Mode of Inquiry - Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis

 

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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., "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

 

Hobbs, Ted, "Epistemological and Psychological Assumptions in Curriculum Development," Paper presented at CSSE, 1974., Ted Hobbs

Annotation: Traces the epistemological and psychological assumptions associated with various philosophies as they are found in curriculum development work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools

 

Holland, Patricia, and Noreen B, Garman, "Macdonald and the Mythopoetic,"Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 9(Summer, 1992), 45-72.*, 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, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Hopkins, L. Thomas, Integration: Its Meaning and Application. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1937., L. Thomas Hopkins

Annotation: Analyzes integration in persons and in the curriculum; refers to philosophical, biological, and psychological aspects of integration; reports research on local courses of study where correlated, broad-fields, core, and experience curricula are operating; shows how partial integration is evident in these courses of study, but full integration is not.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration, Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Frameworks, School Subjects, Literature of Curriculum, Curriculum Professors

 

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, Jim, and Denise Wilburn, The Mismeasure of Education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2013., Jim Horn and Denise Wilburn

Annotation: Describes recent history of assessment in educational policy and practice; reviews research on testing and accountability schemes in the US and argues that sound research does not support present policies and practices; provides as a case study Tennessee's value-added assessment model which is extensively analyzed and critiqued: offers several recommendations for changing from using high-stakes testing to more helpful formative assessment policies and practices.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum and Politics, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Student Assessment

 

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, "Curricular Language and Classroom Meanings," pp. 8-26 in James B. Macdonald and Robert R. Leeper, eds., Language and Meaning . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1966.*, Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Analyzes the use of language in classrooms and distinguishes five value frameworks (technical, political, scientific, aesthetic, and ethical) employed in them.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Frameworks, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Huebner, Dwayne, "Notes Toward a Framework for Curriculum Inquiry," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 6 (Winter, 1991), 145-161.*, Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Distinguishes theoretical and ideological inquiry in curriculum; instructional and agential curricular events; and the relationships among these concepts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Huebner, Dwayne, "Religious Metaphors in the Language of Education," Religious Education, 80(Summer, 1985), 460-472.*, Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Presents alternative metaphors for education (love, stranger, community),

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks

 

Huebner, Dwayne, "The Search for Religious Metaphors in the Language of Education," Phenomenology +Pedagogy, 2(No. 2, 1984), 112-123., Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Examines the use of religious metaphors in the language of education.

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

 

Iannone, Ron, and Pat Obenauf, " A Set of Criteria for Curriculum Theorizing," Curriculum Perspectives, 4(May,1984), 61-64., Ron Iannone and Pat Obenauf

Annotation: Posits six criteria (sets of questions) on values, reality, knowledge, nature of curriculum, goals, design, objectives and processes.

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

 

Jackson, Philip W. , "Conceptions of Curriculum and Curriculum Specialists," pp. 3-40 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992.*, Philip W. Jackson

Annotation: Reviews in depth the issues involved in variations among conceptions of both curriculum and the work of curriculum specialists; takes up definitional issues, perpectival issues, and professional issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Professionalization in Curriculum, Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Johnson, Aostre N., "Meditations on James Macdonald's Transcendental Developmental Ideology of Education," JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 14(Spring, 1998), 37-43., Aostre N. Johnson

Annotation: Relates Macdonald's views with those of 13th century mystic, Rumi.

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

 

Johnson, Earl S., "Ways of Knowing," Social Education, 27(January, 1963), 5-10; 35. Reprinted pp. 167-181 in Earl S. Johnson, The Humanistic Teachings of Earl Johnson . Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983., Earl S. Johnson

Annotation: Concludes that the making of facts and the ordering of facts in any field of knowledge are not culture-free or value-free; imagination enters these processes; explains the difference in approaching the same object scientifically and artistically.

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

 

Johnson, Mauritz, "Appropriate Research Directions for Curriculum and Instruction," Curriculum Theory Network, 6(1971), 24-37.*, Mauritz Johnson

Annotation: Distinguishes technical and managerial processes and relates research variables to each of the 17 processes identified.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Defining Curriculum Research Questions,Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage

 

Johnson, Mauritz, "Definitions and Models in Curriculum Theory," Educational Theory, 17(April, 1967), 127-140.*, Mauritz Johnson

Annotation: Presents a model of curriculum and instruction and systematically distinguishes elements of a schema for curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Definitions,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis; Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Johnson, Mauritz, "Needed Research: Emphasis on the Future," Educational Leadership, 33(April, 1976), 505-508.*, Mauritz Johnson

Annotation: Defines curriculum research and suggests a research agenda for the future.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Johnson, Mauritz, "On the Meaning of Curriculum Design," Curriculum Theory Network, 3(Spring, 1969), 3-9.*, Mauritz Johnson

Annotation: Distinguishes several notions of curriculum design, such as a product or a process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis; Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies, Evaluation of Instruction

 

Johnson, Mauritz, "The Translation of Curriculum into Instruction," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1(May, 1969), 115-131.*, Mauritz Johnson

Annotation: Distinguishes curriculum planning from instructional planning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Planning

 

Joyce, Bruce R., "The Curriculum Worker of the Future," pp. 307-355 in Robert M. McClure, ed., Curriculum: Retrospect and Prospect , Seventieth Yearbook of the NSSE, Part I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971.*, Bruce R. Joyce

Annotation: Presents positive and negative theses regarding the role of the curriculum worker in improving curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Professionalization in Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum History, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Kelly, A. V., "Curriculum Objectives," pp. 23-48 in his The Curriculum: Theory and Practice . London: Harper & Row Ltd., 1977.*, A. V. Kelly

Annotation: Examines various uses of curriculum objectives including their non-use in curriculum.

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

 

Kemmis, Stephen, and Robin McTaggart, "Participatory Action Research," pp. 567-605 in Norman K. Denzin and Yvonne S. Lincoln, eds., The Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2000., Stephen Kemmis and Robin McTaggart

Annotation: Defines and criticizes several types of action research, discusses five traditions of studying practice with their characteristic methods and techniques, and analyzes relationships among the traditions; identifies key features of participatory action research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

Kennedy, Mary M., "Defining a Literature," Educational Researcher, 36(April, 2007), 139-147., Mary M. Kennedy

Annotation: Classifies different types of literature reviews and explores several issues related to determining the body of literature appropriate to each type; stipulates various distinctions and illustrates them with examples.

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

 

Kilbourn, Brent, "World Views and Curriculum," Interchange, 11(No. 2, 1980-81), 1-10., Brent Kilbourn

Annotation: Uses Pepper's analysis of six world views (animism, mysticism, formism, mechanism, contextualism, and organicism) to provide a conceptual framework for inquiry into the contributions the curriculum might make to the study of social problems.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools, Social Studies

 

Kilbourn, Brent, "World Views and Science Teaching," pp. 34-43 in Hugh Munby, Graham Orpwood, and Thomas Russell, eds., Seeing Curriculum in a New Light, Essays from Science Education. Toronto: OISE Press, 1980., Brent Kilbourn

Annotation: Describes the use and limitations of mechanistic explanations in science teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Values in the Classroom, Science, Philosophical Schools

 

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

 

Klein, M. Frances, "A Conceptual Framework for Curriculum Decision Making," pp. 24-41 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: Poses a conceptual framework for curriculum decision-making in a 9 X 7 matrix.

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

 

Klein, M. Frances, "Alternative Curriculum Conceptions and Designs," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 31-35., M. Frances Klein

Annotation: Identifies several viable conceptions of curriculum and curriculum design which may be employed in practice.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Metaphorical Roots of Curriculum Design," Teachers College Record, 73(February, 1972), 403-404. Reprinted pp. 84-85 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing: The Reconceptualists. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Identifies three metaphorical roots of curriculum design: production, growth, and travel.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Problems of Definition in Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 5(Fall, 1989), 1-5. Also ERIC Document No. ED148 017.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Analyzes elements of curriculum: what should be taught, why, to whom, by what rules, and how these should be interrelated--all value questions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

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

 

Kneller, George F., "Analysis," pp. 1-26 in his Movements of Thought in Modern Education . New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984.*, George F. Kneller

Annotation: Sets forth the processes of philosophical analysis as they are applied in educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Education, Authority of Teacher, Knowledge Generation

 

Knitter, William, "Curriculum Deliberation: Pluralism and the Practical," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17(October-December, 1985), 383-395.*, William Knitter

Annotation: Analyzes the types of problems for which deliberation is appropriate.

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

 

Knitter, William, "The Informing Vision of the Practical: The Concepts of Character, Virtue, Vice, and Privation," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20 (November-December, 1988), 483-492., William Knitter

Annotation: Analyzes these four concepts in the context of Schwab's notion of deliberation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Values in the Classroom

 

Komisar, B. Paul, "The Language of Education," pp. 327-334 in L. C. Deighton, ed., Encyclopedia of Education, Volume 5. New York: Macmillan and Free Press, 1971., B. Paul Komisar

Annotation: Analyzes several types of discourse in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization

 

Koro-Ljungberg, Mirka, Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Jason Jude Smith, and Sharon B. Hayes, "(E)pistemological Awareness, Instantiation of Methods, and Uninformed Methodological Ambiguity in Qualitative Research Projects," Educational Researcher, 38(December, 2009), 687-699., Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Jason Jude Smith, and Sharon B. Hayes

Annotation: Argues for making the research process, epistemologies, values, methodological decision points, and argumentative logic, open, accessible, and visible in qualitative research reports; analyzes a series of reports for how well they do this; contains a chart specifying for ten theoretical perspectives that have been used in qualitative research studies ten decision junctures reflecting these epistemological and methodological aspects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

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

 

Laska, John A., "The Relationship Between Instruction and Curriculum: A Conceptual Clarification," Instructional Science, 13(1984), 203-212., John A. Laska

Annotation: Makes distinctions between curriculum and instruction and places curricular components as constituents of the instructional process.

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

 

Lawton, Denis, "Metaphor and the Curriculum," pp. 79-90 in William Taylor (ed.), Metaphors of Education . London: Heinemann, 1984.*, Denis Lawton

Annotation: Identifies and analylzes several metaphors used for the curriculum.

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

 

Leithwood, Kenneth A., "The Dimensions of Curriculum Innovation," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 13(January-March, 1981), 25-36.*, Kenneth A. Leithwood

Annotation: Identifies and relates several dimensions of curriculum innovation into a model.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

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

 

Lincoln, Yvonna S., and Egan G. Egon, "Paradigmatic Controversies, Contradictions, and Emerging Confluences," pp. 163-188 in Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln , eds., The Handbook of Qualitative Research, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2000., Yvonna S. Lincoln and Egan G. Egon

Annotation: Presents five paradigms of qualitative research (postivism, postpositivism, critical theory, constructivism, participatory) with basic beliefs in each, and analyzes positions each of them take on thirteen issues (e. g., criteria of quality, control, voice).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

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., "Have We Explained the Relationship Between Curriculum and Capitalism? An Analysis of the Selective Tradition," Educational Theory, 34 (Summer, 1984), 241-253., Daniel P. Liston

Annotation: Analyzes the relation between mechanisms of exclusion in curriculum and the assumptions of captialism (with examples).

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

 

Luckmann, Thomas, "Common Sense, Science, and the Specialization of Knowledge," Phenomenology + Pedagogy , 1(No. 1, 1983), 59-73., Thomas Luckmann

Annotation: Shows the consequence of curricular specialization of knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

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., "Curriculum Theory," The Journal of Educational Research, 64(January, 1971), 196-200.*, James B. Macdonald

Annotation: Distinguishes knowledge-oriented statements, reality-oriented statements, and value-oriented statements in curriculum theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Macdonald, James B. "How Literal is Curriculum Theory?" Theory into Practice, 21 (Winter, 1982), 55-61., James B. Macdonald

Annotation: Posits and discusses the elements in theorizing curriculum and defines the functions of curriculum theory as metaphor.

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

 

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

 

Machlup, Fritz, "Uses, Value, and Benefits of Knowledge," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(September, 1979), 62-81., Fritz Machlup

Annotation: Identifies various uses, benefits, and value of knowledge for research and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Malen, Betty, and Michael Knapp, "Rethinking the Multiple Perspectives Approach to Educational Policy Analysis: Implications for Policy-Practice Connections," Journal of Educational Policy, 12(October, 1997), 419-445.*, Betty Malen and Michael Knapp

Annotation: Sets forth a general framework of eight common dimensions of policy and shows how these can be analyzed from five perspectives (rational, organizational, political, symbolic, normative).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Marsh, Colin, "Curriculum Theorizing," pp. 215-239 in his Curriculum: An Analytic Introduction . Sydney, Australia: Ian Nooak, 1986.*, Colin Marsh

Annotation: Reviews various approaches to and categories of curriculum theorizing (system-oriented a priorists, system-opposing a priorists, system-indifferent explorers, and system-supportive explorers).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Marsh, Colin, and Michael Huberman, "Disseminating Curricula: A Look from the Top Down," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(January-March, 1984), 53-66., Colin Marsh and Michael Huberman

Annotation: Distinguishes several models of curriculum dissemination.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Knowledge Utilization

 

Martinello, Marian L., and Gillian E. Cook, "Interdisciplinary Qualities of Inquiry," The Educational Forum, 58(Fall, 1993), 36-47.*, Marian L. Martinello and Gillian E. Cook

Annotation: Examines the modes of inquiry in the literary arts, the fine and performing arts, mathematics, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities; also examines the influences on and products of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Integration

 

Martin, Jane Roland, Readings in the Philosophy of Education: A Study of Curriculum . Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1970., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Contains 29 reprinted articles on the logic of curriculum, on aims and objectives, on the nature of knowledge, and on subjects and subject matters.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
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 Aims and Objectives, School Subjects, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Content Selection and Organization, Knowledge Generation

 

Martin, Jane Roland, "The Anatomy of Subjects," Educational Theory, 27(Spring, 1977), 85-95., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Distinguishes between school subjects and disciplines, showing overlaps in part or wholes.

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

 

Martin, Jane Roland, "The Disciplines and the Curriculum," Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1(1969), 23-40. Reprinted pp. 65-86 in Jane Roland Martin, Readings in the Philosophy of Education: A Study of Curriculum. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1970., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Explains what disciplines are and how the structure of disciplines has become the basis for curriculum theory; examines arguments for and against this view.

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

 

McClintock, Robert, "Toward a Place for Study in a World of Instruction," Teachers College Record, 73(December, 1971), 161-205., Robert McClintock

Annotation: Traces the significance of "study" in the history of education as opposed to "teaching" and "instruction"; the author begins with contributions of Erasmus and Montaigne and provides some possibilities for recovering "study" in the "schooling" of the future.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling, Conceptions of Teaching, Teaching/Learning Process

 

McLaughlin, Milbrey W., and D. C. Phillips, ed., Evaluation and Education: At Quarter Century, Ninetieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. Chicago, IL: National Society for the Study of Education, 1991., Milbrey W. McLaughlin and D. C. Phillips

Annotation: Presents 11 classic contributions to the literature on program evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Molnar, Alex, "Modes of Values Thinking in Curriculum," March 1973, ERIC Document No. ED 077 131., Alex Molnar

Annotation: Gives breakdown of philosophical approaches to values in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Philosophical Schools

 

Morrison, Keith, "Planning for Skills Progression and Assessment in Primary Schools," Curriculum, 9(Autumn, 1988), 74-83.*, Keith Morrison

Annotation: Gives a series of skill levels that can be used to select, organize, and assess a skills-based curriculum.

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

 

Morrison, Keith, "Tension in Subject Specialist Teaching in Primary Schools," Curriculum, 6(Summer, 1985), 24-29., Keith Morrison

Annotation: Analyzes the problem of teaching content specialties in the primary schools in England

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum, Elementary School Curriculum

 

Munby, Hugh, "Metaphor in the Thinking of Teachers: An Exploratory Study," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(April-June, 1986), 197-209., Hugh Munby

Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' using lessons as "moving objects."

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Practical Knowledge

 

Munby, Hugh, Graham Orpwood, and Thomas Russell,eds., Seeing Curriculum in a New Light: Essays From Science Education. Toronto: OISE, 1980. Reprinted by Lanham, NY: University Press of America, 1984., Hugh Munby, Graham Orpwood, and Thomas Russell

Annotation: Contains 10 essays that employ conceptual analysis to problems in teaching,curriculum, and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General,Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Science, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Development Strategies, Knowledge Generation

 

Nevo, David, "The Conceptualization of Educational Evaluation: An Analytical Review of the Literature," Review of Educational Research, 53(Spring, 1983), 117-128.*, David Nevo

Annotation: Reviews 10 dimensions of conceptualizaion of evaluation as they relate to major approaches to evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation

 

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

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

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

 

Nord, Warren A., Does God Make a Difference? Taking Religion Seriously in Our Schools and Universities. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010., Warren A. Nord

Annotation: Provides a book-length argument in support of teaching religious studies as a separate set of courses in schools and universities and of infusing religious perspectives into all other subjects where relevant.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Criticism of Schooling, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Citizenship Education, Hidden Curriculum, Religious & Private Schooling

 

Null, J. Wesley, "Social Efficiency or Vocational Efficiency?: Toward a Deeper Knowledge of a Misunderstood Term," Curriculum History (SSCH), (2001), 41-47., J. Wesley Null

Annotation: Traces the various uses of the phrase "social efficiency' in curriculum history, with special reference to Snedden, Bagley, Bobbitt, and Dewey.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

O'Hanlon, James, "Three Models for the Curriculum Development Process," Curriculum Theory Network, 4(No. 1, 1973-74), 64-71., James O'Hanlon

Annotation: Identifies three models of curriculum development (management, systems, and open-access) and discusses their relationships.

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

 

Olson, John K., "Three Approaches to Curriculum Change: Balancing the Accounts," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 4(Summer, 1982), 90-95., John K. Olson

Annotation: Draws on McKeon's approaches to the practical (dialectic, logistic, and problematic) to analyze the curriculum change process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Practical Knowledge

 

Orfield, Gary, "Choice Theories and the Schools," pp. 37-66 in Gary Orfield and Erica Frankenberg and Associates, Educational Delusions? Why Choice Can Deepen Inequality and How to Make Schools Fair. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2013., Gary Orfield

Annotation: Spells out and compares the different assumptions behind the Market Theory and the Integration Theory of Choice in American education; discusses their effects on reducing inequality; see related article pp. 255-270.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Enrollment Changes-Implications

 

Osborn, Robert L., "Radical Inquiry and the Study of Education," Foundational Studies, 7(Winter, 1978), 2-19., Robert L. Osborn

Annotation: Describes and critiques traditional inquiry and radical inquiry in education; draws implications of radical inquiry for educational studies.

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-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Knowledge Generation

 

Osguthorpe, RIchard D., "On the Possible Forms a Relationship Might Take between the Moral Character of a Teacher and the Moral Development of a Student," Teachers College Record, 111(January, 2009), 1-26., RIchard D. Osguthorpe

Annotation: Analyzes this relationship into three logical forms and elaborates on each and their applications; concludes that none of the three is definitive with respect to whether any such relationships actually exist; the three forms are "direct," "indirect with intervening variables," and "no relationship exists."

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: Character Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Padilla, Raymond V., "High-Stakes Testing and Educational Accountability as Social Constructions across Cultures," pp. 249-262 in Angela Valenzuela, ed., Leaving Children Behind: How "Texas-Style" Accountability Fails Latino Youth. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2005., Raymond V. Padilla

Annotation: Contrasts accountability seen within the culture of measurement and within the culture of engagement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Local Control of Schooling

 

Parkinson, Paul, "Political Economy and the NCLB Regime: Accountability, Standards, and HIgh-Stakes Testing," The Educational Forum, 73(No. 1, 2009), 44-57., Paul Parkinson

Annotation: Analyzes the political economy of academic standards, standardized testing, test scores, and accountability within NCLB in terms of Baudrillard's concepts of functional logic of use value, logic of economic exchange, differential logic of sign value, and logic of symbolic exchange.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Student Assessment, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Pereira, Peter, "Deliberation and the Arts of Perception," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(October-December, 1984), 347-366., Peter Pereira

Annotation: Analyzes Schwab's treatment of deliberation in relation to the arts of perception.

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

 

Peters, Richard, "Must an Educator Have an Aim?" pp. 123-30 in Arno A. Bellack and Herbert M. Kliebard,eds., Curriculum and Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1977., Richard Peters

Annotation: Analyzes the role of aims in education and the ways values enter into the educational process.

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

 

Peters, Richard S., "Aims of Education-A Conceptual Inquiry," pp. 1-32 in Brian Crittenden, ed., Philosophy and Education. New York: Teachers College Press for OISE, 1967. Reprinted pp. 11-57 in Richard S. Peters, ed., The Philosophy of Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973.*, Richard S. Peters

Annotation: An analysis of the concepts education and aims fusing content and procedure, with implications for educational theory; critiques and reply by the author.

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

 

Phenix, Philip H., "Curriculum and the Analysis of Language," pp. 27-44 in James B. Macdonald and Robert R. Leeper,eds., Language and Meaning. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1966., Philip H. Phenix

Annotation: Shows how analytic philosophy can contribute to curriculum and illustrates its application to the language of the disciplines.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines, School Subjects

 

Phenix, Philip H., "Philosophy," pp. 253-264 in his Realms of Meaning . New York: McGraw Hill, 1964., Philip H. Phenix

Annotation: Demonstrates what philosophy is as a discipline; analyzes it into its subdisciplines; characterizes its inquiry approaches and language.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Phenix, Philip H., "The Architectonics of Knowledge," pp. 44-62 in Stanley Elam, ed., Education and the Structure of Knowledge . Chicago: Rand McNally, 1964., Philip H. Phenix

Annotation: Categorizes knowledge by nine generic classes (synnoetics, aesthetics, symbolics, emperics, morals, ethics, history, philosophy, religion) on the basis of whether it refers to singular, general, or comprehensive knowledge and whether it is concerned with fact, form, or norm.

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

 

Phenix, Philip H., "The Disciplines as Curriculum Content," pp. 57-65 in A. Harry Passow, ed., Curriculum Crossroads . New York : Teachers College Press, 1962. Reprinted pp. 133-137 in Edmund C. Short and George D. Marconnit, eds., Contemporary Thought on Public School Curriculum . Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Co., 1968. Reprinted pp. 139-148 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., Philip H. Phenix

Annotation: Argues that all curriculum content should be drawn from the disciplines; explains why they are teachable in this form due to analytic simplification, synthetic coordination, and dynamism.

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

 

Phillips, D. C., "The Hidden Curriculum and the Latest Functions of Schooling: Two Overlapping Perspectives," "1. Why the Hidden Curriculum is Hidden," pp. 274-280 in C. J. B. Macmillan, ed., Philosophy of Education 1980. Proceedings of 36th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Normal, IL: Philosophy of Education Society, ISU, 1981., D. C. Phillips

Annotation: Analyzes the hidden curriculum in terms of the latent functions of schooling and rejects these arguments.

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

 

Pinar, William F., and Madeleine R. Grumet, "Socratic Caesura and the Theory-Practice Relationship," Theory Into Practice, 21(Winter, 1982), 50-54. Reprinted pp. 92-100 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., William F. Pinar and Madeleine R. Grumet

Annotation: Draws on Nicholas Lobkowicz's Theory and Practice (an historical review of the relaion between theory and practice) and argues that questioning curriculum practice is the role of curriculum theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Educational Reform: Rhetoric, Ritual, and Social Interest," Educational Theory, 38 (Winter, 1988), 77-93., Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Discusses the social construction of schooling as evidenced by changes in curriculum and teaching; discusses the social distribution of knowledge and the discourses of school reform as evidence of social and political relations and interests.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Change,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Popp, Jerome A., "Practice and Malpractice in Philosophy of Education," Educational Studies, 9(Fall, 1978), 275-294., Jerome A. Popp

Annotation: Asks what is the point of philosophizing; distinguishes between inquiry aimed at practical and at theoretical understanding; explores the scientific and value aspects of philosophical inquiry in education.

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

 

Portelli, John P., "Exploring the Hidden Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(July-August, l993), 343-358., John P. Portelli

Annotation: Analyzes four meanings of hidden curriculum and their moral implications.

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

 

Portelli, John P., "On Defining Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2(Summer, 1987), 354-367.*, John P. Portelli

Annotation: Identifies issues in defining the concept of curriculum; reviews leading definitions of curriculum and argues against the effort to offer such definitions; urges clarification of the relationship of curriculum to other educational concepts.

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

 

Posner, George J., "Models of Curriculum Planning," pp. 77-97 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988. Also pp. 79-100 in their Second Edition, 1998.*, George J. Posner

Annotation: Discusses two perspectives on curriculum planning (technical production and critical) and distinguishes procedural, descriptive, conceptual, and ideological questions related to them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Posner, George J., "The Extensiveness of Curriculum Structure: A Conceptual Scheme," Review of Educational Research, 44(Fall, 1974), 401-407., George J. Posner

Annotation: Analyzes the structure of curriculum along two dimensions--the commonality and the temporality of the relationship between curriculum elements--for the purpose of generating research questions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Scientific/Empirical Inquiry,Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Concomitant Instruction

 

Posner, George J., and Kenneth A. Strike, "A Categorization Scheme for Principles of Sequencing Content," Review of Educational Research, 46(Fall, 1976), 665-690.*, George J. Posner and Kenneth A. Strike

Annotation: Presents six major content sequencing principles and explores their applicability to existing schemes and for future development of curricula.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Scientific/Empirical Inquiry,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization

 

Prado, C. G., "Educating the Self: Dewey and Foucault," pp. 174-193 in Paul Fairfield, ed., John Dewey and Continental Philosophy. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010., C. G. Prado

Annotation: Presents a clear analysis of the similarities and differences between Dewey's and Foucault's philosophical positions: argues that Dewey goes farther down the road that both traveled.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Self-Knowledge, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Conceptions of Teaching, Character Education, Curriculum and Politics, Social Efficiency/Control, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Prakash, Madhu Suri, and Leonard Joseph Waks, "Four Conceptions of Excellence," Teachers College Record, 87(Fall, 1985), 79-101., Madhu Suri Prakash and Leonard Joseph Waks

Annotation: Conceptualizes excellence as proficiency , as disciplinary initiation, as self-actualization, and as social responsibility.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Pratt, David, "Curriculum Design as Humanistic Technology," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 19(March-April, 1987), 149-162.*, David Pratt

Annotation: Distinguishes between the humanistic and technical orientations on curriculum and urges a dialogue between the two.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Prideaux, David, "School Based Curriculum Decision-Making in South Australia: Change of Policy or Change of Action," Curriculum Perspectives, 5(October, 1985), 7-10., David Prideaux

Annotation: Presents three ways of resolving the mismatch between policy and action with an Austrailian example.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

 

Pring, Richard, "Curriculum Integration," Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, Supplementary Issue, 5(July, 1971), 170-200. Reprinted pp. 123-149 in R. S. Peters, ed., The Philosophy of Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973., Richard Pring

Annotation: Curriculum integration is analyzed in terms of the unity of knowledge, experience, inquiry or problem-solving, and epistemological questions concerning the relationship of the disciplines.

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

 

Quinn, Molly, and Jim Garrison, "The Curriculum Story or the Curriculum Word? Mythos and Logos at the Crossroads of the Postmodern," JCT, 17(Fall, 2001), 125-139., Molly Quinn and Jim Garrison

Annotation: Explores the battle between vision and logic (story and word) in curriculum theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses