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Labaree, David F., "Politics, Markets, and the Compromised Curriculum," Harvard Educational Review, 57(November, 1987), 483-494., David F. Labaree

Annotation: Reviews two 1986 books on curriculum history by Kliebard and by Franklin.

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

 

Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe, "Contested Terrain: A History of Education Research in the United States, 1890-1990," Educational Researcher, 26(December, 1997), 5-17., Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

Annotation: Traces the history of educational research in the U. S. and identifies major researchers and studies in curriculum and other specialties.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Law, Edmond Hau-Fai, and Chenzhi Li, eds., Curriculum Innovations in Changing Societies: Chinese Perspectives from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2013., Edmond Hau-Fai Law and Chenzhi Li

Annotation: Contains research and integrations of studies on curriculum and related topics in three Chinese settings; five chapters discuss overall curriculum policy, research, and trends; others discuss subjects and curriculum; the final chapter compares European and Chinese curriculum development and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization

 

Lawhead, Victor, "Harold Alberty, Master Teacher: A Retrospective View," Teaching Education, 1(Autumn, 1987), 68-76., Victor Lawhead

Annotation: Describes Alberty and his career from the point of view of a former student.

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

 

Lawton, Denis, "Curriculum History: United Kingdom," pp. 1202-1204 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Denis Lawton

Annotation: Describes briefly curriculum history in the United Kingdom.

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

 

Lazerson, Marvin, Judith Block McLaughlin, and Bruce McPherson, "New Curriculum, Old Issues," Teachers College Record, 86(Winter, 1984), 300-319.*, Marvin Lazerson, Judith Block McLaughlin, and Bruce McPherson

Annotation: Reviews history of SMSG, MACOS, and other reforms of the 1950s and 1960s.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies, Mathematics, Social Studies, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Levine, Donald N., "Joseph Schwab's Assault on Facile Teaching," pp. 114-145 in his Powers of the Mind: The Reinvention of Liberal Learning in America. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2006., Donald N. Levine

Annotation: Traces the intellectual contributions of Joseph J. Schwab at the University of Chicago and in the broader field of education.

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Curriculum Professors, Liberal Education/General Education

 

Lofaso, Anne Marie, "Curriculum Issues," pp. 61-80 in Anne Marie Lofaso, Religion in the Public Schools: A Road Map for Avoiding Lawsuits and Respecting Parents' Legal Rights. Washington, DC: Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 2009., Anne Marie Lofaso

Annotation: Sets forth guidelines based on decisions of the courts regarding constitutionality of curriculum related religious issues such as library books, opting out of content/materials, evolution, and intelligent design; other church/state/school issues are addressed in other sections of the book.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry, Historical Inquiry, Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization

 

Mackenzie, Gordon, "Ralph W. Tyler in Retrospect: Contributions to the Curriculum Field," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 53-60., Gordon Mackenzie

Annotation: Provides an assessment of Tyler's work in curriculum.

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

 

Madaus, George F., and Thomas Kellaghan, "Curriculum Evaluation and Assessment," pp. 119-154 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, l992., George F. Madaus and Thomas Kellaghan

Annotation: Summarizes the state of evaluation and assessment in curriculum, including historical issues, issues in testing, and six major components of curriculum evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction, Student Assessment, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum History

 

Madaus, George F., and Laura M. O'Dwyer, "A Short History of Performance Assessment: Lessons Learned," Phi Delta Kappan, 80(May, 1999), 688-695., George F. Madaus and Laura M. O'Dwyer

Annotation: Traces the history of performance assessment from 210 BC to the present.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Student Assessment, Curriculum History

 

Marklund, S., "Curriculum History: Sweden," pp. 220-222 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., S. Marklund

Annotation: Traces very briefly the history of curricula in Sweden from the thirteenth century to the present.

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

 

Marshall, J. Dan,"A Successful Voyage," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 9(Fall,1993), 105-111., J. Dan Marshall

Annotation: Reviews background and years of Edmund C. Short as editor of Journal of Curriculum and Supervision.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Marshall, J. Dan, James T. Sears, and Donna Adair, "Small Gatherings: A Town Meeting about Democractic Theory and Practice in Curriculum Studies," pp. 25-47 in Kris Sloan and James T. Sears, eds., Democratic Curriculum Theory and Practice: Retrieving Public Spaces. Troy, NY: Educator's International Press, 2001., J. Dan Marshall, James T. Sears, and Donna Adair

Annotation: Gives a brief history of small scholarly groups in Curriculum Studies over the last 50 years, including the rationale for another conference and papers for the first Curriculum and Pedagogy Conference in 2001, to which this paper was a contribution.

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

 

Marshall, J. Dan, James T. Sears, and William H. Schubert, Turning Points in Curriculum: A Contemporary American Memoir. Columbus, OH: Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2000. 2nd ed., with Louise A. Allen and Patrick A. Roberts. Pearson Education, 2007., J. Dan Marshall, James T. Sears, and William H. Schubert

Annotation: Traces the history of the curriculum field in relation to events in society in five periods: 1897 to 1946, 1947 to 1960, 1961 to 1969, 1970 to 1983, and 1984 to lately; refers to much of the major literature in curriculum in each period.

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

 

Marsh, David D., and Allan R. Odden, "Implementation of the California Mathematics and Science Curriculum Frameworks," pp. 219-239 in Allan R. Odden, ed., Education Policy Implementation. Albany,NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, David D. Marsh and Allan R. Odden

Annotation: Describes the process of implementing California frameworks in science and math and their impacts on policy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Frameworks, Mathematics, Science, Curriculum Implementation

 

Mayer, William V., "The BSCS Past," The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Journal, 4(November, 1978), 5-9., William V. Mayer

Annotation: Gives some history of BSSC biology.

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

 

May, Wanda T., "Constructing History in a Graduate Curriculum Class," Curriculum Inquiry , 21 (Summer, 1991), 163-191., Wanda T. May

Annotation: Explores teachers' constructions of historical knowledge and other perceptions in a graduate curriculum class.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum History, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Mazza, Karen A., "Reconceptual Inquiry as an Alternative Mode of Curriculum Theory and Practice: A Critical Study," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 4 (Summer, 1982), 5-89., Karen A. Mazza

Annotation: Critically examines the contributions of reconceptualists to curriculum theory and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism,Phenomenological Inquiry,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Knowledge Generation

 

McClure, Robert M., ed., The Curriculum: Prospect and Retrospect, 70th NSSE Yearbook, Part I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971., Robert M. McClure

Annotation: Has chapters on the 1920s-1930s and on 1950s-1960s as well as others on the future of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

McClure, Robert M., "The Reforms of the Fifties and Sixties: A Historical Look at the Near Past," pp. 45-75 in Robert M. McClure, ed., The Curriculum: Retrospect and Prospect, The 70th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part I. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1971., Robert M. McClure

Annotation: Describes the forces working for curriculum change in this period of projects funded by NDEA and NSF.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

McDiarmid, Garnet, "Poles Apart: A Rejoinder to Pinar and to Holmes," Interchange, 18(Fall, 1987), 77-81.*, Garnet McDiarmid

Annotation: Responds to criticism of his earlier article.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, 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 and Politics, Curriculum History

 

McDonald, Joseph P. , "High School in the 21st Century: Managing the Core Dilemma," pp. 26 -44 in Floyd M. Hammack, ed., The Comprehensive High School Today. New York: Teachers College Press, 2004., Joseph P. McDonald

Annotation: Traces the history of the comprehensive high school with special attention to books by James B. Conant and Ted Sizer.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

McDonnell, Lorraine M., and M. Stephen Weatherford, "Evidence Use and the Common Core State Standards Movement: From Problem Definition to Policy Adoption," American Journal of Education, 120(November, 2013), 1-25., Lorraine M. McDonnell and M. Stephen Weatherford

Annotation: Describes how policy entrepreneurs use research at three stages of the policy process--problem definition, policy design, and policy enactment; reports interviews with state leaders of the Common Core movement about these policy process stages and the use of research evidence; concludes that research was often not used or was not available and that other evidence was also used.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Historical Inquiry, Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum History, Knowledge Utilization, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Frameworks

 

McErvan, Hunter, "The American Curriculum: Metaphors and Texts." Educational Theory, 46(Winter, 1996), 119-133.*, Hunter McErvan

Annotation: Examines the arguments for and against the recapitulationist curriculum theory.

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

 

McEwin, C. Kenneth, "William M. Alexander: Father of the American Middle School," Middle School Journal, 23(May 1992): 32-38.*, C. Kenneth McEwin

Annotation: Recounts the contributions of William Alexander to the middle school concept.

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

 

McKernan, Jim, "Action Research and Curriculum Development," Peabody Journal of Education, 64(Winter, 1987), 6-19., Jim McKernan

Annotation: Reviews the history of action research in curriculum development.

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

 

McKernan, Jim, "An Historical Overview of Action Research, Philosophy, and Curriculum Improvement," pp. 129-144 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Jim McKernan

Annotation: Indicates the origins and development of action research in curriculum.

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

 

McKim, Margaret G., "Curriculum Research in Historical Perspective," pp. 14-40 in Arthur W. Foshay, et al., Research for Curriculum Improvement. 1957 ASCD Yearbook. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Education Association, 1957., Margaret G. McKim

Annotation: Traces the history of curriculum research in the U.S. from the early 20th century to the present.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History

 

McNeil, Linda M., "Bibliographical Essay," pp. 627-647 in Arno A. Bellack and Herbert M. Kliebard, eds., Curriculum and Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1977.*, Linda M. McNeil

Annotation: Sketches the range of debate on five topics covered in the compilation to which this essay is attached by citing and reviewing significant historical works associated with each topic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Content Analysis, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Bibliographic Compilation
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Literature of Curriculum

 

McNiff, Joan. Action Research: Principles and Practice. London: Macmillan Education, 1988., Joan McNiff

Annotation: Describes the process and history of action research by teachers; gives case reports; provides practical guidance and questions/answers about action research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, Curriculum History

 

McTaggart, Robin. Action Research: A Short Modern History. Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1991., Robin McTaggart

Annotation: Reviews U.S., Australia, and English British sources and practices related to action research in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

McTaggart, Robin, "Action Research is a Broad Movement," Curriculum Perpectives, 11(October, 1991), 44-47., Robin McTaggart

Annotation: Traces the history of the rediscovery of action research in Australian and discusses its use in third world countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Meens, David, and Kenneth R. Howe, "NCLB and Its Wake: Bad News for Democracy." Teachers College Record, 117(No.6, 2015), 1-44., David Meens and Kenneth R. Howe

Annotation: Examines the eclipse of local control through NCLB; relates democratic policy-making theory to the circumstances of NCLB and shows how NCLB undermines teaching children meaningful participation in democratic politics; offers a set of guidelines for assessing future federal education policies in terms of democratic principles; related articles and critiques follow this article.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum History

 

Mehta, Jal, The Allure3 of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations, and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013., Jal Mehta

Annotation: Traces historically the changes in U.S. school policies and practices related to their rationalization, accountability, and the role of teachers; delves deeply into analysis and explanations for these changes; offers a model that proposes to challenge these trends.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Implementation, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Local Control of Schooling, Qualitative Research

 

Miel, Alice, "Roaming through a LIfe-Space," The Educational Forum, 56(Summer, 1992), 457-463., Alice Miel

Annotation: Gives the author's formative history and life experiences as a leading curriculum theorist.

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

 

Miel, Alice, "The Curriculum Field--A View," pp. 1-12 in James J. Jelinek, ed., Education in Flux: Implications for Curriculum Development. Tempe, AZ: College of Education, University of Arizona, 1979., Alice Miel

Annotation: Examines the history of the curriculum field.

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

 

Miles, Matthew B., "40 Years of Change in Schools: Some Personal Reflections," Educational Administration Quarterly, 29(May, 1993), 213-248.*, Matthew B. Miles

Annotation: Traces ten research programs between 1953 and 1993 in which the author was engaged that dealt with aspects of individual and organizational change in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Implementation

 

Miller, Janet L., Curriclum Reconceptualized: A Personal and Partial History," pp. 27-41 in Janet L. Miller, Sounds of Silence Breaking: Women, Autobiography, Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 2005., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Expands and updates her 1999 article with the same title; provides a personal history of work emanating from participants in the Bergamo Conferences and from the JCT: The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Knowledge Generation, Literature of Curriculum

 

Miller, Janet L., "Curriculum and Reconceptualization: Another Brief History," JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 12(Spring, 1996), 6-8., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Reviews some of the history of the journal and of the reconceptualist conferences and draws some implications for future agendas.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Curriculum History

 

Miller, Janet L., "Curriculum Reconceptualized: A Personal and Partial History," pp. 498-508 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses: Twenty Years of JCT. New York: Peter Lang, 1999. Reprinted with additional insertions pp. 27-41 in Janet L. Miller, Sounds of Silence Breaking: Women, Autobiography, Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 2005., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Recalls the origin and development of the JCT journal, the associated annual conferences, and the key players and guiding ideas throughout.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Curriculum History

 

Miller, Janet L., "Entangiing Rationaliites and Differing Differences: Forty Years of Bergamo and JCT Curricluum Theorizings and Pracitices," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 35(1, 2020), 1-15., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Reviews in detail the work of scholars associated with Bergamo Conferences and JCT over forty years.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay; Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History; American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Miller, Janet L., "Nostalgia for the Future: Imaging Histories of JCT and the Bergamo Conferences," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 26(No.2, 2010), 7-23., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Expresses the author's participation in thirty years of JCT and the Bergamo Conferences and her vision for their future.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Miller, Janet L., Sounds of Silence Breaking: Women, Autobiography, Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 2005., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Contains a compilation of the author's writings over a period of thirty years.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors, Curriculum History, Literature of Curriculum

 

Miller, Janet L., "The American Curriculum Field and Its Worldly Encounters," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 21(Summer, 2005), 9-24., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Reflects upon the state of the curriculum field after 25 years of Bergamo conferences and the internationalization of the field; suggests possible future directions for the U. S. curriculum field.

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: Curriculum History, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Miller, Janet L., "What's Left in the Field...A Curriculum Memoir," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 32(March-April, 2000), 253-266. Reprinted pp. 201-214 in Janet L. Miller, Sounds of Silence Breaking: Women, Autobiography, Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 2005., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Gives a personal expression of the evolution of the author's thought on the curriculum field and its recent transformation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, 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: Curriculum History

 

Mirel, Jeffrey E., and David L. Angus, "The Rising Tide of Custodialism: Enrollment Increases and Curriculum Reform in Detroit, 1928-1940," Issues in Education, 4 (Fall, 1986), 101-120., Jeffrey E. Mirel and David L. Angus

Annotation: Reports a study of Detroit's pre-WW-II curriculum reform efforts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Enrollment Changes-Implications, Curriculum History

 

Mitchell, Earlene, "The Eight Year Study: A Story Not to Be Forgotten," The Educational Forum, 50(Fall, 1985), 11-21., Earlene Mitchell

Annotation: Reviews the Eight-Year Study and its findings; points to lessons for today.

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

 

Molnar, Alex, "Contemporary Curriculum Discourse: Too Much Ado about Too Much Nothing," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 198-203., Alex Molnar

Annotation: Reviews discourse on curriculum over the last 20 years including critical issues such as corporate involvement in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, 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 History, Discourse Analysis, Curriculum and Politics, Criticism of Schooling

 

Molnar, Alex, "Tomorrow the Shadow on the Wall Will Be That of Another," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 6(Fall, 1985), 35-42., Alex Molnar

Annotation: Gives personal reflection on Macdonald's life and influence.

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 Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum History

 

Morris,Marla, "Dare Curriculum Scholars Cultivate Historical Memory," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 6(Summer, 2009), 67-74., Marla Morris

Annotation: Traces the splits that exist among curriculum scholars, their conferences, and their journals; asserts that all should embrace the widest range of the historical memory of the field and continue to interact across the existing splits.

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: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Morris, Marla A., Curriculum Studies Guidebooks: Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks, Volumes 1 and 2, New York: Peter Lang, 2016., Marla A. Morris

Annotation: Contains summaries of recent works within the field of Curriculum Studies around historical, political, multicultural, gender, and literary concepts of curriculum (in Volume 1) and around aesthetic, spiritual, cosmopolitan, ecological, cultural studies, post-colonial, post-strutural, and psychoanalytic concepts of curriculum (in Volume 2);

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum, Curriculum History, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Knowledge Generation

 

Mulcahy, D. G., "Economic Policy and Curriculum Change in Irish Second-Level Schooling, 1963-1980," pp. 221-232 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., D. G. Mulcahy

Annotation: A history of Irish attempts to change curriculum 1963-1980.

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

 

Mulcahy, D. G., "Tradition and Change in the Curriculum of Liberal or General Education." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Online 23 February 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1066, D. G. Mulcahy

Annotation: Reviews the history of liberal education from Newman, Adler, and Hirst's to Nussbaum, Martin, and AAC&U's versions; mostly with reference to higher education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Eduation, Curriculum History

 

Mungazi, Dickson A., The Evolution of Educational Theory in the United States. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999., Dickson A. Mungazi

Annotation: Traces the history of educational theory in the U. S. from 1600s to the present.

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

 

Educational Policies Commission, National Education Association, The Unique Function of Education in American Democracy. Washington, DC: National Educational Assoication, 1937., Educational Policies Commission, National Education Association

Annotation: Traces history of the functions of education in the United States; urges a program of knowledge, training, and aspirations with specific content (see Chapter VI); book drafted by Charles A. Beard.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum History, Democratic Education

 

Nauman, Ann K., "A Historical Overview of Curriculum (Prehistory to 1900 C.E.)," pp. 17-30 in James D. Kirylo and Ann K. Nauman, eds., Curriculum Development: Perspectives from Around the World. Olney, MD: Association for Childhood Education International, 2010., Ann K. Nauman

Annotation: Presents and overview of world curriculum history from Mesopotamia to the Semites, China, Greece, Rome, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, and America.

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

 

Nelson, Murry R., "Curriculum History: Does Anyone Out There Remember It?" pp. 27-29 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Murry R. Nelson

Annotation: Assesses state of curriculum history.

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

 

Nelson, Murry R., ed., Papers of The Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University, 1983., Murry R. Nelson

Annotation: Presents 12 papers from the 1980, 1981, and 1982 meetings of SSCH.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Nelson, Murry R., "No Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 16(Spring, 2001), 206-227., Murry R. Nelson

Annotation: Traces the political pressures at work in the development, the implementation, and the dropping of the Rainbow Curriculum in New York City schools 1989-1993.

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

 

Nelson, Murry R., "Rugg on Rugg: His Theories and His Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 8(Summer, 1978), 119-132.*, Murry R. Nelson

Annotation: Reviews the curriculum developed by Harold Rugg in the 1930s and 1940s and the ideas on which it was based.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Studies, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Nelson, Murry R., and H. Wells Singleton, "FBI Surveillance of Three Progressive Educators: Curricular Aspects," pp. 18-22 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981., Murry R. Nelson and H. Wells Singleton

Annotation: Reports what was found in FBI files on Rugg, Counts, and Dewey.

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

 

Nelson, Murry R., and H. Wells Singleton, "Richmond and Berkeley: Paradigms for Curriculum Innovation at the Turn of the Century," pp. 60-67 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . University ParK, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981., Murry R. Nelson and H. Wells Singleton

Annotation: Reports studies of the spread of curriculum innovations begun in these two junior high schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Middle School Curriculum, Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization

 

Nelson, Murry R., and H. Wells Singleton, "The Growth of the Concept of Curriculum as Evidenced by Two Early Content Specific Education Journals, 1909-1927," pp. 7-17 in Murry R. Nelson, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982 . DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University, College of Education, 1983., Murry R. Nelson and H. Wells Singleton

Annotation: Reports an analysis of articles in Curriculum Journal and in Educational Method for the period.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Nelson, Murry R., and H. Wells Singleton, "The Merger of Curriculum Journal and Educational Method: Effects of the Curriculum Field," pp. 35-39 in Murry R. Nelson, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982. Dekalb, IL: Northern Illinois University, College of Education, 1983.*, Murry R. Nelson and H. Wells Singleton

Annotation: Gives the history of the merger of two early journals in the curriculum field.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Literature of Curriculum

 

Nelson, Nancy, and Robert C. Calfee, "The Reading-Writing Connection Viewed Historically," pp. 1-52 in Nancy Nelson and Robert C. Calfee, eds., The Reading-Writing Connection. Ninety -seventh Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998., Nancy Nelson and Robert C. Calfee

Annotation: Traces the development of English as a school and college subject in the United States; includes current trends.

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

 

Noddings, Nel, "Gender and the Curriculum ," pp. 659-684 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Nel Noddings

Annotation: Reviews historical aspects of educating women and men as well as the 20th century curriculum situation and transformative endeavors.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Differentiation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Noffke, Susan E., "The Work and Workplace of Teachers in Action Research," Teaching and Teacher Education, 8(February, 1992), 15-29.* Another version appears as "Action Research and the Work of Teachers," pp. 1-21 in Renee Clift and Carolyn Evertson, eds., Focal Points: Qualitative Inquiries into Teaching and Teacher Education. Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, l992. ED 350 304., Susan E. Noffke

Annotation: Relates the views of action research of the Horace Mann-Lincoln Institute, Stephen Corey, Hilda Taba, Abraham Shumsky, Lawrence Stenhouse, The Ford Teaching Project, The Interactive R & D Projects, and the Deakin University Action Research work.

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

 

Norris, Jr., Richard A., "Facing the Past," Union Seminary Quarterly Review, 36(Supplementary, 1981), 1-11.*, Richard A. Norris Jr.

Annotation: Explores what it means to have a past and to have historical inquiry contribute to this past.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization

 

Norton, John K., and Margaret A. Norton, "Contributions of Research to Curriculum Building," pp. 92-111 in their Foundations of Curriculum Building. Boston: Ginn & Company, 1936., John K. Norton and Margaret A. Norton

Annotation: Reviews the status of research related to curriculum building and recent lines of research whose findings bear on a revision; chapters follow on research in several subject areas of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Reseach and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum History, Knowledge Generation

 

Norton, John K., and Margaret A. Norton, "Trends in Curriculum Building," pp. 546-570 in their Foundations of Curriculum Building. Boston: Ginn & Company, 1936., John K. Norton and Margaret A. Norton

Annotation: Identifies eight major trends in curriculum building as of 1936 in the U. S.

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

 

Null, J. Wesley, "An Intellectual Progressive Educator: Toward a Rereading of William Chandler Bagley, 1874-1946," TheEducational Forum, 67(Summer, 2003), 300-307., J. Wesley Null

Annotation: Corrects some earlier views of Bagley's position on progressive education and gives a summary of his life and contributions to education.

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

 

Null, J. Wesley, "Curriculum Development in Historical Perspective," pp. 478-490 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., J. Wesley Null

Annotation: Discusses contributions of Tyler, Smith/Stanley/Shores, Taba, Schwab, and other scholars to the evolving concept of curriculum development in the United States.

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

 

Null, J. Wesley, "Deciding Aims and Purposes of Subject Matter," pp.3-10 in Ming Fang He, Brian D. Schultz, and William H. Schubert, eds., The Sage Guide to Curriculum in Education. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2015., J. Wesley Null

Annotation: Traces the emergence of several views from recent curriculum theorists on the role subject matter can play in reaching educational goals or ends.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum History, Curriculum Professors

 

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

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

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

 

Null, J. Wesley, "Social Efficiency Splintered: Multiple Meanings Instead of the Hegemony of One,' Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 19(Winter, 2004), 99-124., J. Wesley Null

Annotation: Sets forth three distinct definitions of "social efficiency" in early 20th century curriculum history as opposed to one definition often assumed by historians.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum History, Ideology and School Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Null, J. Wesley. "Efficiency Jettisoned: Unacknowledged Changes in the Curriculum Thought of John Franklin Bobbitt," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 15(Fall, 1999), 35-42., J. Wesley. Null

Annotation: Points out the changes in Bobbitt's thinking about curriculum from his 1918 book to his 1941 book; corrects a misconception in the history of curriculum thought.

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

 

O'Neill, Maureen, "Curricular Reconstruction: Vision of The Social Frontier ," The Educational Forum, 52(Spring, 1988), 223-234.*, Maureen O'Neill

Annotation: Gives the views of curricular reconstruction as provided in The Social Frontier of the 1930s.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum

 

Ornstein, Allan C., "Curriculum Trends Revisited," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Summer,1994), 4-20., Allan C. Ornstein

Annotation: Discusses 13 trends within the curriculum.

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

 

O'Shea, Joseph A., "A Journey to the Midway: Ralph Winfred Tyler," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 7(Winter, 1985), 447-459., Joseph A. O'Shea

Annotation: Summarizes the work of Tyler at the University of Chicago.

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

 

O'Shea, Joseph A., and George A. Antonelli, "Ralph W. Tyler: Mentor and Force for Excellence," Kappa Delta Pi Record, 22(Fall, 1985), 18-22., Joseph A. O'Shea and George A. Antonelli

Annotation: Reviews Tyler's work as teacher and professor.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Professors

 

Pacheco, Jose Augusto, "Curriculum Studies: What Is the Field Today?" Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, 8(Spring, 2012),1-18., Jose Augusto Pacheco

Annotation: Gives detailed analyses of recent decades of work in the field of Curriculum Studies; gives special attention to the work of Apple, Pinar, Goodson, and Young; draws some themes from these analyses.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Professors, Literature of Curriculum

 

Pacheco, Jose Augusto, Whole, Bright, Deep with Understanding: Life Story and Politics of Curriculum Study: In-between William Pinar and Ivor Goodson. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2009., Jose Augusto Pacheco

Annotation: Attempts to bring together hundreds of quotations from Pinar's writing and talks with him into a coherent presentation and interpretation of his ideas and his contributions to the field of curriculum studies; also contains a chapter by Moreira treating Pinar and Goodson; concludes with verbatim interviews with Pinar and with Goodson by Pacheco.

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

 

Pagano, Jo Anne, "The Curriculum Field: Emergence of a Discipline," Journal of Curriculum Theorzing, 3(Winter, 1981), 171-184. Reprinted pp. 82-105 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses: Twenty Years of JCT. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., Jo Anne Pagano

Annotation: Traces the beginnings of the curriculum field through key faculty at Teachers College (Columbia Universtiy), The University of Chicago, and the Ohio State University.

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

 

Palmer, Joy, ed., Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day. New York: Routledge Falmer, 2001., Joy Palmer

Annotation: Has essays on Rugg, Tyler, Broudy, Schwab, Greene, Goodlad, Freire, P. H. Jackson, Noddings, Eisner, Apple, Giroux, among others.

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

 

Paraskeva, Joao M., Conflicts in Curriculum Theory: Challenging Hegemonic Epistemologies. New York: PalgraveMacmillan, 2011., Joao M. Paraskeva

Annotation: Presents critically the major contributions of all the major curriculum theorists from the United States during the twentieth century, noting the conceptual conflicts among their work; raises the issue of the hegemonic influence of this work on curriculum theory around the globe, citing evidence of alternative epistemologies arising in Africa, Asia, and South America; argues for an itinerant curriculum theory that recognizes many different streams of thought.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Pekarsky, Daniel, "Guiding Visions and Educational Planning," pp. 15-29 in Barry M. Franklin, ed., Curriculum and Consequences: Herbert M. Kliebard and the Promise of Schooling. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000., Daniel Pekarsky

Annotation: Critiques Kliebard's assessment of the Tyler rationale and discusses Dewey's critique of using vision statements to guide educational practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, 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 History, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Peltier, Gary, L., "Teacher Participation in Curriculum Revision: An Historical Case Study," History of Education Quarterly, 7(Summer, 1967), 209-219., Gary L. Peltier

Annotation: Examines teacher participation in curriculum revision in Denver in the 1920s.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: All Fields
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Peng, Caixia, "Curriculum HIstory Research in Mainland China and Taiwan: Its Status and Prospects," pp.149-162 in Gary McCullough, Ivor Goodson, and Mariano Gonzalez-Delgado, eds., Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum History. New York: Routledge, 2020., Caixia Peng

Annotation: Details curriculum history research done in China and Taiwan following the work of U. S. curriculum historians; offers methodological enhancements and new theories to pursue.

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

 

Pereira, Peter, and Thomas W. Roby, eds., Conceptions of Curriculum Knowledge: Focus on Historical Movements . Chicago: The Mid-West Center for Curriculum Studies, 1985., Peter Pereira and Thomas W. Roby

Annotation: Contains essays by Dunkel on educational innovation and by Connell, Posner, and Schubert on science curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Science

 

Perlstein, Daniel, "William Van Til and the Nashville Story: Curriculum, Supervision, and Civil Rights," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 20(Fall, 2004), 31-38., Daniel Perlstein

Annotation: Covers the role of curriculum leader William Van Til in desegregation efforts in Nashville in the 1950s; also contains other biographical information on his professional life and work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum and Politics, Democratic Education, Multicultural Education

 

Peterson, Paul E., "The Politics of Curriculum Change," pp. 52-71 in his The Politics of School Reform: 1870-1940 . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985., Paul E. Peterson

Annotation: Traces the conflicts among power groups that influenced foreign language, stratification, manual training, and vocational education.

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

 

Phillips, D. C., "John Dewey's The Child and the Curriculum: A Century Later," The Elementary School Journal, 98(May, 1998), 403-414., D. C. Phillips

Annotation: Offers a 100th anniversary review and critique of Dewey's essay.

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

 

Phillips, Richard C., "Development of the Term, Core Curriculum," Educational Forum, 29( May, 1965), 423-430., Richard C. Phillips

Annotation: Traces the early sources of the core curriculum and current definitions of the term; drawn from his dissertation from Northwestern University, 1962, entitled, "An Historical Study of the Concept Curriculum."

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

 

Pinar, William, "Preface," pp. iii-xi in his Heightened Consciousness, Cultural Revolution, and Curriculum Theory . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1974.*, William Pinar

Annotation: Reviews various modes of curriculum theory and several issues which were background for the report of papers from the 1974 curriculum theory conference at the University of Rochester.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Pinar, William F., "A Farewell and a Celebration," pp. xi-xx in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses: Twenty Years of JCT. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Explains the origins, development, and publication of the journal JCT, the associated conferences, and key persons involved; introduces 29 articles reprinted form JCT; refers to Pinar's exit from the work of JCT.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Pinar, William F., "A Portrait of Bill Doll," Journal of the Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, 6(Spring-Summer, 2008), 21-23., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Provides an overview of the contributions of Bill Doll to the field of curriculum studies; several articles related to Doll's work follow this article.

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

 

Pinar, William F., "A Prayerful Act: The Work of James B. Macdonald," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 6(Fall, 1985), 43-53., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Pays tribute to Macdonald's particular contributions to the field of curriculum studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, 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 Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum History

 

Pinar, William F., "Comments on McDiarmid's 'Conceptual-Empirical Theory of Curriculum," Interchange, 18(Fall, 1987), 73-76.*, William F. Pinar

Annotation: Provides criticisms and suggested modifications of McDiarmid's article in the same issue of Interchange.

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

 

Pinar, William F., "Curriculum Theory Since 1950: Crisis, Reconceptualiztion, Internationalization," pp. 491-513 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Reviews the theorists who have contributed to understanding curriculum through multi-discursive efforts such as politically, autobiographically, gendered, postmodern, internationally, and more.

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: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses