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

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

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

 

Hughes, Andrew S., "Curriculum Policies," pp. 1243-1245 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Andrew S. Hughes

Annotation: Distinguishes policies on policy-making from those that prescribe the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Huizinga, Tjark, Adam Handelzalts, Nienke Nieveen, and Joke M. Voogt, "Teacher Involvement in Curriculum Design: Need for Support to Enhance Teachers' Design Expertise," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 46(No. 1, 2014), 33-57., Tjark Huizinga, Adam Handelzalts, Nienke Nieveen, and Joke M. Voogt

Annotation: Reports a Dutch study of teacher design teams, their curriculum design expertise, and the support and training they received to carry out the design process; presenst the study's methods, findings, and recommendations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Teacher Knowledge

 

Hurd, Paul de Hart, "Synthesis Processes in Curriculum Development," pp. 546-670 in Spencer A. Ward and Linda J. Reed, eds., Knowledge Structure and Use: Implications for Synthesis and Interpretation . Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983., Paul de Hart Hurd

Annotation: Summarizes procedures for creating syntheses of research in curriculum development with an example from science curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Knowledge Generation, Science

 

Hyun, Eunsook, "Transforming Instruction into Pedagogy through Curriculum Negotiation," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 3(Summer, 2006), 136-164*, Eunsook Hyun

Annotation: Presents a thoroughly elucidated, carefully justified general theory of curriculum and pedagogy involving negotiation and shared ownership of curriculum; contains several elaborate diagrams that capsulize aspects of the general theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Teaching/Learning Process, Conceptions of Teaching, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation

 

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

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

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

 

Johnson-Mardones, Daniel, "Toward a Multidimensional Concept of Curriculum: Understanding Curriculum as Phenomenon, Field, and Design," European Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1(No. 2, 2014), 172-177., Daniel Johnson-Mardones

Annotation: Argues for a multidimensional concept of curriculum as a phenomenon, a field, and a design process; taps into previous work on the structure of the concept of curriculum and combines these ideas into a new theoretical tool.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

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

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

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

 

Joyce, Bruce, and Marsha Weil, "Models and Curriculum Development," pp. 319-347 in Bruce Joyce and Marsha Weil, Models of Teaching . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1972., Bruce Joyce and Marsha Weil

Annotation: Describes the relationship between models of teaching described in the book and curriculum development strategies.

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 Development Strategies, Conceptions of Teaching

 

Jozefzoon, Eddy O. I., ed., Coordinating Curriculum Policy and Practice: An AERA Symposium . Enschede, Netherlands: SLO (National Institute for Curriculum Development), 1986., Eddy O. I. Jozefzoon

Annotation: Describes the Dutch National Institute for Curriculum Development and its work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

 

Keiny, Shoshana, and Tzila Weiss, "A Case Study of a School-Based Curriculum Development as a Model for INSET," Journal of Education for Teaching, 12( No. 2, 1986), 155-166., Shoshana Keiny and Tzila Weiss

Annotation: Describes school-based curriculum development strategies used in one setting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Science

 

Kelly, Anthony E., "Research as Design," Educational Researcher, 32(January/February, 2003), 3-4., Anthony E. Kelly

Annotation: Introduces a series of articles that follow on the role of design in educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Kennedy, Kerry J., and John C. K. Lee, "Curriculum Reform: School-Based Curriculum Development as a Strategy for Asia's Schools," pp. 89-107 in their The Changing Role of Schools in Asian Societies. New York: Routledge, 2008., Kerry J. Kennedy and John C. K. Lee

Annotation: Notes specific examples of employing the concept of SBCD in curriculum reform in Asian countries; assesses the prospects for increased use of this strategy in Asian schools.

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

 

Kennedy, Kerry J., and Gilbert McDonald, "Designing Curriculum Materials for Multicultural Education: Lessons from an Australian Development Project," Curriculum Inquiry, 16(Fall, 1986), 312-326., Kerry J. Kennedy and Gilbert McDonald

Annotation: Reports a study of a curriculum materials design project and the issues involved.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Multiethnic Adaptation

 

Kennedy, Kerry J., and Nitza Shafriri, "Knowledge Utilization and the Process of Curriculum Development: A Report," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17 (January-March, 1985), 103-106., Kerry J. Kennedy and Nitza Shafriri

Annotation: Reports the use of Walker's model in a series of studies of curriculum development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Utilization

 

Kimpston, Richard D., and Douglas H. Anderson, "The Locus of Curriculum Decision Making and Teachers' Perceptions of their Own Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Curriculum Planning," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1(Winter, 1986), 100-110., Richard D. Kimpston and Douglas H. Anderson

Annotation: Reports a study on teachers' participation in curriculum planning depending on whether the locus of decision-making is the classroom, the school, or the district.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation, Teacher Planning

 

Kimpston, Richard D., and Karen B. Rogers, "Predispostions, Participatory Roles, and Perceptions of Teachers, Principals, and Community Members in a Collaborative Curriculum Planning Process," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20(July-August, 1988), 351-367., Richard D. Kimpston and Karen B. Rogers

Annotation: Reports a study of various participants in curriculum planning and their perceptions of the process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation, Teacher Planning

 

Kimpston, Richard D., and Karen B. Rogers, "The Influence of Prior Perspectives, Differences in Participatory Roles, and Degree of Participation on Views about Curriculum Development: A Case Study," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2(Spring, 1987), 203-220., Richard D. Kimpston and Karen B. Rogers

Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' views of curriculum planning processes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Teacher Planning

 

Kincheloe, Joe L., "The Curriculum and the Classroom," pp. 85-103 in Joe L. Kincheloe, ed., Classroom Teaching: An Introduction. New York Peter Lang, 2008. Reprinted pp. 611-632 in Joao M. Paraskeva and Shirley R. Steinberg, ed., Curriculum: Decanonizing the Field. New York: Peter Lang, 2016., Joe L. Kincheloe

Annotation: Esplains why teaching is so difficult and limited under NCLB guidelines; advises teachers on how to teach under repressive conditions (after becoming aware of how knowledge is produced, how power shapes the curriculum, and how a critical perspective can assist); urges teachers to be developers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Curriculum Development Strategies, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Ideology and School Knowledge, Local Control of Schooling, Social Efficiency/Control, Teacher Planning, Teacher Research, Teaching/Learning Process, Values in the Classroom

 

Klein, M. Frances, "Approaches to Curriculum Development in the United States." pp. 163-182 in Bjorg B. Gundem and Stefan Hopmann, eds., Didaktik and/or Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 1998.*, M. Frances Klein

Annotation: Contrasts curriculum reform with curriculum revision; contrasts systematic curriculum planning, implementation, and evaluation with newer alternative ways of curriculum planning; and explores related factors from technology to accountability.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

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

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

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

 

Klein, M. Frances, "The Use of a Research Model to Guide Curriculum Development," Theory Into Practice, 22(Summer, 1983), 198-202.*, M. Frances Klein

Annotation: Describes a three-dimensional framework for identifying variables to be studied in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Klein, M. Frances, and John I. Goodlad, "Curriculum Development in Cross-National Perspective," pp. 259-285 in John I. Goodlad & Associates, Curriclum Inquiry: The Study of Curriculum Practice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979., M. Frances Klein and John I. Goodlad

Annotation: Reports a study of the work of national curriculum development centers in 18 countries; information was gathered on their curriculum development activities, reviews, and evaluation work; results are reported and analyzed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curricuum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Comparative Curriculum Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, American/International Curriculum Organizaitons

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

Klohr, Paul R., and Jack R. Frymier, "Curriculum Development: Dynamics of Change," Review of Educational Research, 33(June, 1963), 304-321., Paul R. Klohr and Jack R. Frymier

Annotation: Reviews definitions, models, and diffision of curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Knight, Peter, "The Practice of School-Based Curriculum Development," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17(January-March, 1985), 37-48., Peter Knight

Annotation: Gives an analysis of 50 cases of school-based curriculum development reported in British journals 1973-1983.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

 

Kohlberg, Lawrence, and Rochelle Mayer, "Development as the Aim of Education," pp. 101-128 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., Lawrence Kohlberg and Rochelle Mayer

Annotation: Describes the psychological, epistemological, and ethical theories underlying eduational ideologies; indicates three strategies for defining educational objectives.

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

 

Kuiper, Wilmad, Nienke Nieveen, and Irene Visscher-Voerman, "Curriculum Development from a Technical-Professional Perspective," pp. 177-198 in Jan van den Akker, Wilmad Kuiper, and Uwe Hameyer, eds., Curriculum Landscapes and Trends. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003., Wilmad Kuiper, Nienke Nieveen, and Irene Visscher-Voerman

Annotation: Focuses on the formulation and use of design methodologies and practices in the Netherlands with illustrative examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Knowledge Generation

 

Law, Edmond Hau-fai, and Nienke Nieveen, eds., Schools as Curriculum Agencies: Asian and European Perspectives on School-based Curriculum Development. Rotterdam: Sense Publications, 2010., Edmond Hau-fai Law and Nienke Nieveen

Annotation: Reports status of use of SBCD in six Asian countries and seven European countries; explores issues such as definitions of SBCD, effects of cultural and legal contexts, stakeholders' views and experiences with SBCD, and theoretical and practical analysis of SBCD.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

 

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

 

Leithwood, Kenneth, Teresa Menzies, and Doris Jantzi, "Earning Teachers' Commitment to Curriculum Reform," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Summer, 1994), 38-61., Kenneth Leithwood, Teresa Menzies, and Doris Jantzi

Annotation: Reviews literature on teacher commitment and suggests a strategy for building teachers' commitment to curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Lewis, Arthur J., and Alice Miel, "A Designing Process for Improved Curriculum and Instruction," pp. 139-163 in Arthuur J. Lewis and Alice Miel, Supervision for improved Instruction: New Challenges, New Responses. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth , 1972., Arthur J. Lewis and Alice Miel

Annotation: Summarizes the current status of experts' thinking on curriculum designing; points out strengths and weaknesses of this approach; offers some new directions.

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

 

Loucks, Susan F., "Curriculum Adoption," pp. 1138-1139 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Susan F. Loucks

Annotation: Discusses curriculum adoption as a phase of curriculum decision-making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation

 

Macdonald, James B., "Responsible Curriculum Development," pp. 120-134 in Elliot W. Eisner, ed., Confronting Curriculum Reform . Boston: Little, Brown, 1971.*, James B. Macdonald

Annotation: Presents a model of curriculum development that is dynamic rather than linear.

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

 

Macdonald, James B., Dan W. Anderson, and Frank B. May, eds., Strategies of Curriculum Development: The Works of Virgil Herrick. Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill, 1965., James B. Macdonald, Dan W. Anderson, and Frank B. May

Annotation: Contains eleven articles written by Virgil E. Herrick on curriculum design, instruction , and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors, Curriculum Development Strategies, Content Selection and Organization, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Mackenzie, Gordon N., and Clifford Bebell, "Curriculum Development," Review of Educational Research, 21(June, 1951), 227-237., Gordon N. Mackenzie and Clifford Bebell

Annotation: Discusses the relation of supervision to curriculum development; discusses trends and needed research.

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 Development Strategies, Supervision of Instruction

 

Madda, Christina L, Richard R. Halverson, and Louis M. Gomez, "Exploring Coherence as an Organizational Resource for Carrying Out Reform Initiatives," Teachers College Record, 109(August, 2007), 1957-1979., Christina L. Madda, Richard R. Halverson, and Louis M. Gomez

Annotation: Reports on a study of how one district's program design team approached implementing a reform program to provide district-wide student performance data; attention was given to attaining design process coherence as well as instructional program coherence.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

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

Annotation: Distinguishes several models of curriculum dissemination.

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

 

Marsh, Colin J., "Outside-In Curriculum Development: Promises and Problems," British Journal of Educational Studies, 32(February, 1984), 18-26., Colin J. Marsh

Annotation: Provides a case study of curriculum development initiated outside the local setting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

 

Martin, David S., Philip S. Saif, and Linda Thiel, "Curriculum Development: Who Is Involved and How?" Educational Leadership, 44(December 1986-January 1987), 40-48.*, David S. Martin, Philip S. Saif, and Linda Thiel

Annotation: Reports the results of a survey of curriculum administrators to discover to what extent high level involement in curriculum development is carried out in U. S. public schools; the questionnaire used is included.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Implementation

 

Mason, Terrence C., and Robert J. Heffenbein, eds., Ethics and International Curriculum Work: The Challenges of Culture and Context. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2012., Terrence C. Mason and Robert J. Heffenbein

Annotation: Provides case reports of ethical issues in transnational curriculum work projects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

McClure, Robert M., "Institutional Decisions in Curriculum," pp. 129-150 in John I. Goodlad & Associates, Curriculum Inquiry: The Study of Curriculum Practice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979., Robert M. McClure

Annotation: Reports two field studies (one a school faculty and the other a collection of school districts) and what they did during their curriculum planning activities using the Tyler model; seven tasks were identified.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

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

 

McCowan, Tristan, "Curricular Transposition in Citizenship Education," Theory and Research in Education, 6(No.2, 2008), 153-172., Tristan McCowan

Annotation: Poses a four-stage model of curriculum transposition as a process of moving from ideals and aspirations underlying an initiative--to a curricular program designed to achieve them--to its implementation in practice--to its effects on students; illustrated through analysis of a citizenship education project in Brazil.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Student Assessment, Comparative Curriculum

 

McKenney, Susan, Nienke Nieveen, and Jan van den Akker, "Design Research from a Curriculum Perspective," pp.67-90 in Jan van den Akker, Loeno Gravemeijer, Susan McKenney, and Nienke Nieveen, eds., Educational Design Research. New York: Routledge, 2006.*, Susan McKenney, Nienke Nieveen, and Jan van den Akker

Annotation: Explicates a comprehensive conceptual model of design research for use in the curriculum development domain; offers three cases; discusses dilemmas and ways to foster rigorous design research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

McPhail, Graham J., "From Aspiration to Practice: Curriculum Challenges for a New Twenty-first Century Secondary School," The Curriculum Journal, 27(4, 2016) 518-537., Graham J. McPhail

Annotation: Reports and analyzes a case study of a New Zealand school and its curriculum design processes; examines conceptual progression in particular.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

McRader, Kathyrn, A. Coles, Donald E. Allison, and Roland F. Gray, "Implementing a Centrally Developed Curriculum Guide," Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 31(September, 1985), 191-200., Kathyrn McRader, A. Coles, Donald E. Allison, and Roland F. Gray

Annotation: Reports a study on implementing a British Columbia elementary language arts curriculum guide.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation

 

Mfum-Mensah, Obed, "An Exploratory Study of the Curriculum Development Process of a Complementary Education Program for Marginalized Communities in Northern Ghana," Curriculum Inquiry, 39(March, 2009), 343-367., Obed Mfum-Mensah

Annotation: Reports an ethnographic study of the process of curriculum development employed in two Northern Ghanaian communities; describes four stages: deliberation, design, implementation, and outcome; the model employed both technical and critical approaches.

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

 

Middleton, James, Stephen Gorard, Chris Taylor, and Brenda Bannen-Ritland, "The 'Compleat' Design Experiment," pp. 21-46 in Anthony E. Kelly, Richard A. Lesh, and John Y. Beck, eds., Handbook of Design Research Methods in Education. New York: Routledge, 2008., James Middleton, Stephen Gorard, Chris Taylor, and Brenda Bannen-Ritland

Annotation: Defines the grammar of the design research process in education (based on its practice in engineering); gives a multiple-phase model of the compleat design cycle; illustrates this with an extended example in mathematics instructional design.

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

 

Miller, Janet L., "Teachers, Researchers, and Situated School Reform: Circulations of Power," pp. 165-176 in Janet L. Miller, Sounds of Silence Breaking: Women, Autobiography, Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 2005., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Critiques the total-school-reform strategy and advocates an alternative strategy: situated school reform and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
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 Development Strategies, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Molstad, Christina Elbe, "State-Based Curriculum-Making: Approaches to Local Curriculum Work in Norway and FInland," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 47(No.4, 2015), 441-461., Christina Elbe Molstad

Annotation: Contrasts the different ways Norway and Finland conceive and practice the the formulation and implementation of a national curriculum;findings are based on interviews with national school leaders and on state-based documents; in Norway, operationalizing the national curriculum is key; in Finland, local curriculum development is expected.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Local Control of Schooling, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum

 

Morris, Paul, "A Matrix for Describing Alternative Strategies of Curriculum Development," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(October-December, 1986), 445-448., Paul Morris

Annotation: Presents a matrix on the topic that includes various decision-makers, various resources, and several linkage methods.

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

 

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

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

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

 

Nadler, Gerald, The Planning and Design Approach. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1981., Gerald Nadler

Annotation: Sets forth, explains, and details a theory of planning and design that is general enough to embrace many types of personal and professional planning; outlines a five- phase process involving five dimensions of a total P & D approach; provides concrete illustrations--including ones pertinent to curriculum planning and design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Noddings, Nel, "NIE's National Curriculum Development Conference," pp. 291-312 in Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1979., Nel Noddings

Annotation: Gives an overview of the conference themes, its reports, problems identified, and views of the participants.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

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, "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

 

Nunan, Ted, Countering Educational Design . New York : Nichols,1983., Ted Nunan

Annotation: Raises theoretical and practical issues involved in educational design.

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: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies, Philosophical Schools, Ideology and School Knowledge, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Oberg, Antoinette, "Imagining Educational Criticism," Curriculum Inquiry, 12 (Winter, 1982), 385-404., Antoinette Oberg

Annotation: Presents a critique of Eisner's Educational Imagination.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

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

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

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

 

Passow, A. Harry, "Organization and Procedures for Curriculum Improvement," Review of Educational Research, 24(June, 1954), 221-236., A. Harry Passow

Annotation: Reviews studies and programs related to organization and procedures for curriculum improvement as well as related needed research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Penuel, William R., Barry J. Fishman, Britte Haugan Cheng, and Nora Sabelli, "Organizing Research and Development at the Intersection of Learning, Implementation, and Design," Educational Researcher, 40(October, 2011), 331-337., William R. Penuel, Barry J. Fishman, Britte Haugan Cheng, and Nora Sabelli

Annotation: Describes four elements of design-based implementation research; identifies challenges to successful research of this kind; sets steps that research communities focused on this kind of research need to undertake.

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

 

Popham, W. James, "Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Amiable Allies or Phoney Friends," Teachers College Record, 106(March, 2004), 417-428., W. James Popham

Annotation: Argues for close relationships among personnel dealing with curriculum, instruction, and assessment, especially in state departments of education and in universities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, 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 Specialists in Schools, Curriculum Professors, Core Mandates, Curriculum Development Strategies, Evaluation of Instruction, Professionalization in Curriculum, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Motion as Educational Change: The Misuse and Irrelevancy of Two Research Paradigms," pp. 129-155 in his Paradigm and Ideology in Educational Research . London: Falmer Press, 1984., Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Critiques the center-to-periphery model of change and the democratic problem-solving model of change and discusses related issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Posner, George, "Curriculum Planning Models," pp. 1328-1334 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, George Posner

Annotation: Analyzes curriculum planning models as to procedural, descriptive, and conceptual features and illustrates each with examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Posner, George J., "Curriculum Knowledge," pp. 1223-1227 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., George J. Posner

Annotation: Discusses knowledge as curriculum content and knowledge of curriculum development (means-end, naturalistic, epistemological, analysis of experiences and preconceptions, approaches).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Pratt, David and Edmund C. Short, "Curriculum Management," pp. 1320-1325 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, David Pratt and Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Covers curriculum development processes of needs assessment, planning of all elements of curriculum, structuring of the elements, installation, maintenance, and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

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

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

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

 

Prideaux, David, "School-based Curriculum Development: Partial, Pardoxical, and Piecemeal," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(March-April,1993), 169-178.*, David Prideaux

Annotation: Shows how school-based curriculum development can be a means of central authorities controlling local decision-making in the Australian setting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling

 

Priestley, Mark , et al., "Curriculum Making: A Conceptual Framing," pp. 1-27 in Mark Priestley, et al., eds., Curriculum Making in Europe: Policy and Practice Within and Across Diverse Contexts. Emerald Publishing, 2021., Mark Priestley

Annotation: Reviews scholarly work on curriculum making (levels, layers, and sites) (macro and meso) as an introduction to the book that gives examples from 9 European national educational systems.

Broad Topical Focus: Currricuum Decision-Making Processes, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

 

Priestley, Mark, and Gert Biesta, eds., Reinventing the Curriculum: New Trends in Curriculum Policy and Practice. London: Bloomsbury, 2013., Mark Priestley and Gert Biesta

Annotation: Presents several writers' examination of the origins and development of Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence (2012) as well as its focus on capacities and outcomes; provides critiques of these focal elements; compares it to Australian and Unites States curricula, among others; assesses the prospect of using its approach in other settings.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Develpment, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophiclal Inquiry--Ampliative Criticism; Philosophical Inquiry--Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies, Case Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization

 

Priestley, Mark, and Stavroula Philipou, "Curriculum Making as Social Practice: Complex Webs of Enactment," The Curriculum Journal, 29(No. 2, 2018), 151-158., Mark Priestley and Stavroula Philipou

Annotation: Introduces a set of seven reports (which follow this preview) on how curriculum is made from curriculum policies in seven settings (Australia, Finland, United Kingdom, Scotland, Cyprus, Canada, Estonia); these studies illustrate curriculum-making at national, local, and classroom levels and utilize various forms of research; they introduce concepts and strategies such as policy actors, shared sense-making, enactment with freedom, curriculum brokers, teacher agency, effect of local circumstances; as background, this introduction reports the state of curriculum-making as revealed in the literature of the field; the seven papers were first presented in a 2017 European Conference on Curriculum Studies and provide a rich and varied understanding of how curriculum-making is actually done.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Currriculum Decision-Making Processes, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Pring, Richard, "The Language of Curriculum Analysis," pp. 54-69 in The Curriculum: The Doris Lee Lectures, 1975. London: University of London Institute of Education, 1975., Richard Pring

Annotation: Critiques the way of conceiving of curriculum planning by Hirst, following the lead of Young and Bernstein; advances some proposals for new language for curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Reid, William A., "The Changing Curriculum: Theory and Practice," pp. 240-259 in William A. Reid and Decker F. Walker, eds., Case Studies in Curriculum Change: Great Britain and the United States. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975.*, William A. Reid

Annotation: Presents results of analysis of case studies in curriculum change in relation to several theoretical and practical categories of analysis.

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

 

Reiss, Michael J., and John White, An Aims-based Curriculum: The Significance of Human Flourishing for Schools. London: The Institute of Education Press, University of London, 2013, Michael J. Reiss and John White

Annotation: Outlines a curriculum design based on the general aim of equipping every student to lead a personally flourishing life (and derivative sub-aims) rather than on knowledge-based (subject-centered) aims; spells out a rationale for this model of curriculum design and offers illustrative examples of both dispositions and understandings derived from such aims; describes processes for implementing this model thorough changes in policy and professional actions; written with specific reference to curriculum in England but applicable elsewhere.

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

 

Roberts, Douglas A., "Theory, Curriculum Development, and the Unique Events of Practice," pp. 65-87 in Hugh Munby, Graham Orpwood, and Thomas Russell, eds., Seeing Curriculum in a New Light: Essays from Science Education . Toronto: OISE Press, 1980.*, Douglas A. Roberts

Annotation: Distinguishes the theoretical and the practical and two views that teacher-developers interface.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Robinson, Agnes S., "Curriculum Building," pp. 564-575 in Lee C. Deighton, ed., The Encyclopedia of Education , Volume 2. New York: Macmillan and Free Press, 1971., Agnes S. Robinson

Annotation: Summarizes the literature on curriculum development and provides a model of a master plan for curriculum development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Roby, Thomas W., IV, "How Joe Schwab Thinks: A Review of 'The Practical' after 40 Years," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 24(No. 1, 2008), 85-89., Thomas W. Roby IV

Annotation: Explores the meaning and potential impact of Schwab's view of "The Practical."

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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 Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Rulcker, T., "Curriculum Reform," pp. 1248-1257 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., T. Rulcker

Annotation: Discusses the curriculum reform system in various national contexts; reviews various models of curriculum development (RDD, democratic interaction) and problems associated with implementing curriculum reforms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Sabar, Naama, "Curriculum Development at School Level," pp. 1267-1272 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Naama Sabar

Annotation: Describes the nature and characteristics of school level curriculum development and identifies its advantages and disadvantages.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Sabar, Naama, "Curriculum Development, School Based," pp. 201-205 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education, Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Naama Sabar

Annotation: Discusses the school-based curriculum development strategy and the variables involved along with its advantages and disadvantages.

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 Development Strategies

 

Scarino, Angela, "The Australian Curriculum and Its Conceptual Bases: A Critical Analysis," pp. 19-29 in Alan Reid and Deborah Price, eds., The Australian Curriculum: Promises, Problems, and Possibilities. Canberra: Australian Curriculum Studies Associationm 2018., Angela Scarino

Annotation: Identifies a lack of conceptual bases in the Australian Curriculum for its view of learners and their life-worlds, for its view of learning, for its view of knowledge and knowing, and for its view of the curriculum as a whole.

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; Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum

 

Schaffarzick, Jon, "How Can We Know What is Best? Procedural Alternatives in Curriculum Development," Educational Leadership, 33(May, 1976), 571-576., Jon Schaffarzick

Annotation: Analyzes procedures used and recommended by nine curriculum developers; related to the author's last chapter in Strategies for Curriculum Devlopment, 1975.

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

 

Schaffarzick, Jon, "Questions and Requirements for the Comparative Study of Curriculum Development Procedures," pp. 211-256 in Jon Schaffarzick and David H. Hampson, eds., Strategies for Curriculum Development . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Jon Schaffarzick

Annotation: Gives an approach to comparing various ways of developing curriculum based on the work of ten authorities; includes nine common characteristics, ten types of variations, and five problem areas.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Schaffarzick, Jon, and David H. Hampson, eds., Strategies of Curriculum Development . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Jon Schaffarzick and David H. Hampson

Annotation: Presents 11 articles by persons involved in curriculum development projects of the 1950s and 1960s; emphasis in each article is on strategies used in developing the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum History

 

Schaffarzick, Jon, and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience. Berkeley: McCutchan, 1979., Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes

Annotation: Contains papers presented to a 1975 NIE conference on the topic of curriculum development in the United States and summaries of discussions held (by the editors, van Geel, Boyd, Cuban, Kliebard, Tyler, Walker, Noddings).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,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: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics

 

Schoonmaker, Frances, "Curriculum Making, Models, Practices and Issues: A Knowledge Fetish?" pp. 1-33 in Lyn Corno, ed., Education Across a Century: The Centennial Volume. 100th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2001.*, Frances Schoonmaker

Annotation: Presents an analysis of the NSSE yearbooks on curriculum and references in many others to curriculum making; the 26th Yearbook is a central volume in the analysis; offers a new question for curriculum making: what is worth knowing?

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, 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, Literature of Curriculum, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Schultz, Brian, "Curriculum Based on 'Their' Priority Concerns," pp. 113-130 in Jennifer L. Milam, Stephanie Springgay, Kris Sloan, and B. Stephen Carpenter II, Curriculum for a Progressive, Proactive, Poetic, and Public Pedagogy. Troy, NY: Educator's International Press, 2006., Brian Schultz

Annotation: Reports on a civic action curriculum co-created by students and their teacher in the Cabrini Green section of Chicago.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum as Experience, Content Selection and Organization, Authority of Teacher, Social Studies

 

Shapiro, Arthur, "A Theory and Practice of Curriculum," pp. 307-316 in Beverly Irby, Genevieve H. Brown, Rafael Lara Aiecio, and Shirley A. Jackson, Eds., THe Handbook of Educational Theories. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers, 2013., Arthur Shapiro

Annotation: Defines and describes the uses of theories in education; explains why a theory of curriculum is necessary; asserts that a theory of curriculum is a theory of process (design/making); offers a theory of curriculum based on the author's 1995 book.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-Making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Concpetual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Shawer, Saad F., "Teacher-driven Curriculum Development at the Classroom Level: Implications for Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Teacher Education," Teaching and Teacher Education, 63(April, 2017), 296-313., Saad F. Shawer

Annotation: Reports a study of the ways six British teachers developed their official curriculum for its use in their classrooms; some were seen as curriculum transmitters, some as curriculum makers, and some as curriculum developers; factors related to their training and their current circumstances were also examined in relation to these categories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Planning, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Shipman, M. D., "Contrasting Views of a Curriculum Project," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 4(September, 1972), 145-153., M. D. Shipman

Annotation: Presents a study of various views of the British Schools Council Integrated Studies Project held by the project team, by teachers, and by local authority administrators.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Shkedi, Asher, "School-Based Workshops for Teacher Participation in Curriculum Development," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 28(November-December, 1996), 699-711.*, Asher Shkedi

Annotation: Gives a case study of teachers' curriculum workshops as a way to implement teachers' role in the process of school-based adaptation of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., "Curriculum Development and Organization," pp. 405-412 in Harold E. Mitzel, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Fifth Edition. New York: Macmillan, 1982.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Summarizes the state of curriculum policy making and governance as well as presents criteria for optimum strategies for curriculum development across levels of governance.

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

 

Short, Edmund. C., "Curriculum Proposals," in Bill Schubert and Ming Fang He, eds., Oxford Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies. New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/ 9780190264093.013.ORE_EDU 01500.R1, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Describes the concept of curriculum proposals together with a concceptualization of the components of curriculum; discuses their usefulness.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriclum Thoery Creation and Uses

 

Short, Edmund C., "The Forms and Use of Alternative Curriculum Development Strategies: Policy Implications," Curriculum Inquiry, 13(Spring, 1983), 43-64.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Analyzes and compares curriculum development strategies in relation to where decisions are made, who is involved, and the role of the teacher; sets forth ten criteria for the optimum strategy among several possibilities in a matrix.

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

 

Sieber, Sam D., "Images of the Practictioner and Strategies of Educational Change," Sociology of Education, 45(Fall, 1972), 362-385., Sam D. Sieber

Annotation: Surveys the ways practitioners relate to various strategies for educational change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Siotta, OliveAnn Davis, and Karen L. Fernandez, "Cautions and Assurances for Those Who Would Design a Small Urban High School: Bringing 20 Years of Research to the Planning Table," Curriculum Journal, 22(No. 1, 2011), 93-104., OliveAnn Davis Siotta and Karen L. Fernandez

Annotation: Describes the roles, goals, responsibilities, and activity patterns of five stake-holder groups in two Denver secondary schools in planning new curricular programs.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Skilbeck, Malcolm, "Curriculum Development--from RDD to RED: Review, Evaluate, Develop," pp. 251-276 in John Nisbet, Jacquetta Megarry, and Stanley Nisbet, eds., Research, Policy, and Practice: World Yearbook of Education 1985 . London: Kogan Page, 1985., Malcolm Skilbeck

Annotation: Discusses the shift in curriculum development from one perspective (research, development, dissemination) to another (review, evaluate, develop).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Knowledge Linkage