the history, parameters, and polticial constraints within which arguments over curriculum have taken place in England.

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

 

Rothman, Robert, "Laying a Common Foundation for Success," Phi Delta Kappan, 94(November,2012) 57-61., Robert Rothman

Annotation: Gives the story of the development of the Common Core Standards and the movement toward implementation by several states as of this date.

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

 

Rothman, Robert, Something in Common: The Common Core Standards and the Next Chapter in American Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2011., Robert Rothman

Annotation: Traces the origin and progression of the Common Core Standards movement and its political history over the last two decades; presents examples of the standards in reading and mathematics; gives the arguments pro and con for various stances on the standards.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum History

 

Rubin, Louis, "Ralph W. Tyler Remembered," Educational Leadership, 51(May, 1994), 84-85., Louis Rubin

Annotation: Explains Tyler's intellectual and personal gifts of greatness.

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

 

Rubin, Louis, "The Ralph Tyler Legacy: In Memoriam, Ralph Tyler (1902-1994)," Educational Researcher, 23(June-July, 1994), 32-33., Louis Rubin

Annotation: Points out the outstanding qualities that made Ralph Tyler's personal and professional life so valued by so many people.

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

 

Rubin, Louis J., "Ralph W. Tyler: A Remembrance," Phi Delta Kappan, 75(June, 1994), 784-785; 789., Louis J. Rubin

Annotation: Gives a tribute to Ralph W. Tyler who died February 18, 1994, at age 91+.

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

 

Rudolph, John L., "From World War to Woods Hole: The Use of Wartime Research Models for Curriculum Reform," Teachers College Record, 104(March, 2002), 212-241., John L. Rudolph

Annotation: Argues that government research and development techniques were used with the NSF/USOE-funded science curriculum projects of the 1950s and 1960s.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Science

 

Rugg, Harold, American Life and the School Curriculum: Next Steps Toward Schools of Living. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1936., Harold Rugg

Annotation: Reviews in detail the history of United States curriculum within the context of social changes; purposes a new educational program: a school of living.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum History, Literature of Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum Frameworks

 

Rugg, Harold O., Foundations for American Education . Yonkers-on-Hudson, NY: World Book Co., 1947., Harold O. Rugg

Annotation: Presents some of the history of progressive education.

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

 

Rugg, Harold O., The Child-Centered School . Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York: World Book Co., 1928., Harold O. Rugg

Annotation: Presents a description of progessive schools.

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

 

Ruzgar, M. Emir,"On Matters that Matter in Curriculum Studies: An Interview with Ian Westbury," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 50(6, 2018), 670-684., M. Emir Ruzgar

Annotation: Gives Westbury's perspectives on the history of 1) the crisis in the curriculum field; 2) Schwab's contributions on curriculum as a field of deliberative practice;3) Didaktik; 4) liberal education vs general education; and 5) assessment within the curriculum -- includes among many insights not previously shared.

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

 

Ryan, Kevin, "The New Moral Education," Phi Delta Kappan, 68(November, 1986), 228-233.*, Kevin Ryan

Annotation: Shows how moral education has changed from the 1940s to the present.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Values in the Classroom, Curriculum as Environment, Hidden Curriculum

 

Sahlberg, Pasi, Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? New York: Teachers College Press, 2011., Pasi Sahlberg

Annotation: Describes and explains the changes in and results of educational policies and practices in Finland during the last two decades; accounts for what unique features have put student achievement at or near the top of international comparisons; offers thoughts on what lessons other nations might (or perhaps should not) derive from this Finnish experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Santolli, Susan P., Rebecca McMahan Giles, and Edward L. Shaw, Jr., "Curriculum in the United States: A Work in Progress," pp. 360-375 in James D. Kirylo, and Ann K Nauman, eds. Curriculum Development: Perspectives from Around the World. Olney, MD: Association for Childhood Education International, 2010., Susan P. Santolli, Rebecca McMahan Giles, and Edward L. Shaw Jr.

Annotation: Discusses the major features of curriculum in the United States from colonial times to the present.

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

 

Saxe, David Warren, "Framing a Theory for Social Studies Foundations," Review of Educational Research, 62(Fall, 1992), 259-277., David Warren Saxe

Annotation: Establishes the origin of the social studies as a curriculum area in the United States.

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

 

Schaefer, Robert J., "Retrospect and Prospect," pp. 3-25 in Robert M. McClure, ed., The Curriculum: Retrospect and Prospect . The 70th Yearbook of NSSE, Part I. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1971., Robert J. Schaefer

Annotation: Reviews the historical antecedents of current curriculum thought.

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: Curriculum History

 

Schaffarzick, Jon, "Federal Curriculum Reform: A Crucible for Value Conflict," pp. 1-24 in Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1979., Jon Schaffarzick

Annotation: Describes the rise and fall of federal curriculum reforms in the 1960s and 1970s.

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

 

Schneider, Jack, From the Ivory Tower to the Schoolhouse: How Scholarship Becomes Common Knowledge in Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2014., Jack Schneider

Annotation: Describes four exemplary research ideas that found their way into educational practice and provides and analysis of why they did so (perceived significance, philosophical compatibility, occupational realism, transportability); these four were Bloom's Taxonomy, multiple intelligences, project method, direct instruction; four related ideas that did not so readily make it into practice are also discussed.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Schneider, Mercedes K., A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion of American Education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2014., Mercedes K. Schneider

Annotation: Exposes fraud and deceit by numerous 'reform' organizations in education funded by corporate donors and politicians in efforts to privatize public education and to destroy it; thoroughly documents each organization's activities, funders, and leaders (TFA, KIPP, CCCS, ALEC, Walton Foundation, etc).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Environment, Curriculum History, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

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

 

Schubert, William H., "Curriculum Balance," pp. 19-43 in Paul Robinson, ed., Great Ideas in American Education: Continuing The Quest. West Lafayette, IN: Kappa Delta Pi, 1989.*, William H. Schubert

Annotation: Traces the history of the tendency to emphasize or balance three perspectives in curriculum --intellectual traditionalism, social behavorialism, and experientialism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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 Deliberation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum

 

Schubert, William H., "Curriculum History: An Overview," pp. 1190-1191 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. . New York: Pergamon Press, 1984., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Gives a brief introduction to subsequent articles on curriculum history in various countries.

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: Curriculum History

 

Schubert, William H., "Curriculum Reform," pp. 80-112 in Gordon Cawelti, ed., Challenges and Achievements of American Education . Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1993.*, William H. Schubert

Annotation: Traces the history of four curriculum orientations since 1943, notes their contributors and the related literature, and identifies questions needing reflection today.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Schubert, William H., "Educationally Recovering Dewey in Curriculum," Current Issues in Education, 7(Fall, 1987), 1-32.*, William H. Schubert

Annotation: Reviews Dewey's contributions to curriculum theory, development, design, implementation, evaluation, change, and inquiry.

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, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Schubert, William H.,"Growing Curriculum Studies: Contributions of Joao M. Paraskeva," Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, 12(No. 1, 2017)., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Places the works of Paraskeva in the context of the work of other curriculum theorists of the recent past; comments on Paraskeva's insights as well as on the state of the curriculum field.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Schubert, William H., "Historical Perspective on Centralizing Curriculum," pp. 98-118 in M. Frances Klein, ed., The Politics of Curriculum Decision-Making: Issues in Centralizing the Curriculum . Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Traces historically the tension between centralized and localized curriculum decision-making in the United States.

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, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum and Politics

 

Schubert, William H., "Journeys of Expansion and Synopsis: Tensions in Books that Shaped Curriculum Inquiry, 1968-Present," Curriculum Inquiry, 40(January, 2010), 17-94., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Lays out the historical background of the published literature of the Curriculum Studies field during the 40-year period during which the journal, Curriculum Inquiry, has been published; the essay not only reviews the contributions of dozens of contributors, but it also highlights and comments on many of their seminal ideas; Schubert covers historical and philosophical literatures--policy, professional, and popular pedagogical literatures-- aesthetic and artistic literatures--practical and narrative literatures--critical literatures--inner and contextual literatures--indigenous and globalization literatures; finally, he discusses the field's prominent heuristic devices and venues and speculates on the future of curriculum inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Literature of Curriculum

 

Schubert, William H., "Possible Directions for the Study of Curriculum History," pp. 60-62 in Murry R. Nelson, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982. DeKalb, IL: College of Education, Northern Illinois University, 1983., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Assesses the state of currculum history as represented by SSCH.

Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Schubert, William H.,"Practitioners Influence Curriculum Theory: Autobiographical Reflections," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 236-244., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Summarizes several recent contributions to curriculum theory including that done by teachers (teacher lore) and by students (student lore); shows how curriculum inquiry is related to theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Knowledge Generation, Teacher Knowledge, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Schubert, William H., "Sensibility and Imagination: Curriculum Contributionns of Elliot W. Eisner, pp. 17-32 in P. Bruce Uhrmacher and Jonathan Matthews, eds., Intricate Palette: Working the Ideas of Elliot Eisner. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education/Merrill, 2005., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Identifies Eisner's writings and ideas that have influenced curriculum studies and related fields; personal influences are mentioned as well.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
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 Professors, Art Education

 

Schubert, William H., "Social Justice in Curriculum and Pedagogy through Art, Advocacy, and Activism," pp. xi - xxxvi in Sheri Leafgren, Brian D. Schultz, Michael P. O'Malley, Larry Johnson, Jeanne F. Brady, and Audrey M. Dentith, eds., The Articulation of Curriculum and Pedagogy for a Just Society: Advocacy, Artistry, and Activism. Troy, NY: Educator's International Press, 2007., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Introduces the volume by tracing historical themes in curriculum thought and in Schubert's professional experience that highlight the book's focus.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Schubert, William H., "Thoughts on the Future of the SSCH," pp. 19-23 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Proposes five dimensions of future work for curriculum historians to do.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Schubert, William H., "Toward Lives Worth Living and Sharing: Historical Perspectives on Curriculum Coherence," pp. 146-157 in James A. Beane, ed., Toward a Coherent Curriculum. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1995., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Traces theoretical work on coherence from an historical perspective.

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

 

Schubert, William H., and Ann Lynn Lopez Schubert, "Ralph W. Tyler in Review: An Interview and Antecedent Reflections," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 7-14., William H. Schubert and Ann Lynn Schubert

Annotation: Gives an overview of reflections on the work of Tyler in education.

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

 

Schubert, William H., and Ann Lynn Schubert, "A Dialogue with Ralph W. Tyler," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 91-118., William H. Schubert and Ann Lynn Schubert

Annotation: Reports on a conversation between the authors and Tyler ranging over a variety of subjects, both personal and professional.

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

 

Schultz, Brian, "Curriculum Based on 'Their' Priority Concerns," pp. 113-130 in Jennifer L. Milam, Stephanie Springgay, Kris Sloan, and B. Stephen Carpenter II, Curriculum for a Progressive, Proactive, Poetic, and Public Pedagogy. Troy, NY: Educator's International Press, 2006., Brian Schultz

Annotation: Reports on a civic action curriculum co-created by students and their teacher in the Cabrini Green section of Chicago.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum as Experience, Content Selection and Organization, Authority of Teacher, Social Studies

 

Sears, James T., "The Curriculum Worker as a Public Intellectual," pp. 1-13 in Ruben A. Gaztambide-Fernanadez and James T. Sears, eds., Curriculum Worker as a Public Moral Enterprise. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004., James T. Sears

Annotation: Traces efforts to link curriculum theory work to curriculum action work; urges speaking to the public on curriculum and related issues about needed action; other chapters of this book give examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Theorists, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum History, Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Curriculum Professors

 

Seddon, Terri, "Curriculum History: A Map of Key Issues," Curriculum Perspectives, 9(October, 1989), 1-16.*, Terri Seddon

Annotation: A thorough review of the state-of-the-art of doing curriculum history published in English. Discusses focus, boundaries, conceptions, and theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, "Bobbitt and Charters," pp. 67-101 in her The Curriculum Field: Its Formative Years. New York: Teachers College Press, 1966., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Describes the contributions of these two men to the early years of the curriculum field.

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

 

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

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, "Harold Rugg," pp. 105-134 in her The Curriculum Field: Its Formative Years . New York: Teachers College Press, 1966., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Traces Rugg's work and ideas on curriculum.

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

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, "Hollis L. Caswell," pp. 137-171 in her The Curriculum Field: Its Formative Years . New York: Teachers College Press, 1966., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Traces Caswell's work and ideas on curriculum.

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

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, "John Dewey," pp. 47-62 in her The Curriculum Field: Its Formative Years . New York: Teachers College Press, 1966., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Traces Dewey's work and ideas on curriculum.

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

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, "Reflections on the Field of Curriculum History," pp. 63-65 in Murry R. Nelson, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982 . DeKalb, IL: College of Education, Northern Illinois University, 1983., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Gives a brief overview of the questions that should be raised about the founders of the curriculum field.

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

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, The Curriculum Field: Its Formative Years . New York: Teachers College Press, 1966., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Presents accounts of Charles and Frank McMurry, Dewey, Bobbitt, Charters, Rugg, and Caswell and their contributions to the curriculum field.

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

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, "The McMurrys," pp. 7-38 in her The Curriculum Field: Its Formative Years . New York: Teachers College Press, 1966., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Traces the work and ideas of Charles and Frank McMurry on curriculum.

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

 

Selden, Steven, "Biological Determinism and the Narrative of Adjustment: The High School Biology Textbooks of Truman Jesse Moon, c 1921-1963," Curriculum Inquiry, 37(June, 2007), 159-196., Steven Selden

Annotation: Examines the presence of eugenics thought in a textbook series in biology along with the reasons for this content.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Science, Ideology and School Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Selden, Steven, "Biological Determinism and the Normal School Curriculum: Helen Putnam and the NEA Committee on Racial Welfare, 1910-1922," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1(Winter, 1979), 105-122., Steven Selden

Annotation: Examines the ideology underlying the work of this committee.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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, Ideology and School Knowledge, Teacher Education

 

Selden, Steven, "Eugenics and Curriculum: 1860-1929," The Educational Forum, 43(November, 1978), 67-82., Steven Selden

Annotation: Examines the history of the eugenics movement and its impact on the curriculum, especially the education of the gifted.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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, Ideology and School Knowledge, Exceptional Education

 

Selden, Steven, "Resistance in School and Society: Public and Pedagogical Debates about Eugenics, 1900-1947," Teachers College Record, 90(Fall, 1988), 61-84., Steven Selden

Annotation: Describes the work of Jennings, Dewey, Bagley, and Lippmann in resisting the push in education to embrace eugenics.

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

 

Semel, Susan F., and Alan R. Sadovnik, "The Contemporary Small-School Movement: Lessons from the History of Progressive Education," Teachers College Record, 110(September, 2008), 1744-1771., Susan F. Semel and Alan R. Sadovnik

Annotation: Examines similarities and differences between Central Park East Secondary School in New York City and earlier progressive schools such as the Dalton School and the City and Country School.

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: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum History, Local Control of Schooling

 

Serow, Robert C., "Credentialism and Academic Standards: The Evolution of High School Graduation Requirements," Issues in Education, 4(Summer, 1986), 19-41., Robert C. Serow

Annotation: Traces the evolution of high school graduation requirements.

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, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Shepard, Lorrie A., "A Brief History of Accountability Testing, 1965-2007," pp. 25-46 in Katherine E. Ryan and Lorrie A. Shepard, eds., The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability. New York: Routledge, 2008., Lorrie A. Shepard

Annotation: Traces the history of attempts in the U. S. to use tests for accountability purposes; discusses NAEP, minimum competency testing, National Commission on Excellence in Education, the Standards Movement, and the No Child Left Behind Act.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Short, Edmund C., "A Historical Look at Curriculum Design," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 3-9.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Analyzes the value differences behind six curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., "Authority and Governance in Curriculum Development: A Policy Analysis in the United States Context," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 5(Summer, 1983), 195-205.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Summarizes the status of governance and control of curriculum in the 1970s and early 1980s in the U. S.; proposes criteria for an adequate structure of curriculum control.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Short, Edmund C., Compiler, The Society for the Study of Curriculum History: Meetings and Papers 1977-1991. ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 1991, ED 342 736., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Contains 47 papers on historical aspects of curriculum practice, theory, research, and leaders presented at meetings of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History between 1977 and 1991; information on the Society and its meetings is also included.

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

 

Short, Edmund C., and Leonard J. Waks, eds., Leaders in Curriculum Studies: Intellectual Self-Portraits. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2009., Edmund C. Short and Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Contains 18 essays by late 20th century curriculum scholars describing their own paths into the field of Curriculum Studies, their major contributions to the field, and their assessments of the state of the field over the last several decades.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors

 

Short, Edmund C., George H. Willis, and William H. Schubert, The Story of the AERA Special Interest Group on Creation and Utilization of Curriculum Knowledge --1970-1984: Toward Excellence in Curriculum Inquiry . March 1985. State College, PA: Nittany Press, 1985 . ERIC document number ED 256 730., Edmund C. Short, George H. Willis, and William H. Schubert

Annotation: Provides a detailed history of the SIG.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Sirotnik, Kenneth A., and Roger Soder, eds., The Beat of a Different Drummer: Essays on Educational Renewal in Honor of John I. Goodlad. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., Kenneth A. Sirotnik and Roger Soder

Annotation: Presents 20 chapters on John Goodlad's thought and work in curriculum, teacher education, and educational renwal; ends with an extensive bibliography of Goodlad's writings.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Literature of Curriculum, Teacher Education

 

Skilbeck, Malcolm, "School-Based Curriculum Development," pp. 121-144 in Andy Hargreaves, Ann Lieberman, Michael Fullan, and David Hopkins, eds., International Handbook of Educational Change, Part One. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998., Malcolm Skilbeck

Annotation: Traces experience of the author in school-based curriculum development internationally from 1959-1998 from his work in the United Kingdom and Australia, theUniversity of London and Deakin University, and in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris.

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

 

Skovira, Robert, "Cremin's Conception of Curriculum," Journal of Thought, 19 (Spring, 1984), 71-79., Robert Skovira

Annotation: Discusses Cremin's conception of curriculum.

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

 

Smith, David L., "Toward Critical Curriculum Practice: The Role of ACSA in Australia," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 23(May-June, 1991), 269-274., David L. Smith

Annotation: Describes the purposes and activities of the Australian Curriculum Studies Assocation (ACSA) and the politcal context within which it works.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Professionalization in Curriculum

 

Smith, Marshall S., Jennifer A. O' Day, and David K. Cohen, "A National Curriculum in the United States?" Educational Leadership, 49 (September, 1991), 74-81. *, Marshall S. Smith, Jennifer A. O' Day, and David K. Cohen

Annotation: Analyzes pros and cons of a proposed national curriculum and related issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Smith, Tracy W., and C. Kenneth McEwin, eds., The Legacy of the Middle School: In Their Own Words. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2011., Tracy W. Smith and C. Kenneth McEwin

Annotation: Reports a study of the Middle School Legacy Project; contains speeches and interviews of founders and prominent leaders of the middle school movement from the early 1960s to today; presents a summary of key themes found across these leaders' interview statements.

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

 

Sokoloff, Ann L. Winter, "The Quest for a Unitary Curriculum," Curriculum History, (2009), 125-141. (Available through Texas Digital LIbrary), Ann L. Winter Sokoloff

Annotation: Traces the history of efforts to attain a unitary curriculum, with special emphasis on integrated units-of-work and examples from Dewey to the present.

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

 

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

Annotation: Provides case histories of Michigan's standards-based reforms in science and mathematics from 1992-1996.

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

 

Spring, Joel, Political Agendas for Education: From the Religious Right to the Green Party, 3rd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005., Joel Spring

Annotation: Describes compassionate conservatism, new-conservatism, and new democrats and their respective education agendas.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Spring, Joel, "The Development of a National Curriculum," pp. 93-139 in his The Sorting Machine: National Educational Policy Since 1945. New York: David McKay Co., 1976., Joel Spring

Annotation: Shows how a national curriculum has evolved in the United States.

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, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Stallones, Jared, "Paul R. Hanna and Education for Intelligent Citizenship," pp. 79-83 in Lynn W. Burlbaw, ed., Curriculum History, 1998. College Station, TX: Society for the Study of Curriculum History, Texas A&M University, 1998., Jared Stallones

Annotation: Traces the evolution of Paul R. Hanna's views on curriculum design and education for citizenship and of his textbook serieses.

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

 

St. Maurice, Henry, "Two Rhetorics of Cynicism in Curriculum Deliberation, or Two Riders in a Barren Landscape," Educational Theory, 43(Spring, 1993), 147-159., Maurice Henry St.

Annotation: Traces the history of two forms of cynicism and illustrates them with educational examples in historical and contemporary curriculum deliberation.

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 Deliberation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Stoller, Aaron, "Taylorism and the Logic of Learning Outcomes," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 47(No. 3, 2015), 317-333., Aaron Stoller

Annotation: Traces the connection between Taylor's scientific management principles and the current learning outcomes movement in education; compares these with Dewey's concept of ends-in-view; shows how both Taylorism and the current movement are at odds with democratic principles; written primarily about higher education.

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: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Ideology and School Knowledge, Higher Education Curriculum, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Stone, James C., "Educational Evaluation: Classic Works of Ralph W. Tyler," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis , 12(Spring, 1990), 102-106.*, James C. Stone

Annotation: Reviews a book which includes reprints of Ralph W. Tyler's writings on testing, the Eight-Year Study, curriculum development, etc.

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

 

Straume, Ingerid, "Bildung from Paideia to the Modern Subject." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Online 27 August 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1417, Ingerid Straume

Annotation: Traces the meaning and influence of the idea of Bildung in education from its Greek origins through its German and Scandinavian manifestations; traces the conceptual tensions and paradoxes in these manifestations; analyzes each of these in great detail; discusses the possibilities of these concepts for our times.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum History, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Stray, Chris, "Paradigms Regained: Towards a Historical Sociology of the Textbook," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 26(January- February, 1994), 1-29., Chris Stray

Annotation: Discusses textbooks as cultural commodities throughout history.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Textbooks, Curriculum History

 

Strickland, Kate, "Curriculum History: Its Past, Present, and Future," pp. 24-26 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: Univeristy Press of America, 1989., Kate Strickland

Annotation: Gives views on state of curriculum history.

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: Curriculum History

 

Strickland, Kate, ed., "Ralph W. Tyler: A Special Topic Edition," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 1-118., Kate Strickland

Annotation: Introduces an entire issue of the journal devoted to Tyler.

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

 

Strickland, Kate, "Ralph W. Tyler in Retrospect," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 88-90., Kate Strickland

Annotation: Gives a summation of the articles on Tyler in this special issue of the journal.

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

 

Strickland, Kate, "Research into the Curriculum, 1918-1938: Highlights of the Work of the First Generation," pp. 51-59 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., Kate Strickland

Annotation: Points out significant curriculum research studies done during this period.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Sunderman, Gail L., The Unraveling of No Child Left Behind: How Negotiated Changes Transform the Law. Cambridge, MA: The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, 2006., Gail L. Sunderman

Annotation: Reviews the changes allowed since 2001 to the states in NCLB's rules for implementation.

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

 

Sunderman, Gail L., James S. Kim, and Gary Orfield, NCLB Meets School Realities: Lessons from the Field. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2005., Gail L. Sunderman, James S. Kim, and Gary Orfield

Annotation: Documents problems in six states in their attempts to implement NCLB; covers curricular and other aspects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum