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Ahwee, Suzette, et al., "The Hidden and Null Curriculum: An Experiment in Collective Educational Biography," Educational Studies, 35(February, 2004), 25-43., Suzette Ahwee

Annotation: Gives examples from schooling of the hidden and the null curriculum along with a literature summary of the two topics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Hidden Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge

Research Synthesis

Ammons, Margaret, "Objectives and Outcomes," pp. 908-914 in Robert L. Ebel, ed., Enclyclopedia of Educational Research, fourth edition. New York: Macmillan, 1969., Margaret Ammons

Annotation: Covers historical development, expression, determination, validation, behavioral form, and taxonomies of educational objectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M., "Globalization and Curriculum," pp. 349-368 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt

Annotation: Highlights the importance of an international or global perspective on curriculum; surveys a variety of cross-national studies of the intended, the enacted, and the achieved curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Comparative Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling

Single Studies

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., "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

Au, Wayne, "Fighting with the Text: Conceptualizing and Reconceptualizing Freire's Critical Pedagogy," pp. 221-231 in Michael W. Apple, Wayne Au, and Luis Armando Gandin, eds., The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education. New York: Routledge, 2009., Wayne Au

Annotation: Provides a succinct but penetrating overview of Paulo Freire's ideas on critical pedagogy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Practical Knowledge, Teaching/Learning Process

Collection of Studies

Au, Wayne, Anthony L. Brown, and Delores Calderon, Reclaiming Multicultural Roots of U. S. Curriculum: Communities of Color and Official Knowledge in Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 2016., Wayne Au, Anthony L. Brown, and Delores Calderon

Annotation: Gives evidence of the omission during the early 20th century of attention by both schools and the curriculum scholars community to the realities of Native American, Asian American, Mexican American, and African American histories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum and Politics, Ideology and School Knowledge, Materials Development and Evaluation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Single Studies

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, Tom, Touching Eternity: The Enduring Outcomes of Teaching. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001., Tom Barone

Annotation: Gives a literary reconstruction of an art teacher's work and influence as portrayed by the writer and several of the teacher's former students; the last chapter reflects upon issues inherent in the reconstruction process as postmodern research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Art Education, Teaching/Learning Process, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience, Authority of Teacher

Barrow, Robin, "Skill Talk," Journal of Philosophy of Education, 21(No. 2, 1987), 187-195.*, Robin Barrow

Annotation: Analyzes the term "skill" and its various uses in curriculum.

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 Aims and Objectives

Basile, Carole G., A Good Little School. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2004., Carole G. Basile

Annotation: Describes a model open school with a thirty-year history of student-centered learning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Democratic Education, Local Control of Schooling, Open Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

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

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

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

Citations

Bialystok, Lauren, " 'My Child, My Choice'? Mandatory Curriculum, Sex, and the Conscience of Parents," Educational Theory, 68(No. 1, 2018), 11-29., Lauren Bialystok

Annotation: Analyzes the issues involved in parents' opting their children out of certain sex education topics vs the rights of civil society to support the rights of children to a comprehensive sex education curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry--Speculative Essay, Content Analysis, Philosopical Inquiry--Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: SIngle Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Physical Education, Hidden Curriculum, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Biesta, Gert, "How Genreal Can Bildung Be? Reflections on the Future of a Modern Educational Ideal," British Journal of Philosophy of Education, 36(3,2002), 377-390.Reprinted pp. 23-38 In Gert Biesta, Obstinate Education. Boston: Brill Sense, 2019., Gert Biesta

Annotation: Explains the evolution of the term Bildung as a prelude for discussing the question stated in the title.

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

Single Studies

Biesta, Gert J. J., and Deborah Osberg,"Beyond Re/Presentation: A Case for Updating the Epistemology of Schooling," Interchange, 38(March, 2007), 15-29., Gert J. J. Biesta and Deborah Osberg

Annotation: Describes with careful analysis a presentational rather than a representational epistemology; ponders what schooling would be like if it relied upon the former rather than the latter; other articles follow on the implications of this thesis (p. 31 and p. 69).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Bobbitt, John Franklin, How to Make a Curriculum . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1924., John Franklin Bobbitt

Annotation: Gives Bobbitt's views on establishing curriculum objectives and relates this to the content areas.

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

Boostrom, Robert, "A Curriculum of Caring," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 26(January-February, 1994), 97-114., Robert Boostrom

Annotation: Reviews 3 books by Nel Noddings on caring and the curriculum.

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization

Collection of Studies

Bowers, C. A., Critical Essays on Education, Modernity, and the Recovery of the Ecological Imperative. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993., C. A. Bowers

Annotation: Critiques the place of cultural literacy, educational computing, and the ecological perspective on education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Computers and Technology as Subjects, Social Studies, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Research Synthesis

Bristow, William H., and O. I. Frederick, "Curriculum Development," pp. 307-314 in Walter S. Monroe, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, revised edition. New York: Macmillan, 1950., William H. Bristow and O. I. Frederick

Annotation: Gives trends in curriulum design and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Single Studies

Broudy, Harry S., "Can Research Escape the Dogma of Behavioral Objectives?" School Review, 79(November, 1970), 43-56.*, Harry S. Broudy

Annotation: Argues for embracing the interpretive dimension, not just the behavioral dimension, in educational research studies; explains four uses of schooling as detailed in the author's earlier work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Liberal Education/General Education, Knowledge Utilization, Knowledge Generation

Broudy, Harry S., "Democratic Values and Educational Goals," pp. 113-152 in Robert M, McClure, ed., The Curriculum: Retrospect and Prospect, The Seventieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971., Harry S. Broudy

Annotation: Discusses a series of democratic values and issues related to them; discusses Dewey's conception of democracy; relates these norms to educational goals.

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

Broudy, Harry S., "The Philosophical Foundations of Educational Objectives," Educational Theory, 20(Winter, 1970), 3-21. Reprinted pp. 91-110 in Arno A. Bellack and Herbert M. Kliebard, eds., Curriculum and Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1977. *, Harry S. Broudy

Annotation: Sorts out the various levels and kinds of educational objectives used in education.

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

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

Burbules, Nicholas C., "The Hidden Curriculum and the Latent Function of Schooling: Two Overlapping Perspectives." 2. "Who Hides the Hidden Curriculum," pp. 281-291 in C. J. B. Macmillan, ed., Philosophy of Education, 1980. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Normal, IL: Philosophy of Education Society, ISU, 1981., Nicholas C. Burbules

Annotation: Gives an analysis of various perspectives on the hidden curriculum's place in serving a latent function of schooling.

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

Burch, Kerry, "Eros, Pedagogy, and the Pursuit of Happiness," pp. 85-100 in Daniel Liston and Jim Garrison, eds., Teaching, Learning, and Loving: Reclaiming Passion in Educational Practice. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2004., Kerry Burch

Annotation: Highlights government's role in facilitating the pursuit of happiness; contrasts concepts of economic and personal competitiveness with concepts of individual and civic fulfillment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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 Aims and Objectives, Citizenship Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Burke, Daniel J., "Essential Knowledge: The Secondary School Dilemma," The High School Journal, 78 (Feb-Mar, 1995), 142-150.*, Daniel J. Burke

Annotation: Suggests six categories of essential knowledge and six categories of learning processes that should form the content of secondary school curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Citations

Cahapay, Michael B.,"A Systemtic Review of Concepts in Understanding Null Curriculum," International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 13(3, 2021), 1987-1999., Michael B. Cahapay

Annotation: Provides a review of the literature on the concept of null curriculum and analyzes facets of this research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Single Studies

Calder, J. R., "The Cells of the 'Bloom Taxonomy'," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 15(July-September, 1983), 291-302., J. R. Calder

Annotation: Examines five shortcomings of Bloom's Taxonomy: Cognitive Domain.

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

Chaucer, Harry, A Creative Approach to the Common Core Standards: The Da Vinci Curriculum. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012., Harry A. Chaucer

Annotation: Proposes a secondary school curriculum that "conserves, transmits, rectifies, and expands our heritage of values" (Dewey); organized historically around multi-disciplinary thinking of Leonardo Da Vinci;

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Secondary School Curriculum

Citations

Chinn, Clark A., Sarit Barzilai, and Ravit Golan Duncan, "Education for a 'Post-Truth' World: New Directions for Research and Practice," Educational Researcher, 50(1, 2020), 51-60., Clark A. Chinn

Annotation: Argues for including epistemic performance (aims, ideals, and practices) throughout the curriculum to facilitate the identification and evaluation of false or misleading information; recommends five instructional practices to accomplish this goal.

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 Aims and Objectives, Critical Thinking

Single Studies

Clark, Charles, "The Necessity of Curricular Objectives," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20( July-August, 1988), 339-349., Charles Clark

Annotation: Analyzes the role and purposes of curriculum objectives.

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

Clements, Millard, "Performance Based Education: A Social Alchemy," The Educational Forum, 46(Spring, 1982), 315-325., Millard Clements

Annotation: Critiques performance-based education's behaviorist assumptions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies,Curriculum Evaluation,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Cohen, Jonathan, "Social, Emotional, Ethical, and Academic Education: Creating a Climate for Learning, Participation in Democracy, and Well-Being," Harvard Eduational Review, 76(Summer, 2006), 201-237., Jonathan Cohen

Annotation: Advocates inclusion of this topic in schooling, reviews related contemporary practices, and suggests related action research; a related article by Noddings follows.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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 Aims and Objectives, Character Education, Citizenship Education, Democratic Education, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Psychology and Curriculum, Curriculum as Experience

Collins, Allan, What's Worth Teaching? Rethinking Curriculum in the Age of Technology. New York: Teachers College Press, 2017., Allan Collins

Annotation: Sets forth a vision of curriculum based on trends in technology, literacy, mathematics, science, and educational policy; makes many specific recommendations for subject matter to be included and to be excluded; call the proposal a Passion Curriculum.

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: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Connell, R. W., "Curricular Justice," pp. 43-54 in his Schools and Social Justice. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993., R. W. Connell

Annotation: Discusses three design principles of a curriculum that leads to social justice; discusses what makes for an unjust curriculum; argues for a counter-hegemoic curriculum logic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, 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 Aims and Objectives, Curriculum and Politics, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

Collection of Studies

Coulter, David L., and John R. Weins, eds., Why Do We Educate? Renewing the Conversation. 107th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Vol. One. Walden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2008., David L. Coulter and John R. Weins

Annotation: Presents evocative ideas by more than twenty authors regarding fundamental purposes, ideals, and subject matters for consideration by educational policy-makers, school curriculum planners, and the public; aims at "renewing the conversation" on these topics.

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

Single Studies

Darling-Hammond, Linda, et al., "Educational Goals and Purposes: Developing a Curricular Vision for Teaching," pp. 169-200 in Linda Darling-Hammond and John Bransford, eds., Preparing Teachers for a Changing World. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.*, Linda Darling-Hammond

Annotation: Posits the purposes and content of the dimension of teacher education programs that focuses on curriculum, decision-making, planning, and evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Deliberation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

Dayton, John, and Carl Glickman, "American Constitutional Democracy: Implications for Public School Curriculum Development," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Summer,1994), 62-80.*, John Dayton and Carl Glickman

Annotation: Advocates centering curriculum on democratic principles; sums up the literature on using American democratic values as a basis for the public school curriculum.

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Democratic Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies

Day, Trevor, and Paul Tosey, "Beyond SMART? A New Framework for Goal Setting," Curriculum Journal, 22(No. 4, 2011), 515-534., Trevor Day and Paul Tosey

Annotation: Examines the business-oriented (SMART) framework for goal-setting in education in light of related theory and research on goal-setting; proposes an alternative to SMART that allows student and teacher to set their own well-formed goals.

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

Citations

Deng, Zongyi, "Bringing Knowledge Back In: Prespectives from Liberal Education," Cambridge Journal of Education, 48(3, 2018), 335-351., Zongyi Deng

Annotation: Addresses the issue stated in the title of this article by reviewing three models of liberal education (Newman, Hirst, Schwab) and the model of Bildung-centered Didaktik; calls for a theory of content based on a combined model.

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: Liberal Education/General Education, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Collection of Studies

Dewey, John, Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education (Macmillan, 1916). In John Dewey: The Middle Works, 1899-1924, ed. J. A. Boydston, Volume 9: 1916, pp. 1-402. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University, 1980., John Dewey

Annotation: Provides 26 chapters on aspects of educational theory and practice; Ch. 14 on the Nature of Subject Matter; others on specific curriculum areas; and many more topics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: All Fields
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Democratic Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Content Selection and Organization

Single Studies

Diamonti, Michael C., "Yes, We Have No Curriculum Theory: Response to Herbert Kliebard," Curriculum Inquiry, 6(No. 4, 1977), 269-276., Michael C. Diamonti

Annotation: Responds to Kliebard's article on Dewey's curriculum theory, followed by recorded discussion of both articles by several theorists including Kliebard.

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

Citations

Dinh, Hanh, "Towards a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: A Case Study of English as a Foreign Language Education in a VIetnamese Context," Journal of Curriculum Studies Research, 1(1, 2019), 54-70., Hanh Dinh

Annotation: Proposes a curriculum with a blend of academic/declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge with the former being minimized; also discusses types of teaching, learning, and assessment activities that this content requires; gives an example of this form of knowledge-rich curriculum in an English as a Foreign Language Program in Vietnam.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay; Case Study
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Practical Knowledge, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Student Assessment, Comparative Curriculum

Single Studies

U. S. Office of Education, Division of Secondary Education, Life Adjustment Education for Every Youth , Bulletin 1951, No., 22. Washington, DC, 1951., U. S. Office of Education, Division of Secondary Education

Annotation: Presents a description of life adjustment education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Doll, William E., Jr., "Revisiting Aoki's 'Inspiriting the Curriculum'," pp. 165-174 in Nicholas Ng-A-Fook and Jennifer Rothmann, eds., Reconsidering Canadian Curriculum Studies: Provoking Historical, Present, and Future Perspectives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012., William E. Doll Jr.

Annotation: Highlights and interprets Aoki's vision of bringing life to curriculum and infusing it with spirit, soul, and the sacred.

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

Doll, William E., Jr., "The Four R's--An Alternate to the Tyler Rationale," pp. 174-183 in A Post-Modern Perspective on Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993., William E. Doll Jr.

Annotation: Presents a set of criteria for curriculum designed to foster a post-modern view; contrasts these criteria with those imbedded in the Tyler Rationale; further comments on this last topic appear on pp. 30-31 and pp. 52-55 in this volume.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Alternatives in Education, Conceptions of Teaching, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Research Synthesis

Duchastel, Philippe C., and Paul F. Merrill, "The Effects of Behavioral Objectives on Learning: A Review of Empirical Studies," Review of Educational Research, 43 (Winter, 1973), 53-68., Philippe C. Duchastel and Paul F. Merrill

Annotation: Summarizes empirical studies on several aspects of the use of behavioral objectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Teaching/Learning Process

Status Studies

Eash, Maurice J., "Curriculum Components," pp. 1147-1150 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Maurice J. Eash

Annotation: Identifies aims, objectives, scope, sequence, transactions, and evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Teaching/Learning Process

Single Studies

Egan, Kieran, "Education's Three Old Ideas, and a Better Idea," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 31(May-June, 1999), 257-267., Kieran Egan

Annotation: Identifies three familiar purposes for education and their incompatibilities; poses a fourth built around five kinds of understanding.

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: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Egan, Kieran, "Metaphor in Collison: Objectives, Assembly Lines, and Stories," Curriculum Inquiry, 18(Spring, 1988), 63-86., Kieran Egan

Annotation: Shows the theoretical and practical differences between objective - based procedures (assembly-line metaphors) in educational practice and those using story forms of metaphors.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,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 Aims and Objectives

Egan, Kieran, "Retrospective on 'What is Curriculum?' " Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 1(Spring, 2003), 17-24., Kieran Egan

Annotation: Reflects on his article published in Curriculum Inquiry, Spring, 1978,

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
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

Egan, Kieran, The Future of Education: Reimagining Our Schools from the Ground Up. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008., Kieran Egan

Annotation: Envisions an approach to teaching, curriculum, and schooling that focuses on accumulating five cognitive tools: somatic, mythic, romantic, philosophic,and ironic understandings; presents an imaginative future history from the years 2010-2060 of how changes from current practices to the ideal (called Imaginative Education) might occur.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, 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: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Frameworks

Eisner, Elliot W., "Cognition and Representation: A Way to Pursue the American Dream?" Phi Delta Kappan, 78 (January, 1997), 348-353. *, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Presents and elaborates five statements regarding the nature and uses of multiple forms of representation of human thought and discusses what this means for the curriculum.

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Eisner, Elliot W., "Creative Curriculum Development and Practice," WCCI Forum, IV (December, 1990), 37-54.*, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Proposes an ecological model of curriculum development and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
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, Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Standards and Testing

Collection of Studies

Eisner, Elliot W., Reimagining Schools: The Selected Works of Elliot W. Eisner. New York: Routledge, 2005., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Reprints twenty-one of Eisner's articles published from 1965-2002.

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 Aims and Objectives, Art Education, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Qualitative Research, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum Frameworks

Single Studies

Eisner, Elliot W., "Reshaping Assessment in Education: Some Criteria in Search of Practice," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(May-June, 1993), 219-233., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Traces history of assessment and presents eight features of a new conception of assessment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Student Assessment, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Evaluation of Instruction, Marking, Program Audit/Evaluation

Eisner, Elliot W., "The Centrality of Curriculum and the Function of Standards," pp. 148-177 in Elliot W. Eisner, The Arts and the Creation of Mind. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002.*, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Discusses conceptions and uses of curriculum objectives and of curriculum standards in general as well as in relation to the arts curriculum; a similar treatment of assessment and evaluation follows these pages.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Art Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum Frameworks

Eisner, Elliot W., "What Can Education Learn from the Arts about the Practice of Education?" Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 18(Fall, 2002), 4-16., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Points out six lessons the arts can provide in thinking about and designing practical curricular programs--on topics ranging form aims to content to experiences for students.

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: Curriculum and the Disciplines, Aesthetics and Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Elliott, John, "From 'Human Capital' Theory to "Capability Theory" as a Driver of Curriculum Reform," pp. 142-165 in Bridget Somekh and Thomas A. Schwandt, eds., Knowledge Production: Research Work in Interesting Times. New York: Routledge, 2007, John Elliott

Annotation: Contrasts and combines elements of Sen's "capability theory' and Dewey's evaluative reasoning to posit a functional curriculum theory that replaces an objectives model with a process model.

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 Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Elliott, John, "Making Evidence-based Practice Educational," pp. 164-186 in Gary Thomas and Richard Pring, eds., Evidenced-based Practice in Education. New York: Open University Press, 2004., John Elliott

Annotation: Contrasts the engineering model of education (outcomes-based education) with Peters' and Stenhouse's process model; demonstrates the flaws in the former in the context of discussing evidence-based practice in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Teacher Research

Englund, Tomas, "On Moral Education through Deliberative Communication," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 48(No. 1, 2016), 58-76., Tomas Englund

Annotation: Explores the concept of deliberative communication as something to be taught in democratic schools; draws heavily on Dewey and Habermas; example taken from Swedish school policy changes over the last two decades.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, 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 Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Deliberation, Democratic Education, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

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

Annotation: Identifies logical fallacies in Bloom's Taxonomy.

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

Citations

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

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

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: SIngle Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum and Politics, Social Studies, Democratic Education, Ideology and School Knowledge

Single Studies

Fiala, Robert, "Educational Ideology and the School Curriculum," pp 15-34 in Aaron Benavot and Cecilia Braslavsky, eds., School Knowledge in Comparative and Historical Perspective: Changing Curricula in Primary and Secondary Education. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2007., Robert Fiala

Annotation: Reports a study of eighteen aims of education by world regions post WWII-2000.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Comparative Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge

Fisher, Carol M., "Curriculum Problems Facing the Schools: Now and in the Future," pp. 67-72 in Edmund C. Short, ed., A Search for Valid Content for Curriculum Courses: Educational Comment, 1970 . Toledo, OH: College of Education, University of Toledo, 1970., Carol M. Fisher

Annotation: Identifies the questions that should be addressed about the current world of children and teachers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, 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 Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Environment, Content Selection and Organization

Foshay, Arthur W., "Aesthetics and History," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 20(Spring, 1995), 191-206., Arthur W. Foshay

Annotation: Points out the features of history that have aesthetic dimensions of consequence for instruction in the history 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: Content Selection and Organization, Social Studies, Curriculum Integration, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Aesthetics Education

Foshay, Arthur W., "The Curriculum Matrix: Transcendence and Mathematics," Curriculum , 11 (Autumn, 1990), 100-111. Reprinted in Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 6(Summer, 1991), 277-293.*, Arthur W. Foshay

Annotation: Traces the potential of the relationship between mathematics and transcendental and spiritual experience for curriculum content.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Mathematics, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Integration, Values in the Classroom

Foshay, Arthur Wellesley, "Problem Solving and the Arts," Journal of Curriclulum and Supervision, 13(Summer, 1998), 328-338.*, Arthur Wellesley Foshay

Annotation: Shows how problem solving objectives can be integrated into 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: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Art Education, Curriculum Integration

Foshay, Arthur Wellesley, "The Physical Self and Literature," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 11(Summer, 1996), 341-350.*, Arthur Wellesley Foshay

Annotation: Examines literature that can be explored for its help in forming an understanding of the physical self.

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, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Literature, Curriculum Integration

Foshay, Arthur Wellesley, "The Social Self and the Human Side of Science," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 12 (Spring, 1997), 246-255., Arthur Wellesley Foshay

Annotation: Relates the socializing purposes of education to the content of science; a sub-topic within the author's 1987 curriculum matrix.

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, Science, Curriculum Integration, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Foshay, Arthur Wellsley, "The Emotions and Social Studies," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 12(Summer, 1997), 356-366.*, Arthur Wellsley Foshay

Annotation: Shows how social studies can contribute to the development of mature emotions.

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, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Social Studies, Curriculum Integration, Psychology and Curriculum

Research Synthesis

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

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

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

Single Studies

Gandin, Luis Armando, "The Citizen School Project: Implementing and Recreating Critical Education in Porto Alegre, Brazil," pp. 341-353 in Michael W. Apple, Wayne Au, and Luis Armando Gandin, eds., The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education. New York: Routledge, 2009., Luis Armando Gandin

Annotation: Describes this project and its new features (access to schools, governance, and knowledge); connects school knowledge with the knowledge students need to develop within their situation; knowledge is organized around themes in an innovative new form of curriculum design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Citizenship Education, Democratic Education, Social Studies

Giroux, Henry A., "Overcoming Behavioral and Humanistic Objectives," The Educational Forum , 43(May, 1979), 409-419. Reprinted pp. 43-53 in Henry A. Giroux, Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning. Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988.*, Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Argues the case for humanistic curriculum objectives and the limits of behavioral objectives.

Broad Topical Focus: 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 Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization, Hidden Curriculum, Curriculum and the Disciplines

Goodlad, John I., "Coda: The Conceptual System for Curriculum Revisited," pp. 343-364 in John I. Goodlad, ed., Curriculum Inquiry: The Study of Curriculum Practice. New York: McGraw-Hill, l979.*, John I. Goodlad

Annotation: Updates his l966 conceptualization of curriculum with additional decision levels and value contexts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Deliberation

Goodlad, John I., "Toward Schools Commonly Good,'" pp. 303-330 in his Romances with Schools: A Life of Education. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004., John I. Goodlad

Annotation: Makes recommendations for retro-fitting structure of schooling; proposes a curriculum structured around the characteristics, problems, and issues of the world's various domains rather than around the disciplines; all this discussed in the context of reflections by the author on his life as teacher and educator.

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

Goodlad, John I., and Maurice N. Richter, Jr., "The Development of a Conceptual System for Dealing with Problems of Curriculum and Instruction," 1966, ERIC Document No. ED 010 064.*, John I. Goodlad and Maurice N. Richter Jr.

Annotation: Posits a conceptualization of curriculum decision making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Deliberation

Citations

Gordon, Stephen P. "Supervision's New Challlenge: Facilitating a Multidimentional Curriculum," Journal of Educational Supervision, 1(2, 2018), 17-32., Stephen P. Gordon

Annotation: Proposes a seven-dimentional model of holistic curriculum--cognitive, social-emotional, moral, cultural, democratic, creative-artistic, health and physical--within the context of educational supervision.

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: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization

Research Synthesis

Gwynn, J. Minor, "Philosophy, Goals, and Social Factors," Review of Educational Research, 21(June, 1951), 173-185., J. Minor Gwynn

Annotation: Deals with factors influencing curriculum, values, religion, goals, and objectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Single Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hansen, David T., "Curriculum and the Idea of a Cosmopolitan Inheritance," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 40(June, 2008), 289-312., David T. Hansen

Annotation: Traces the history of the idea of the cosmopolitan and various conceptions of cosmopolitanism; contrasts these ideas with other "isms," suggests that a cosmopolitan-oriented curriculum need not conflict with organizing curriculum content or structures but can affect the understanding or world inheritance of that content; discusses the contours of cosmopolitan sensibility and how to educate for it.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, 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 Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process

Hansen, David T., Rodino F. Anderson, Jeffrey Frank, and Kiera Nieuwejaar, "Reenvisioning the Progressive Tradition in Curriculum," pp. 440-459 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., David T. Hansen, Rodino F. Anderson, Jeffrey Frank, and Kiera Nieuwejaar

Annotation: Traces the intellectual resources found in Dewey, Emerson, Du Bois, Jane Addams for reenvisioning the progressive tradition in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Heathcote, Gay, Richard Kempa, and Iolo Roberts, " Curriculum Styles and Strategies," pp. 41-53 in Rob Moore and Jenny Ozga, eds., Curriculum Policy: A Reader. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1991.*, Gay Heathcote, Richard Kempa, and Iolo Roberts

Annotation: Distinguishes among curriculum aims, goals, and objectives and between two development models--the objectives model and the process model.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, 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 Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Development Strategies

Hewitt, Randy, "Priming the Pump: 'Educating' for Market Democracy," pp. 47-58 in Deron R. Boyles, ed., Schools or Markets? Commercialism, Privitization, and School-Business Partnerships. Mahwah, NJ: Laurence Erlbaum, 2005., Randy Hewitt

Annotation: Traces Dewey's arguments for education for democratic social action; contrasts this with current corporate actions in education.

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 Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hirst, Paul H., "The Curriculum and Its Objectives--A Defense of Piecemeal Rational Planning," pp. 9-21 in The Curriculum: The Doris Lee Lectures, 1975. London: University of London, Institute of Education, 1975., Paul H. Hirst

Annotation: Argues for rational curriculum planning--not as practiced by early enthusiasts nor by certain de-schoolers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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 Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Deliberation

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

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

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

Hirst, Paul H., "The Nature of Educational Aims," pp. 124-132 in Roger Marples, ed., The Aims of Education. New York: Routledge, 1999., Paul H. Hirst

Annotation: Defines the purposes of education, explores various statements of the aims of education based on mistaken views of the nature of persons and the character of reason, and offers his own alternative statements on the aims of education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

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

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

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

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

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

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

Research Synthesis

Hollister, William G., "Preparing the Minds of the Future: Enhancing Ego Processes through Curriculum Development," pp. 27-42 in Robert R. Leeper, ed., Curriculum Change: Direction and Process . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1966., William G. Hollister

Annotation: Shows how curriculum can enhance self-knowledge in children.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Self-Knowledge, Motivation, Psychology and Curriculum

Single Studies

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

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

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

Hopkins, David, "Toward the 'Personalized' Curriculum" and "Metcognition and Learning How to Learn," pp. 60-69 in his Every School a Great School: Realizing the Potential of System Leadership. New York: Open University Press, 2007., David Hopkins

Annotation: Summarizes principles for creating the personalized curriculum and its constituent strategies, content, and skills.

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, Content Selection and Organization

Research Synthesis

Hopkins, L. Thomas, ed., "The Curriculum," Review of Educational Research, 1(January, 1931), 3-64., L. Thomas Hopkins

Annotation: Contains chapters on curriculum making, objectives, learning activities, time allotment and grade placement, measuring ability and achievement, evaluation, and public and private school curricula.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Religious & Private Schooling