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Abiko, Tadahiko, "Developmental Stages and Curriculum: A Japanese Perspective," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 17(Winter, 2002), 160-170., Tadahiko Abiko

Annotation: Offers a new set of developmental stages based on children's interests and proposes a curriculum framework based on them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

 

Alexander, Don, "Curriculum Turmoil in Liberal Democracies," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 23(January-February, 1991), 71-78., Don Alexander

Annotation: Discusses two views of liberal democracy found in liberal education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Education, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Anfara, Vincent A., Jr., and Leonard Waks, "Resolving the Tension Between Academic Rigor and Developmental Appropriateness: Part I," Middle School Journal, 32(November, 2000), 46-51.*, Vincent A. Anfara Jr. and Leonard Waks

Annotation: Demonstates that there need not be a dualism between developmentally appropriate curriculum and subject-centered academic knowledge; Part II [MSJ, 32(January,2001), 25-30] describes the difference between adult patterns of academic knowledge and youth's knowledge-in-use; implications are drawn for middle school education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines, Middle School Curriculum, Knowledge Utilization, Practical Knowledge, Psychology and Curriculum, Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization

 

Aoki, Ted T., "Signs of Vitality in Curriculum Scholarship," CSSE News, 13(January, 1986), 2-5., Ted T. Aoki

Annotation: Gives remarks made May 28, 1985, at CACS/CSSE Conference, Montreal, upon receipt of CACS's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Canadian Curriculum Theory and Practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Applebaum, Barbara, "Is Teaching for Social Justice a Liberal Bias?" Teachers College Record, 111(February, 2009), 376-408., Barbara Applebaum

Annotation: Explores the meaning of "liberal bias" and of "ideology" in relation to the curriculum issue of their potential imposition on students through teaching for social justice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Apple, Michael W., "Away with All Teachers: The Cultural Politics of Home Schooling," pp. 149 -173 in David M. Callejo Perez, Stephen M. Fain, and Judith J.Slater, eds., Pedagogy of Place: Seeing Space as Cultural Education. New York: Peter Lang, 2004., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Analyzes the motives for home schooling and its advantages and disadvantages along with policy implications.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Alternatives in Education, Criticism of Schooling, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum and Politics, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Religious & Private Schooling, Values in the Classroom

 

Apple, Michael W., "Can Critical Pedagogy Interrupt Rightist Policies?" Educational Theory, 50(Spring, 2000), 229-254.*, Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Challenges the market ideology that now dominates schooling and curriculum; reports on the effects of policy decisions resting on this ideology rather than on educational criteria; shows how national curriculum and national testing (in UK and in US) are reducing equality of educational opportunity; gives examples of efforts to counter current tendencies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., Can Education Change Society? New York: Routledge, 2013., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Treats in previously unpublished essays the question in the title in light of the work of Freire, Counts, DuBois, Woodson , and others with examples both positive (Porto Alegre - Citizen Schools) and negative (Wal-Mart - Christian Conservative) influences; gives examples of the author's personal action in keeping with his commitment to critical education and action.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Democratic Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "Common Curriculum and State Control," Discourse, 2(No. 2, 1982), 1-10., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Explores the role of state control of curriculum in relation to proposals for a common curriculum for all students.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum Differentiation

 

Apple, Michael W., "Creating Difference: Neo-Liberalism, Neo-Conservatism, and the Politics of Educational Reform," Educational Policy, 18(January and March, 2004)., 12-44., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Analyes how market proposals and regulatory proposals are joined in recent educational reforms in several countries, including the U. S., and reflect power blocks supporting standards, testing, and a national curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum and Politics, Local Control of Schooling

 

Apple, Michael W., "Critical Curriculum Studies and the Concrete Problems of Curriculum Policy and Practice," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 50(6,2018), 85-690., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Sums up the author's concerns about how critical analysis has waxed and waned in the curriculum field and about the way the field has lost its way and its voice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Profesors, Criticism of Schooling

 

Apple, Michael W., Cultural Politics and Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1996., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses various educational issues involved in cultural politics: a national curriculum, the formation of the conservative right, the economy's implications for education, and the intellectual discourse surrounding these issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Discourse Analysis

 

Apple, Michael W., "Curriculum and Reproduction," Curriculum Inquiry, 9(Fall, 1979), 251-257., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Presents a review of Basel Berstein's book, Class, Codes, and Controls, Vol. 3.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: All Fields
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Apple, Michael W., "Curriculum as Ideological Selection," Comparative Education Review, 20(June, 1976), 209-215., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Presents an essay review of Knowledge and Control (Young, 1971) and Educability, Schools, and Ideology (Flude and Ahier,1974).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Comparative Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "Curriculum in the Year 2000: Tensions and Possibilities," Phi Delta Kappan, 64(January, 1983), 321-326., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Projects increasing conflict in curriculum requiring coordinated efforts between educators and society.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Apple, Michael W., ed., The State and the Politics of Knowledge. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2003., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Describes ways that the state and school knowledge are interrelated; introduces illustrative examples from several countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Apple, Michael W., Educating the 'Right' Way: Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality. New York: Routledge, 2001. 2nd ed., 2006., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Gives an elaborate analysis of four movements that have been combined by the political right to capture the discourse on recent educational policy and practice (neoliberalism, neoconservatism, authoritarian populism, and managerialism). Second edition adds new material on No Child Left Behind Act and on home schooling.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., "Educational and Cultural Reproduction: A Critical Assessment of Programs of Choice," pp. 503-541 in Robert B. Everhart, ed., The Public School Monopoly: A Critical Analysis of Education and the State in American Society . San Francisco: Pacific Institute for Public Policy Research, 1982.*, Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses proposals for choice in education in the context of a cultural reproduction critique.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., "Is There a Curriculum Voice to Reclaim?" Phi Delta Kappan, 71(March, 1990), 526-530. Revised version appears in "The Politics of Official Knowledge in the United States," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 22(July-August, 1990), 377-383. Revised again as Chapter 2 in his Power, Meaning, and Identity. New York: Peter Lang, 1999.*, Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Traces the conservative political influence in curriculum in the 1980s and urges the restoration of curriculum scholars' voices in the contemporary debates over curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Professors

 

Apple, Michael W., "Ivan Illich and Deschooling Society : The Politics of Slogan Systems," pp. 337-360 in Nobuo Kenneth Shimahara and Aslam Scrupski, eds., Social Forces and Schooling: An Anthropological and Sociological Perspective . New York: David McKay Co., 1975., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses Illich's book and the political slogans at work in it.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., "Making Curriculum Problematic," The Review of Education, 1(January-February, 1976)., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Reviews a series of current curriculum books including ones by Eisner & Vallance, Payne, and Young.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., "On Analyzing New Hegemonic Relations: An Interview," pp. 173-202 in Michael W. Apple. Ideology and Curriculum, 3rd ed. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2004., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Capures the author's views on 17 questions put to him about the dominant ideologies in contemporary education policies and practices and about what actions he would urge in these circumstances.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., "Politics and National Curriculum Policy," Curriculum Inquiry, 7(Winter, 1977), 355-361., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Reviews documents from NIE's Curriculum Development Task Force in terms of political perspectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "Power and School Knowledge," The Review of Education, 3(January-February, 1977), 26-49., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Presents an essay review of Sharp & Green's Education and Social Control (1975).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Apple, Michael W., "Rationality as Ideology," Educational Theory, 26(Winter, 1976), 121-131.*, Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Sets forth a perspective on Feinberg's book, Reason and Rhetoric.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "Reproduction, Contestation, and Curriculum: An Essay in Self-Criticism," Interchange, 12(Nos. 2-3, 1981), 27-47., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Recaps Apple's own work and sets it in relation to the broader curriculum field.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Apple, Michael W., "The Hidden Curriculum and the Nature of Conflict," Interchange, 2(No. 4, 1971), 27-40. Reprinted pp. 95-119 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing: The Reconceptualists. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses the hidden curriculum and the part conflict plays in it.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "The Production of Knowledge and the Production of Deviance in Schools," pp. 113-131 in Len Barton and Roland Meighan, eds., Schools, Pupils, and Deviance . Nafferton, England: Nafferton Books, 1979., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Explores the relation between student deviance and knowledge production in schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Knowledge Generation, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "There is a River: James B. Macdonald and Curricular Tradition," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 6(Fall, 1985), 9-18. Revised as Ch 3 in his Power, Meaning, and Identity. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Provides a tribute to Macdonald's contributions to the curriculum field.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Apple, Michael W., and Philip Wexler, "Cultural Capital and Educational Transmissions: An Essay on Basil Bernstein, Class, Codes and Control, Vol. III: Towards a Theory of Educational Transmissions," Educational Theory, 28(Winter, 1978), 34-44., Michael W. Apple and Philip Wexler

Annotation: Critiques and comments on the content of the Bernstein book.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences,Curriculum Theorists
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: Ideology and School Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

 

Au, Wayne, "Teaching Under the New Taylorism: High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of 21st Century Curriculum, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 43(No.1, 2011), 25-45., Wayne Au

Annotation: Reviews history of Taylorism in curriculum theory and its current manifestation; describes the effects of contemporary high-stakes testing (recontextualization and commoditization) as attempts of policy-publics to control curriculum and teaching from a distance for political purposes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling

 

Au, Wayne, "The Long March Toward Revitalization: Developing Standpoint in Curriculum Studies," Teachers College Record, 114(No. 5, 2012), 1-30., Wayne Au

Annotation: Describes standpoint theory as applied to curriculum and curriculum inquiry.

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

 

Ayers, William, "Liberating the Curriculum," pp. 85-108 in William Ayers, To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, 2nd ed. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001., William Ayers

Annotation: Argues for a dynamic view of curriculum that is responsive to six questions posed by the author and which liberates it from focusing solely on knowledge, skills, test scores,and classroom management; examples are given.

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

 

Bai, Heesoon, and Avraham Cohen, "Breathing Qi (Ch'i), Following Dao(Tao): Transforming This Violence-Ridden World," pp. 35-54 in Claudia Eppert and Hongyu Wang, eds., Cross-Cultural Studies in Curriculum: Eastern Thought, Educational Insights. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2008., Heesoon Bai and Avraham Cohen

Annotation: Explains these concepts from Chinese philosophy and argues for curriculum based on these concepts as an antidote to Western dualism; stresses empmowerment through criticism, creativity, and ethics.

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

 

Baker, Eva L., and Robert L. Linn, "Validity Issues for Accountability Systems," pp. 47-72 in Susan H. Fuhrman and Richard F. Elmore, eds., Redesigning Accountability Systems for Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 2004., Eva L. Baker and Robert L. Linn

Annotation: Formulates a theory of action within which testing and accountability policies lie; sets standards for accountability systems, testing, stakes, public reporting, and evaluation; followed by an article outlining three accountability models by Linn.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Student Assessment, Evaluation of Instruction

 

Ball, Deborah Loewenberg, and Fancesca M. Foryani, "What Makes Education Research 'Educational'?" Educational Researcher, 36(December, 2007), 529-540., Deborah Loewenberg Ball and Fancesca M. Foryani

Annotation: Posits a formulation of multiple interactions named "the instructional dynamic" and argues that research in colleges of education should relate in some manner to these kinds of interactions at the heart of educational practice and policy; gives examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Practical Knowledge

 

Banks, James A., "Democracy, Diversity, and Social Justice: Educating Citizens in a Global Age," pp. 199-213 in James A. Banks, Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks. New York: Routledge, 2006., James A. Banks

Annotation: Sums up the author's ideas on educating citizens in a diverse multicultural world.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Citizenship Education, Democratic Education

 

Banks, James A., "Multicultural Education: Development,Dimensions, and Challenges," Phi Delta Kappan, 75(September, 1993), 22-28. Reprinted pp. 129-139 in James A. Banks, Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks. New York: Routledge, 2006., James A. Banks

Annotation: Describes five components of multicultural Education: content integration, knowledge construction process, prejudice reduction, equity pedagogy, and improving school culture and social structure.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Multicultural Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Banks, James A., "The Canon Debate, Knowledge Construction, and Multicultural Education," Educational Researcher, 22(June, 1993), 4-14. Reprinted pp. 145-164 in James A. Banks, Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks. New York: Routledge, 2006., James A. Banks

Annotation: Presents and describes a typology of knowledge for multicultural education: personal/cultural, popular, mainstream academic, transformative academic, and school knowledge.

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

 

Bannen-Ritland, Brenda, and John Y. Beck, "Investigating the Act of Design in Design Research," pp. 299-319 in Anthony E. Kelly, Richard A. Lesh, and John Y. Beck, eds., Handbook of Design Research Methods in Education. New York; Routledge, 2008., Brenda Bannen-Ritland and John Y. Beck

Annotation: Stipulates the phases and methods of the Integrative Learning Design Framework and discusses related issues.

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

 

Barab, Sasha A., and Wolff-Michael Roth, "Curriculum-Based Ecosystems: Supporting Knowing from an Ecological Perspective," Educational Researcher, 35(June/July, 2006), 3-13., Sasha A. Barab and Wolff-Michael Roth

Annotation: Offers an ecological focal point for curriculum design using affordance networks, effectivity sets, and life-worlds.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum as Environment, Teaching/Learning Process, Practical Knowledge

 

Barone, Thomas, Jake Burdick, and C. Centae Richards, "Thinking and Rethinking Elliot Eisner," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 9(No. 1, 2012), 16-17., Thomas Barone, Jake Burdick, and C. Centae Richards

Annotation: Introduces a series of ten short commentaries on the contributions of Elliot Eisner.

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

 

Barone, Thomas E., "Insinuated Theory from Curricula-in-Use," Theory into Practice, 21(Winter, 1982), 38-43. Reprinted pp. 51-60 in Tom Barone, Aesthetics, Politics, and Educational Inquiry: Essays and Examples. New York: Peter Lang, 2000., Thomas E. Barone

Annotation: Envisions a kind of curriculum theory that portrays what really happens in a setting and provides critiques to the practitioners.

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

 

Barone, Tom, "Arts-Based Educational Projects and the Redressing of the Political Spectacle," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1(Winter, 2004), 36-43., Tom Barone

Annotation: Critiques the politics of current corporatist and exclusionist curriculum policies; advocates the use of the arts in challenging this political spectacle.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Baszile, Denise Taliaferro,"Criminal Acts Comitted in the Name of Good Education," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2(Summer, 2005), 20-23., Denise Taliaferro Baszile

Annotation: Critiques standardization in contemporary curriculum policy and practice; calls for action to change this dominant ideology.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Bateman, Donald R., "The Politics of Curriculum," pp. 54-68 in William F. Pinar, ed., Heightened Consciousness, Cultural Revolution, and Curriculum Theory . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1974. Reprinted pp. 154-174 in James R. Gress and David E. Purpel, eds., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Donald R. Bateman

Annotation: Explains the politics of curriculum and the pedagogy of domination.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Beane, James, "On the Shoulders of Giants! The Case for Curriculum Integration," Middle School Journal, 28 (September, 1996), 6-1, followed by a related article by Paul George., James Beane

Annotation: Sums up the case for real integration of the curriculum.

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

 

Beane, James A., "A Common Core of a Different Sort: Putting Democracy at the Center of the Curriculum," Middle School Journal, 44(No. 3, 2013), 6-14., James A. Beane

Annotation: Traces the history of 20th century curriculum trends related to common learnings; analyzes the features of the Common Core State Standards of the early 21st century which emphasizes college preparation and employability for the global economy; poses a third way that emphasizes a democratic core reminiscent of the core curriculum of the 1930s/1940s; discusses common core and middle level education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
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 Standards and Testing, Middle School Curriculum, Core Mandates, Curriculum Integration

 

Beane, James A., A Middle School Curriculum: From Rhetoric to Reality, 2nd ed., Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association, 1993., James A. Beane

Annotation: Presents a rationale and a set of guidelines for a middle school curriculum designed to meet the challenges of early adolescents.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Middle School Curriculum, Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization

 

Beane, James A., Curriculum Integration: Designing the Core of Democration Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1997., James A. Beane

Annotation: Makes the case for curriculum integration across subjects as a form of curriculum design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration, Democratic Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Beattie, Catherine, "The Case for Teacher Directed Curriculum Evaluation," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 6(Spring, 1986), 56-73., Catherine Beattie

Annotation: Reviews the literature on the role of teachers in curriculum evaluation and discusses implications.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Research

 

Begg, Andrew J. C., Emerging Curriculum. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers,2008., Andrew J. C. Begg

Annotation: Provides an autobiographical narrative of this New Zealand educator's emerging views of curriculum; focuses his report on selected incidents in teaching mathematics, writing textbooks, developing curriculum, teaching teachers, researching curriculum, and comparing international curricula; concludes with how he understands curriculum now.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

Beier, Jessie L, "1976: Toward a Weird(er) 'Poor Curriculum'," pp. 150-151 in Teresa Strong-Wilson, et al., eds, Provoking Curriculum Encounters Across Educational Experience. New York: Routledge, 2020., Jessie L. Beier

Annotation: Illuminates and reflects on the key ideas of Pinar and Grumet's 1976 book, Toward a Poor Curriculum and its later editions; these pages appear as a part of a larger treatment by the author, subtitled, "Close Encounters of a Pedagogical Kind.'"

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

 

Bellah, Robert N., "The Ethical Aims of Social Inquiry," Teachers College Record, 83(Fall, 1981), 1-18., Robert N. Bellah

Annotation: Discusses ethical reflections in social science research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

Ben-Peretz, Miriam, Policy-Making in Education: A Holistic Approach in Response to Global Changes. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009., Miriam Ben-Peretz

Annotation: Gives background of current global changes in demographics, economics, information transfer, and the environment that educational policy-makers must take into account; relates three domains (curriculum, teaching, teacher education) to policy-making in education; describes the author's experiences in education policy-making in Israel along with other examples; presents principles of policy-making in education and proposes a practical four-phase model of policy-making in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Benson, Lee, Ira Harkavy, and John Puckett, Dewey's Dream: Universities and Democracies in an Age of Education Reform. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007., Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, and John Puckett

Annotation: Describes an effort to inaugurate community schools in Philadelphia in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania; traces the community school concept to Dewey among others.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Democratic Education, Higher Education Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum

 

Bereiter, Carl, "Referent-Centered and Problem-Centered Knowledge: Elements of an Educational Epistemology," Interchange, 23(No. 4, 1992), 337-361.*, Carl Bereiter

Annotation: Discusses the implications of selecting curriculum content around problems rather than topics.

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

 

Berliner, David C., "MCLB (Much Curriculum Left Behind): A U. S. Calamity in the Making," The Educational Forum, 73(No. 4, 2009), 284-296., David C. Berliner

Annotation: Brings together research that demonstrates the narrowing of the U. S. curriculum that follows from "teaching for the test' and from "excessive testing"; gives examples of alternative policies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Berman, Louise M., New Priorities in the Curriculum. Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill, 1968., Louise M. Berman

Annotation: Calls for a curriculum to educate persons in eight human processes (perceiving, communicating, loving, knowing, decision making, patterning, creating, and valuing).

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

 

Berman, Louise M., "Perspectives and Imperatives: Re-Searching, Rethinking, and Reordering Curriculum Priorities," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1(Fall, 1985), 65-71., Louise M. Berman

Annotation: Identifies ten priorities in curriculum as viewed by the author.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Berman, Louise M., and Jessie A. Roderick, "Approaches to Creative Curriculum Development," WCCI Forum, IV(December, 1990), 169-175.*, Louise M. Berman and Jessie A. Roderick

Annotation: Posits creative ways of seeing, reflecting, sharing, and acting within curriculum development.

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

 

Beyer, Landon E., "Art and Society: Toward New Directions in Aesthetic Education," pp. 380-399 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Reviews classical and Marxist notions of art and art education; suggests six changes that must occur if art education is to be appropriately placed in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Art Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Beyer, Landon E., "Political Notes and Notices," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Summer, 1985), 150-161.*, Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Offers an argument for political activity by educators with several examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Professionalization in Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Beyer, Landon E., "Schooling for the Culture of Democracy," pp. 219-238 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Examines the role of schools in a democracy, moral discourse, and changing views of democracy; discusses ways critical inquiry in curriculum has dominated the study of various inequalities in schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Democratic Education, Curriculum as Experience

 

Beyer, Landon E., "The Aims of Schooling: Marketization, Democracy, and the Public Good," Educational Foundations, 8(Fall, 1994), 43-58., Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Contrasts aims of schooling based on market values and those based on democratic and public values.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Democratic Education

 

Beyer, Landon E., The Arts, Popular Culture, and Social Change. New York: Peter Lang, 2000., Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Contains seven essays on aesthetic theory, curriculum, school practice, and teacher education; makes the case for the critical perspective on the arts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Aesthetics Education, Aesthetics and Curriculum

 

Beyer, Landon E., "The Curriculum, Social Context, and 'Political Correctness'," Journal of General Education, 43(No. 1, 1994), 1-31.*, Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Argues against the contemporary conservative views of curriculum in higher education that accept a singular view of truth, reality, or certainty; critiques those views in terms of philosophical and contextual criteria.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Liberal Education/General Education, Higher Education Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Multicultural Education, Knowledge Generation

 

Beyer, Landon E., "The Reconstruction of Knowledge and Educational Studies," Journal of Education, 168(No. 2, 1986), 113-135.*, Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Traces the epistemological foundations of educational theory and the current reorientation in inquiry in teacher education and curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Beyer, Landon E., "The Value of Critical Perspective in Teacher Education," Journal of Teacher Education, 52(March, 2001), 151-163., Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Discusses the role of critical theory in education and in teacher education in particular; describes the teacher education program at Indiana University within this critical perspective.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education

 

Beyer, Landon E., and Michael W. Apple, "Values and Politics in the Curriculum," pp. 3-16 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. 1-17 in second edition, 1998., Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Introduces the book's essays and places them historically within the curriculum field's perennial and complex questions.

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

 

Beyer, Landon E., and Daniel P. Liston, Curriculum in Conflict: Social Visions, Educational Agendas, and Progressive School Reform. New York: Teachers College Press, 1996., Landon E. Beyer and Daniel P. Liston

Annotation: Analyzes the educational positions associated with the new right, modern liberals, radicals, and postmodernists and then develops a new position -- new progressivism -- with an associated view of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, 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 Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools

 

Bhattacharya, Asoke, Paulo Freire: Rousseau of the Twentieth Century. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2011., Asoke Bhattacharya

Annotation: Re-presents the various ideas and writings on education by Paulo Freire against the backdrop of Brazilian history and culture and of Freire's own life story; quotes and comments on several of Freire's published works; interprets them and his teachings both in Brazil, in Chile, and in his speaking around the world; offers commentaries on Freire by essayists from three recent book collections; provides a masterful, intelligible grasp of Freire and his ideas in one convenient volume.

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

 

Biesta, Gert, "Education and the Democratic Person: Toward a Political Conception of Democratic Education," Teachers College Record, 109(March, 2007), 740-769., Gert Biesta

Annotation: Distinguishes eduction "for" democracy from education "through" democracy and explicates the intellectual background for the latter as the preferred mode.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Democratic Education

 

Biesta, Gert, "Pragmatising the Curriculum: Bringing Knowledge Back into the Curriculum Conversation, but Via Pragmatism," The Curriculum Journal, 25(No. 1, 2014), 29-49., Gert Biesta

Annotation: Analyzes Dewey's transactional theory of knowing; draws implications for curriculum decision-making; other related articles follow.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines, Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Block, Alan A., "By Way of Introduction," pp. 5-31 in his Talmud, Curriculum, and the Practical: Joseph Schwab and the Rabbis. New York: Peter Lang, 2004., Alan A. Block

Annotation: Argues that Schwab's ideas on curriculum might be situated in Jewish Talmud practice.

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

 

Bloom, Benjamin S., "The Role of the Educational Sciences in Curriculum Development," International Journal of Educational Science, 1(1966), 5-16., Benjamin S. Bloom

Annotation: Discusses the role of sciences such as educational psychology in the process of curriculum development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Blumenfeld-Jones, Donald, "The Art of Renewing Curriculum Research," pp. 231-246 in Gloria Ladson-Billings and William F. Tate, eds., Educational Research in the Public Interest: Social Justice, Action, and Policy. New York: Teachers College Press, 2006., Donald Blumenfeld-Jones

Annotation: Calls for curriculum research to address the public interest through studies that utilize the arts and hermeneutic forms of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Bohan, Chara Haeussler, "O. L. Davis, Jr.'s Impact on Curriculum Research in the 1990s," Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 11(Nos. 1 & 2, 2009), 43-51., Chara Haeussler Bohan

Annotation: Gives an overview of Davis's career and of his mentoring of graduate students; related articles appear before and after this article in a festschrift series honoring Davis.

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

 

Bolin, Frances S., "The Teacher as Curriculum Decision Maker," pp. 92-108 in Frances S. Bolin and Judith McConnell Falk, eds., Teacher Renewal: Professional Issues, Personal Choices . New York: Teachers College Press, 1987.*, Frances S. Bolin

Annotation: Makes a case for teachers to be curriculum decision makers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Authority of Teacher

 

Boomer, Garth, "Space and Meta-Space," Curriculum Perspectives, 4(October, 1984), 57-59., Garth Boomer

Annotation: Complains about the direction being taken in curriculum theorizing that omits the teacher as theorizer.

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

 

Boostrom, Robert, "Arts and Disciplines," pp. 34-54 in Robert Boostrom, Thinking: The Foundation of Critical and Creative Learning in the Classroom. New York: Teachers College Press, 2005., Robert Boostrom

Annotation: Examines Plato's focus on physical education and music, history of seven liberal arts, and what makes a discipline; all this relates to thinking as a curricular emphasis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Liberal Education/General Education, Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Curriculum History

 

Boote, David, "Notes Toward a Naturalistic Study of Education Research Methodology," Interchange, 39(July, 2008), 303-325., David Boote

Annotation: Discusses the need to examine how research is actually conducted in order to avoid blind adherence to methodology and to take context into account; urges producing reasoned arguments for research results.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Boote, David N., "Teachers' Professional Discretion and the Curricula," Teachers and Teaching, 12(August,2006), 461-478.*, David N. Boote

Annotation: Posits three developmental levels of teachers' professional discretion (procedural, substantive, innovative) in making teaching and curriculum decisions and describes the appropriate kinds of professional development required for teachers to move to the highest of these levels of professional discretion; discusses changes in curriculum policies and institutional practices and culture needed to acknowledge and foster teachers' development of innovative professional discretion.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development, Teacher Education, Authority of Teacher, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Boote, David N., and Penny Beile, "Scholars before Researchers: On the Centrality of the Dissertation Literature Review in Research Preparation," Educational Researcher, 34(August/September, 2005), 3-15.*, David N. Boote and Penny Beile

Annotation: Argues for sophisticated literature reviews in education dissertations and for explicit preparation in doing them in predissertation doctoral education; a related article and a response by these authors appears in the same journal, 35(December, 2006), 28-31; 32-35.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Knowledge Generation, Education as a Field of Study

 

Bowers, C. A., "Toward an Eco-Justice Pedagogy," Educational Studies, 32(Winter, 2001), 401-416., C. A. Bowers

Annotation: Argues for a conception of curriculum (eco-justice) that helps students recognize and criticize root metaphors in contemporary culture (progress, anthopocentrism, individualism) and replace them with ones based on a root metaphor of ecology; critiques Giroux, McLaren, Freire.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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 Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Bradbeer, James, Imagining Curriculum: Practical Intelligence in Teaching. New York: Teachers College Press, 1998., James Bradbeer

Annotation: Explores the mythopoetic in teaching and curriculum and from examples of teachers' narratives; reviews the lived currculum and related curriculum theories.

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: Curriculum as Experience, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Brady, Jeanne F., "Public Pedagogy and Educational Leadership: Politically Engaged Scholarly Communities and Possibilities for Critical Engagement," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 3(Summer, 2006), 57-60., Jeanne F. Brady

Annotation: Makes a challenging call and a persuasive argument for educational scholars and practitioners to engage in speaking up on public issues (including public education issues) through collegial communities that think and act together both ethically and responsibly; see also related articles in same issue, p. 87, p. 92.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Professionalization in Curriculum, Curriculum Professors, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

Brady, Patrick, "Chasing Ghosts out of the Machine: A Deconstruction of Some Curriculum Theory," Curriculum Perspectives, 4(October, 1984), 64-67., Patrick Brady

Annotation: Responds to articles in May 1984 issue on curriculum theory.

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: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Breault, Donna L. Adair, "The Fall of the Public Academic," pp. 53-76 in David M. Callejo Perez, Stephen M. Fain, and Judith J. Slater, eds., Pedagogy of Place: Seeing Space as Cultural Education. New York: Peter Lang, 2004., Donna L. Adair Breault

Annotation: Argues for educators taking on the role of public intellectual; some analysis of the decline of this role.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Curriculum Professors, Professionalization in Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Broadfoot, Patricia, " Towards Curssessment: The Symbiotic Relationship between Curriculum and Assessment," pp. 647-657 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Patricia Broadfoot

Annotation: Discusses issues involved in curriculum and assessment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Comparative Curriculum

 

Brooks, Nancy, "Restoring the Relationship of 'E-Valuation' and Curriculum," Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, 8(Spring, 2012), 1-13., Nancy Brooks

Annotation: Reviews the development of evaluation studies related to curriculum practice; traces the postmodern thought of curriculum scholars between the 1980s and the 2000s; discusses the use of the theoretical framework by Schwandt (2000) and the heuristic of Rallis and Rossman (2006) for enriching impoverished curriculum evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Evaluation of Instruction

 

Brooks, Nancy J., and Thomas S. Poetter, "Curriculum Studies: The Search for a Moral Core," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1(Summer, 2004), 55-77.*, Nancy J. Brooks and Thomas S. Poetter

Annotation: Suggests that there has been a long-standing moral core in curriculum theorizing; traces this in Macdonald, Huebner, Klohr, and Greene.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum

 

Broudy, Harry S., "Aesthetics and the Curriculum," pp. 332-342 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Harry S. Broudy

Annotation: Makes the case for aesthetics in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Aesthetics and Curriculum, Art Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Broudy, Harry S., "Challenge to the Curriculum Worker: Uses of Knowledge," pp. 3-8 in William H. Schubert and Ann L. Schubert, eds., Conceptions of Curriculum Knowledge: Focus on Students and Teachers . University Park, PA: College of Education, Penn State University, 1982., Harry S. Broudy

Annotation: Shows how the uses of knowledge (replicative, associative, applicative, and interpretive) can serve as bases for curriculum design and development.

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

 

Broudy, Harry S., "The Uses of Humanistic Schooling," pp. 15-29 in Chester E. Finn, Jr., Diane Ravitch, and Robert T. Fancher, eds., Against Mediocracy: The Humanities in America's High Schools. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1984., Harry S. Broudy

Annotation: Decsribes the role of the humanities in general education; discusses curriculum choices and teaching in the humanities in terms of four uses of schooling.

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: Content Selection and Organization, Liberal Education/General Education, Humanities

 

Broudy, Harry S., The Uses of Schooling. New York: Routledge, 1988., Harry S. Broudy

Annotation: Describes four uses of schooling: replicative, applicative, associative, and interpretive; urges curriculum be designed with these uses in mind.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum Frameworks, Liberal Education/General Education, Specialization vs General Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Broudy, Harry S., B. Othanel Smith, and Joe R. Burnett, Democracy and Excellence in American Secondary Education: A Study in Curriculum Theory. New York: Rand McNally, 1964. (Reprinted: Huntington, NY: Robert E. Kreiger Publishing Co, 1978), Harry S. Broudy, B. Othanel Smith, and Joe R. Burnett

Annotation: Argues for a five-strand common program for students in secondary education (symbolic studies, basic sciences, developmental studies, value exemplars, and molar problems) for general education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Secondary School Curriculum, Liberal Education/General Education

 

Bruner, Jerome, In Search of Pedagogy: The Selected Works of Jerome S. Bruner, Volumes 1 and 2. New York: Routledge, 2006., Jerome Bruner

Annotation: Contains brief excerpts from the author's writings (1957-2004) including several that reflect his contributions on teaching and on curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Knowledge Generation, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Bryk, Anthony S., "Support a Science of Performance Improvement," Phi Delta Kappan, 90(April, 2009), 597-600.*, Anthony S. Bryk

Annotation: Argues for a D-EE-D (Design-Educational Engineering-Development) infrastructure that will address core problems of educational practice, both to determine whether a program can work at scale and to discern how to make it work; discusses creating usable knowledge for professional development communities focusing on specific instructional systems.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Knowledge, In-service Teacher Development

 

Bullough, Robert V., Jr., "Developing Interdisciplinary Researchers: What Ever Happened to the Humanities in Education?" Educational Researcher, 35(November, 2006), 3-10., Robert V. Bullough Jr.

Annotation: Makes the case for balanced research that includes not only scientific but also humanistic inquiry in education; discusses implications for graduate research training.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Education as a Field of Study, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

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