Mode of Inquiry - Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism

 

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Ennis, Robert H., "Eight Fallacies in Bloom's Taxonomy," pp. 269-273 in C. J. B. Macmillan, ed., Philosophy of Education 1980, Proceedings of 36th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society (San Francisco, April 27-30, 1980). Normal, IL: Philosophy of Education Society, ISU, 1981., Robert H. Ennis

Annotation: Identifies logical fallacies in Bloom's Taxonomy.

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

 

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, "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

 

Feinberg, Walter, "Education Manifestos and the New Fundamentalism," Educational Researcher, 26(November, 1997), 27-35.*, Walter Feinberg

Annotation: Presents a thorough critique of E. D. Hirsch's The Schools We Need and Why We Don't Have Them (1996), including his views on progessive education, his emphasis on facts and subject -specific skills, and his drive to control the curriculum in his Core Knowledge Curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Feinberg, Walter, For Goodness Sake: Religious Schools and Education for Democratic Citizenship. New York: Routledge, 2006., Walter Feinberg

Annotation: Analyzes the relationship between religious schooling and public schooling in terms of the ways they educate for citizenship in a democracy; cites examples from several religious schools; argues for oversight of religious schools by the public with respect to their fostering educative and democratic values that acknowledge human development studies and what diverse religions believe; calls for requiring religious educators to have preparation in these matters as an expression of the public interest in religious schooling.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Religious & Private Schooling, Teacher Education, Citizenship Education, Democratic Education, Values in the Classroom

 

Feuer, Michael J., Lisa Towne, and Richard J. Shavelson, "Scientific Culture and Educational Research," Educational Researcher, 31(November, 2002), 4-14., Michael J. Feuer, Lisa Towne, and Richard J. Shavelson

Annotation: Conveys substantive elements of the National Research Council's report, Scientific Research in Education (2002), addresses issues to the educational research community that the report highlights, and notes the narrow view of research embedded in recent federal education legislation; several commentaries follow.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Flinders, David J., "Qualitative Research in the Foreseeable Future: No Study Left Behind," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 18(Summer, 2003), 380-390., David J. Flinders

Annotation: Argues against narrowing the form of studies in educational research to those using randomized experimental design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Qualitative Research, Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Flinders, David J., "The Failings of NCLB," Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 7(No. 1 & 2, 2005), 1-9., David J. Flinders

Annotation: Critiques the flawed accountability assumptions undelying NCLB and offers alternative policy strategies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Fogarty, James S., "The Tyler Rationale: Support and Criticism," Educational Technology, 16(March, 1976), 28-32., James S. Fogarty

Annotation: Reviews the pros and cons of the Tyler rationale, including Tyler's own views in later years.

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

 

Fox, Seymour, "The Vitality of Theory in Schwab's Conception of the Practical," Curriculum Inquiry , 15(Spring, 1985), 63-89.*, Seymour Fox

Annotation: Reviews and elucidates Schwab's conception of the practical, and critiques and amplifies various aspects of his conception.

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

 

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

 

Frymier, Jack, "Legislating Centralization," Phi Delta Kappan, 67(May, 1986), 646-648., Jack Frymier

Annotation: Argues that the detailed curriculum specifications set forth in Texas by the legislature are dangerous.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Gardner, Howard, and Veronica Boix-Mansilla, "Teaching for Understanding in the Disciplines--and Beyond," Teachers College Record, 96(Winter, 1994), 198-218., Howard Gardner and Veronica Boix-Mansilla

Annotation: Poses forms of disciplinary knowledge that make up a currriculum for understanding.

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

 

Garver, Eugene, "The Arts of the Practical: Variations on a Theme of Prometheus," Curriculum Inquiry, 14(Summer, 1984), 165-182., Eugene Garver

Annotation: Discusses teaching the arts of the practical (Schwab)--deliberation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Content Selection and Organization

 

Gay, Geneva, "Seeking Direction without Adequate Vision," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1(Summer, 2004), 24-26., Geneva Gay

Annotation: Challenges the current testing and accountability policies in education for their ignoring of professional conventions of curriculum design and implementation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Teacher Knowledge

 

Gershman, Kathleen, "To and Fro: Education for the Art of Life," Process Studies, l7 (Winter, l988), 215-226., Kathleen Gershman

Annotation: Discusses the role of Whitehead's process philosophy of education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Gibson, Rex, "Curriculum Criticism: Misconceived Theory, Ill-Advised Practice," Cambridge Journal of Education, 11(1981), 190-210., Rex Gibson

Annotation: Offers some reservations on the application of curriculum criticism to curriculum practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Beyond the Correspondence Theory: Note on the Dynamics of Educational Reproduction and Transformation," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Fall, 1980), 225-247. Reprinted pp. 91-112 in his Ideology, Culture, and the Process of Schooling, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1981.*, Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Critiques the correspondence theory of reproduction and suggests evidence that supports the challenge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Knowledge Generation

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Critical Pedagogy and the Resisting Intellectual, Part II," Phenomenology + Pedagogy, 3(No. 2, 1985), 84-97., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Continues his two-part article from Vol. 3 No. l on the intellectual role of the teacher; discusses four types of intellectuals: resisting, critical, accommodating, and hegemonic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum, Authority of Teacher

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Ideology, Culture, and Schooling," pp. 119-167 in his Theory and Resistance in Education: A Pedagogy for the Opposition. South Hadley, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1983.*, Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Distinguishes the culturalist and the structuralist traditions and analyzes the role of ideology in schooling and curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Paulo Freire's Approach to Radical Educational Reform," Curriculum Inquiry, 9(Fall, 1979), 257-272. Reprinted pp. 127-141 in his Ideology, Culture, and the Process of Schooling. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1981., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Outlines Freire's approach to educational reform, pointing out cultural context, theory of knowledge, and theory of domination; calls for modification when applied to educational settings different from Freire's.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Change,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process

 

Giroux, Henry A., and Peter McLaren, "Reproducing Reproduction: The Politics of Tracking,'' pp. 186-195 in Henry A. Giroux, ed., Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux and Peter McLaren

Annotation: Discusses Oakes studies of tracking and their lack of political problematization.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Curriculum and Politics

 

Golby, Mike, "Practice and Theory," pp. 214-236 in Martin Lawn and Len Barton, eds., Rethinking Curriculum Studies: A Radical Approach. New York City: Halsted Press, 1981., Mike Golby

Annotation: Distinguishes theory from practice and points out dimensions of the former in relation to curriculum design and development (his 1976 book); shows institutional issues by reporting on the work in Timerton, England.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Goodman, Jesse, "Change without Difference: School Restructuring in Historical Perspective," Harvard Educational Review, 65(Spring, 1995), 1-29. *, Jesse Goodman

Annotation: Argues that current third-wave school restructuring does not depart from the prevailing underlying values of schools: social functionalism, efficiency and productivity, individualism, and expertism; advocates instead reform based on alterntive values that the author articulates.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Goodman, Jesse, "Towards a Discourse of Imagery: Critical Curriculum Theorizing," The Educational Forum, 56(Spring, 1992), 269-289.*, Jesse Goodman

Annotation: Contrasts discourse of criticism, discourse of possibility, and discourse of critical imagery and argues that advantage of critical imagery.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Gordon, David, "Rules and the Effectiveness of the Hidden Curriculum," Journal of Philosophy of Education, 17(No. 2, 1983), 207-218.*, David Gordon

Annotation: Addresses the hidden curriculum in terms of two theorist's views of rules and law.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Moral Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Gordon, David, "The Concept of the Hidden Curriculum," Journal of Philosophy of Education, 16(No. 2, 1982), 187-198.*, David Gordon

Annotation: Reviews definitions of the hidden curriculum, identifies three related conceptual problems, and pleads for a tighter use of the concept in the radical literature.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Gordon, David, "The Rebirth of the Hidden Curriculum: Phlogiston as Priestley Might Explain it to Lavoisier," Curriculum Inquiry, 18(Winter, 1988), 465-470. *, David Gordon

Annotation: Responds to Lakomski's analysis of the hidden curriculum.

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

 

Graham, Robert J., "Currere and Reconceptualism: The Progress of the Pilgrimage 1975-1990," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 24(January-February, 1992), 27-42.*, Robert J. Graham

Annotation: Reviews the work done by the reconceptualists in curriculum over a 15 year period.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum History, Knowledge Generation

 

Grant, S. G., "The California History-Social Science Framework: A Study in the Deprofessionalization of Teachers," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision , 6 (Spring, 1991), 213-221., S. G. Grant

Annotation: Analyzes the conception and impact on teacher professionalization of the 1988 California History-Social Science Framework.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Social Studies, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Planning, Teaching/Learning Process, Authority of Teacher, Local Control of Schooling

 

Gray, James U., "Vintage Connoisseurship: A Practitioner's View of Educational Criticism," Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Winter, 1981), 343-358., James U. Gray

Annotation: Shows the limitations of Eisner's method of educational criticism in light of data from three case studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Greene, Maxine, "Curriculum and Consciousness," Teachers College Record, 73(December, 1971), 253-269. Reprinted pp. 299-320 in William F. Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975. Reprinted pp. 237-253 in Arno A. Bellack and Herbert M. Kliebard, eds., Curriculum and Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1977., Maxine Greene

Annotation: Shows how breaking with common sense views and examining alternative ones can lead to designing curriculum with many possibilities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Freedom/Authority and 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

 

Grimmett, Peter, and Mark Halvorson, "From Understanding Curriculum to Creating Curriculum: The Case of Co-Evolution of Re-conceptualized Design with Re-conceptualized Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 40(March, 2010),241-262., Peter Grimmett and Mark Halvorson

Annotation: Discusses the problem of design practice as it relates to curriculum design; notes the omission of reconceptualizing curriculum design in Pinar's Understanding Curriculum which the authors review.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Haggerson, Nelson L., "Philosophical Inquiry: Ampliative Criticism," pp. 43-59 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991. Reprinted pp. 57-71 in Nelson L. Haggerson, Jr., Expanding Curriculum Research and Understanding: A Mytho-Poetic Perspective. New York: Peter Lang, 2000.*, Nelson L. Haggerson

Annotation: Describes the processes of philosophical criticism in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Halvorson, Mark, "Revealing the Technological Irresponsibility in Curriculum Design," Curriculum Inquiry, 41(January, 2011), 34-47., Mark Halvorson

Annotation: Reexamines Tyler's Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction critically in terms of its theoretical, practical, and productive aspects; the last of these employs a critical theory of technology (A. Feenberg, 1999);concludes that Tyler's technology of curriculum design has been inappropriately universalized and has ignored the subjectivity of teaching and learning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum Development Strategies, Discourse Analysis, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Hammersley, Martyn, "Some Questions about Evidenced-based Practice in Education," pp. 133-149 in Gary Thomas and Richard Pring, eds., Evidenced-based Practice in Education. New York: Open University Press, 2004.*, Martyn Hammersley

Annotation: Argues that research evidence should not be privileged to the exclusion of evidence from professional experience in choosing courses of action in educational policy-making and practice; explains the underlying flaws in the arguments put forth in favor of research-based practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Hamm, Russell L., and Kenneth T. Henson, "Philosophy: Curriculum Source and Guide," Contemporary Education, 51(Spring, 1980), 147-150., Russell L. Hamm and Kenneth T. Henson

Annotation: Points out how philosophy contributes to curriculum theory by helping it to escape parochialism, dogmatism, fads, misunderstandings of meanings, and an unquestioning attitude.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Handler, Bonnie S., "Coming of Age in Curriculum: Reflections on 'Thinking About the Curriculum'," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 14(April-June, 1982), 183-195.*, Bonnie S. Handler

Annotation: Critiques Reid's book, Thinking about the Curriculum (1978).

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

 

Hansen, Klaus-Henning, "Rewriting Bildung for Postmodernity: Books on Educational Philosophy, Classroom Practice, and Reflective Teaching," Curriculum Inquiry, 38(January,2008), 93-115., Klaus-Henning Hansen

Annotation: Reviews three books (2000, 2002, 2003) on the concepts of Bildung and Bildung-centered Didaktik and underlines the need to rewrite Bildung today.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Hansgen, Richard A., "Can Education Become A Science?" Phi Delta Kappan 72(May, 1991): 689-694., Richard A. Hansgen

Annotation: Examines and challenges the basis for the position that education can become a science.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Harris, Ilene B., "Reflections on Communication for Curriculum Improvement: An Essay Review of the 1980 Yearbook of the ASCD," Curriculum Inquiry, 14(Summer, 1984), 217-233., Ilene B. Harris

Annotation: Critiques this yearbook in light of Schwab's notion of deliberation; examines the problem of effective communication in guiding teachers with practical theories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Practical Knowledge, Curriculum Implementation, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Harris, Phillip, Bruce M. Smith, and Joan Harris, They Myths of Standardized Tests: Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011., Phillip Harris, Bruce M. Smith, and Joan Harris

Annotation: Argues cogently the limitations of standardized tests and their current use; helps the public understand why the current uses are misguided; gives a thorough treatment of the subject in easily understood terms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Harvey, James, "Privatization: A Drain on Public Schools," 69(December 2011/January 2012), 48-53., James Harvey

Annotation: Argues cogently against arguments supporting privatization of public schools, charter schools, and vouchers; presents the case for public control for the public good.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling, Curriculum and Politics, Democratic Education, Local Control of Schooling

 

Henchey, Norman, "Curriculum as Myth," McGill Journal of Education, 16(Fall, 1981), 257-266.*, Norman Henchey

Annotation: Defines curriculum and curriculum study as myth and critiques this view.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Henderson, James G., "Curriculum Discourse and the Question of Empowerment," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 204-209., James G. Henderson

Annotation: Critiques the role of ideology in curriculum with particular attention to teacher empowerment.

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

 

Henderson, James G., "Deepening Democratic Curriculum Work." Educational Researcher, 30(December, 2001), 18-21.*, James G. Henderson

Annotation: Examines recent arguments of Wraga and of Pinar and suggests a third postion and its implications; Wraga responds in same journal 31(6), 2002.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Henderson, James G., and Kathleen R. Kesson, "Celebration and Critical Assessment," Curriculum Inquiry, 31(Fall, 2001), 367-377.*, James G. Henderson and Kathleen R. Kesson

Annotation: Reviews the 1999 volume of Huebner's essys, The Lure of the Transcendent, highlights his contributions to curriculum studies, and offers three unfinished tasks for the field prompted by Huebner's work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Henderson, James G., and Kathleen R. Kesson, "Curriculum Work at the Intersection of Pragmatic Inquiry, Deliberation, and Fidelity," Educational Researcher, 38(March, 2009), 132-136., James G. Henderson and Kathleen R. Kesson

Annotation: Reviews and critiques Pinar's 2007 book, Intellectual Advancement through Disciplinarity; compares Pinar's views with their own views on advancement of the field of curriculum studies in the context of a democratic society.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Hildreth, R. W., "What Good is Growth? Reconsidering Dewey on the Ends of Education," Education and Culture, 27(No. 2, 2011), 28-48., R. W. Hildreth

Annotation: Reexamines the arguments made by critics of Dewey's views on the ends of education; marshals quotations from Dewey to show why Dewey intentionally chose not to assert particular ends and why this was consistent with his overall views on education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Hirst, Paul H., "The Contribution of Philosophy to the Study of the Curriculum," pp. 39-62 in John F. Kerr, ed., Changing the Curriculum. London: University of London Press, 1968., Paul H. Hirst

Annotation: Describes the contributions of philosophical analysis to the study of curriculum.

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

 

Hirst, Paul H., "The Logic of Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1(May, 1969), 142-158. Reprinted pp. 232-250 in Richard Hooper, ed., The Curriculum: Context, Design & Development . Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1971. *, Paul H. Hirst

Annotation: Examines the arguments for universal objectives for the curriculum.

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

 

Hirst, Paul, H., "Toward a Logic of Curriculum Development," pp. 9-26 in Philip H. Taylor and Jack Walton, eds., The Curriculum: Research Innovation and Change . London: Ward Lock Educational, 1973.*, Paul H. Hirst

Annotation: Critiques end-means views of curriculum development and analyzes their various uses.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Hlebowitsh, Peter, "The Burdens of the New Curricularist," Curriculum Inquiry, 29(Fall, 1999), 343-354., Peter Hlebowitsh

Annotation: Argues that Pinar and similar curriculum theorists have separated their theory from practice, design, unity of the field, and from its history in a negative way; Westbury and Pinar respond in two articles that follow.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Hlebowitsh, Peter S., "Amid Behavioural and Behaviouristic Objectives: Reapprasing Appraisals of the Tyler Rationale," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 24(November - Decermber, 1992), 533-547.*, Peter S. Hlebowitsh

Annotation: Analzes and critiques several theorists' attempts to challenge Ralph Tyler's rationale (1949).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Hlebowitsh, Peter S., "Interpretations of theTyler Rationale: A Reply to Kliebard," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 27(January-February, 1995), 89-94., Peter S. Hlebowitsh

Annotation: Responds to Kliebard's comments in the same issue of JCS on his own and Kliebard's earlier criticisms and counter-criticisms of the Tyler rationale.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Hlebowitsh, Peter S. Radical Curriculum Theory Reconsidered: A Historical Approach. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993., Peter S. Hlebowitsh

Annotation: Critiques the radical curriculum theorists from the vantage point of the strengths of Tyler.

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

 

Hlebowitsh, Peter S., "The Forgotten Hidden Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 9(Summer, 1994), 339-349.*, Peter S. Hlebowitsh

Annotation: Explores the concept of hidden curriculum as understood by Dewey, Tyler, and Bode, and criticizes recent radical critics' understandings of the hidden curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Holland, Patricia, and Noreen B. Garman, "Macdonald and the Mythopoetic," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 9(Summer, 1992), 45-72.* Expanded in "Watching with Two Eyes: The Place of the Mythopoetic in Curriculum Inquiry," pp. 11-29 in Timothy Leonard and Peter Willis, eds., Pedagogies of the Imagination: Mythopoetic Curriculum in Educational Practice. New York: Springer, 2008., Patricia Holland and Noreen B. Garman

Annotation: Expands Macdonald's views on mythopoetic language in curriculum inquiry by demonstrating the powers of the mythopoetic--reflexive, moral, controlling, and evocative.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Holliday, William G., and Berchie W. Holliday, "Why Using International Comparative Math and Science Achievement Data form TIMSS in Not Helpful," The Educational Forum, 67(Spring, 2003), 250-257., William G. Holliday and Berchie W. Holliday

Annotation: Argues against using TIMSS results because of widely differing characteristics among countries assessed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Science, Mathematics

 

Holmes, Mark, "Less Power for Educators: Response to McDiarmid," Interchange, 18(Fall, 1987), 68-73.*, Mark Holmes

Annotation: Responds to McDiarmid's proposals in same issue of Interchange regarding his conceptions of the politics of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum History

 

Holt, Maurice, "It's Time to Start the Slow School Movement," Phi Delta Kappan, 84(December, 2002), 265-271., Maurice Holt

Annotation: Argues against curricula that emphasize uniformity, predictability, and measurability of process and results (characteristic of "fast food" and pressured schools) and argues for programs that allow time for thought, discovery, and in-depth learning.

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

 

Hopkins, L. Thomas. Interaction: The Democratic Process. Boston: D. C. Heath, 1941., L. Thomas Hopkins

Annotation: Discusses the democratic process and proposes how it can be implemented through the curriculum and specific teaching approaches; also contrasts the subject curriculum and its variations with the experience curriculum (which the author advocates should be used with teaching the democratic process); provides many helpful practical suggestions along with persuasive rationales for various aspects of the proposal.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Democratic Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Professors, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Horn,Raymond A., Jr., Standards Primer. New York: Peter Lang, 2004., Raymond A. Horn Jr.

Annotation: Sets forth the fundamentals of standards as employed in education and contrasts the differences between the application of technical standards and standards of complexity.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Huebner, Dwayne, "Toward a Remaking of Curricular Language," pp. 36-53 in William Pinar, ed., Heightened Consciousness, Cultural Revolution, and Curriculum Theory . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1974., Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Discusses the need for creating new language to convey new perspectives on curriculum; discusses children's right to participate in public, political activities.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Hughes, Philip, "Decisions and Curriculum Design," Educational Theory, 12(July, 1962), 187-192., Philip Hughes

Annotation: Analyzes and critiques assumptions behind curriculum decisions made in the science curriculum of the time.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Philosophical Schools, Science, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Hyman, Ronald T., "Means-Ends Reasoning and the Curriculum," Teachers College Record, 73(February, 1972), 393-401., Ronald T. Hyman

Annotation: Critiques the Tyler rationale and discusses the need for alternatives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Ingman, Benjamin C., and Christy McConnell Moroye, "Experience-Based Objectives," Educational Studies, 55(3, 2019), 346-367., Benjamin C. Ingman and Christiy McConnell Moroye

Annotation: Reviews the literature on educational objectives and highlights the value of experience-based objectives; draws on Eisner's notion of expressive objectives; explains and gives examples of experience-based objectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience

 

Jackson, Philip W., "John Dewey's School and Society Revisited," The Elementary School Journal, 98(May, 1998), 415-426., Philip W. Jackson

Annotation: Offers a 100th anniversary review and critique of Dewey's essays in School and Society.

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

 

Jackson, Philip W., "The Functions of Educational Research," Educational Researcher, 19(October, 1990), 3-9.*, Philip W. Jackson

Annotation: Gives a critique of Cronbach and Suppes (1969), a review of newer research methods in education, and a plea for researchers to communicate with various audiences for their work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

 

Jickling, Bob, "A Tough Nut: A Rejoinder to Robin Barrow and to Daniel and Laurel Tanner," Interchange, 19(Summer, 1988), 64-67.*, Bob Jickling

Annotation: Responds to two respondents to his article in the same issue of Interchange on the status of the Tyler Rationale.

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

 

Jickling, Bob, "Paradigms in Curriculum Development: Critical Comments on the Work of Tanner and Tanner," Interchange, 19(Summer 1988), 41-49.*, Bob Jickling

Annotation: Challenges the view of Tanner and Tanner (1980) that the Tyler Rationale should be considered a paradigm for curriculum development.

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

 

Jobrack, Benerlee, Tyranny of the Textbook: An Insider Exposes How Educational Materials Undermine Reforms. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012., Benerlee Jobrack

Annotation: Describes how publishers develop and market educational materials; critiques the effectiveness and quality of such materials; conceptualizes the place of such materials in overall curriculum design and teaching; suggests procedures for evaluating and selecting the best available published curricula.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Johnston, James Scott, Inquiry and Education: John Dewey and the Quest for Democracy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006., James Scott Johnston

Annotation: Engages Dewey's views of inquiry, experience, growth, community, and democracy by detailing both critic's and supporter's writings on these topics and by offering his own resolution of the issues raised; traces these arguments quite thoroughly using quotations from Dewey and others and systematically analyzes and critiques them; interprets the role of education in all of these.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Democratic Education, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Kemmis, Stephen, "Phronesis, Experience, and the Primacy of Practice," pp. 147-161 in Elizabeth Anne Kinsella and Allan Pitman, eds., Phronesis as Professional Knowledge: Practical Wisdom in the Professions. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2012., Stephen Kemmis

Annotation: Contrasts practical reasoning and practical wisdom attained through the experience of doing educational practice with propositional, theoretical, and scientific knowledge about educational practice; phronesis involves understanding and critiquing one's own practice as a professional practitioner through learning from and reporting on his own and other's praxis; provided through philosophical analysis on the concepts involved; the author elucidates phronesis as a disposition and as a moral action learned indirectly through praxis; gives implications for professional education of educators.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Practical Knowledge, In-service Teacher Development, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum as Experience

 

Kimpston, Richard D., Howard Y. Williams, and William S. Stockton, "Ways of Knowing and the Curriculum," The Educational Forum, 56(Winter, 1992), 153-172., Richard D. Kimpston, Howard Y. Williams, and William S. Stockton

Annotation: Sets forth four learning paradigms (association, correspondence, coherence, recognition), each with two subtypes, and provides a matrix analyzing each of these by six questions, including implications for curriculum planning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Kincheloe, Joe L., "The Right-Wing Politics of Knowledge and Education," pp. 31-68 in Shirley R. Steinberg and Joe L. Kincheloe, eds., What You Don't Know about Schools. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006., Joe L. Kincheloe

Annotation: Explains why many Americans have bought into the now dominant regressive, oppressive, and anti-democratic educational policies supported by right-wing political groups; focuses on presumed threats to universal knowledge, to authority of colonial and racist powers, and to pedagogies of free inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Criticism of Schooling

 

Kitching, Gavin, The Trouble with Theory: The Educational Costs of Postmodernism. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008., Gavin Kitching

Annotation: Contains a set of philosophical arguments against theorists' adopting a postmodern philosophy of language like that found in the work of Foucault; draws on Wittgenstein's work to support the Enlightenment understanding of language and language use; critiques postmodern theorizing by students in excerpts from their theses.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Klein, M. Frances, "Issues from Curriculum Theory in the Centralization of Curriculum," pp. 210-225 in M. Frances Klein, ed., The Politics of Curriculum Decision-Making: Issues in Centralizing the Curriculum . Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991., M. Frances Klein

Annotation: Summarizes the characteristics and impact of state-mandated curricula and notes the related perspectives from curriculum theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Bestor Agonistes," Educational Studies, 17(Winter, 1986), 542-549.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Reviews 1985 reissue of Arthur Bestor's Educational Wastelands.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., Changing Course: American Curriculum Reform in the 20th Century. New York: Teachers College Press, 2002., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Gives eight examples of curriculum reforms in the history of U. S. curriculum and critiques these changes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Kliebard, Herbert, M., "Structure of the Discipline as an Educational Slogan," Teachers College Record, 66(April, 1965), 598-603., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Critiques Bruner's phrase "structure of the disciplines" as an example of using a curriculum slogan before conducting inquiry.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The Tyler Rationale Revisited," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 27(January-February, 1995), 81-88.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Reviews his1970 criticisms of the Tyler rationale and comments on Hlebowitsh's 1992 article on the same subject.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The Tyler Rationale," School Review, 78(February, 1970), 259-272.* Reprinted pp. 70-83 in William F. Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan Publishing, 1975. Reprinted pp. 153-167 in Herbert M. Kliebard, Forging the American Curriculum: Essays in Curriculum History and Theory. New York: Routledge, 1992., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Critiques the Tyler rationale for its over-reliance on the rational use of educational objectives.

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

 

Komoski, P. Kenneth, "Needed: A Whole-Curriculum Approach," Educational Leadership, 47(February, 1990), 72-78.*, P. Kenneth Komoski

Annotation: Makes the case for curriculum wholeness and curriculum alignment with reference to databases of software for use in analysis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Computers and Technology as Subjects

 

Kridel, Craig, "Reconsidersation: The Story of the Eight-Year Study," Educational Studies, 25 (Summer, 1994), 101-115., Craig Kridel

Annotation: Reviews a 1942 volume on the Eight-year Study by Wilford M. Aikin and corrects several misconceptions about the study.

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

 

Kridel, Craig, and Robert V. Bullough, Jr., "Conceptions and Misperceptions of the Eight-Year Study," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 18(Fall, 2002), 63-82., Craig Kridel and Robert V. Bullough Jr.

Annotation: Re-examines the facts and interpretations of the Eight-Year Study; argues for numerous corrections and reinterpretations based on historical research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Curriculum Integration

 

Kvernbekk, Tone, "The Concept of Evidence in Evidence-Based Practice," Educational Theory, 61(No.5, 2011), 515-532., Tone Kvernbekk

Annotation: Gives a philosophical analysis of the concept of evidence as employed in the phrase "evidence-based practice"; argues against the limited conception of evidence as employed in studies using randomized controlled trials; shows four possible relationships evidence can have to epistemic truth and to practice based on research evidence.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Teaching/Learning Process, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Lakomski, Gabriele, "Witches, Weather Gods, and Philogiston: The Demise of the Hidden Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 18(Winter, 1988), 451-463., Gabriele Lakomski

Annotation: Argues that there is no such thing as a hidden curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Lather, Patti, "Scientific Research in Education: A Critical Perspective," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 20(Fall, 2004), 14-30., Patti Lather

Annotation: Takes up the issue of governmental legislating of particular forms of scientific research methods, argues for critical action to counter this trend, and discusses three ways of doing this.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Critical Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Qualitative Research, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Lather, Patti, "This is Your Father's Paradigm: Government Intrusion and the Case of Qualitative Research in Education," Qualitative Inquiry, 10(February, 2004), 15-34., Patti Lather

Annotation: Critiques U. S. government's legislating "scientific" method through NCLB Act by employing three critical approaches.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Levit, Martin , ed., Curriculum . Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1971., Martin Levit

Annotation: Contains 27 essays in three sections: aims, the disciplines, and curriculum as a field of study.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Lewy, Arieh, "Theory and Practice in Curriculum Evaluation: The Lack of Balance Between Two Types of Studies," Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1(Spring, 1975), 1-4., Arieh Lewy

Annotation: Distinguishes between studies presenting evaluative theory and those describing empirical evaluations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Lindblom, Charles E., "Who Needs What Social Research for Policy-Making?" Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 7(June, 1986), 345-366., Charles E. Lindblom

Annotation: Discusses four principles of policy research aimed at meeting critical needs of citizens and others.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Liston, Daniel P., "On Facts and Values: An Analysis of Radical Curriculum Studies," Educational Theory, 36(Spring, 1986), 137-152., Daniel P. Liston

Annotation: Discusses the use of radical and critical approaches to curriculum studies with respect to prescriptive and explanatory analyses.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

MacDonald, Gerald, "The Politics of Closed Curricula," British Journal of Educational Technology, 4(January, 1973), 24-40., Gerald MacDonald

Annotation: Argues that curricula can be conceived as ideology, as a description of reality, as a closed system of knowledge, and discusses the politics of closed curricula.

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,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines, Curriculum and Politics

 

Macdonald, James B., "Myths About Instruction," Educational Leadership, 22(May, 1965), 571-576; 609-617., James B. Macdonald

Annotation: Discusses six myths of instruction which have been used wrongly to prescribe instructional practices.

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

 

Macdonald, James B., and Dwight Clark, "Critical Value Questions and the Analysis of Objectives and Curricula," pp. 405-412 in R. M. W. Travers, ed., Second Handbook of Research on Teaching . Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1973.*, James B. Macdonald and Dwight Clark

Annotation: Discusses the value-laden issues behind the formulation of curriculum objectives and behind choices in instructional materials and media; laments the lack of research on these matters.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General,Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

MacLure, Maggie, "'Clarity Bordering on Stupidity': Where's the Quality in Systemic Review," Journal of Educational Policy, 20(No. 4, 2005), 393-416. Reprinted pp. 45-70 in Bridget Somekh and Thomas A. Schwandt, eds., Knowledge Production: Research Work in Interesting Times. New York: Routledge, 2007., Maggie MacLure

Annotation: Critiques the approach to doing research reviews labeled "systematic review" that ignores nuanced reading, writing, and interpretation of all studies on a given topic and that resorts to narrow protocols of government defined "evidenced-based research."

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Magrini, James M., "Cosmopolitanism and Curriculum in a New Key," pp. 143-174 in James M. Magrini, Social Efficiency and Instrumentalism in Education: Essays in Ontology, Phenomenology, and Philosophical Hermeneutics. New York: Routledge, 2014., James M. Magrini

Annotation: Analyzes Pinar's concept of cosmopolitanism in curriculum as it relates to Aoki's philosophy of curriculum; relates their work to work of other philosophers and curriculum scholars.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Aims and Objectives