Narrow Topic - Knowledge Generation

 

Follow

 

Shaw, Beverly, "The Sociology of Knowledge and the Curriculum," British Journal of Educational Studies, 21(October, 1973), 277-289., Beverly Shaw

Annotation: Provides reviews of Young's Knowledge and Curriculum and Bergin & Luckmann's The Social Construction of Reality.

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

 

Shaw, Ken E., "Understanding the Curriculum: The Approach through Case Studies," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 10(January-March, 1978), 1-17., Ken E. Shaw

Annotation: Reviews a selection of case studies of curriculum (descriptive, analytic, deliberative) and argues for the contribution case studies can make.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Sherman, Robert R., "Teaching the Introductory Qualitative Research Course: A Syllabus," Educational Foundations, 4(Winter, 1990), 77-85. *, Robert R. Sherman

Annotation: Describes the University of Florida course in qualitative research methods in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Qualitative Research

 

Sherman, Robert R., and Rodman B. Webb, eds., Qualitative Research in Education: Focus and Methods. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1988., Robert R. Sherman and Rodman B. Webb

Annotation: Describes twelve types of methods of research written by specialists in each type.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Shils, Edward, "Knowledge and the Sociology of Knowledge," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 4(September, 1982), 7-32., Edward Shils

Annotation: Discusses the influence of scholars and their values upon the creation of knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Short, Edmund C., "A Decade Later," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 16(Fall, 2000), 73-82., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Assesses strengths and weaknesses of the author's 1991 book, Forms of Curriculum Inquiiry; includes updated sources.

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

 

Short, Edmund C., "Curriculum Policy Research," pp. 420-430 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Gives an overview of curriculum policy research, outlines the approaches and inquiry methods being used in this domain of research, and maps out various facets of curriculum policy research that pertains to the policy-making process itself (developing, choosing, enacting, and evaluating policy options); cites illustrative studies in each category.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Knowledge Generation, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Curriculum and Politics

 

Short, Edmund C., "Doing and Using our Best Curriculum Inquiry: Directions for the 1980s," Journal of Curriculum Discourse and Dialogue, 1(Spring,1994), 122-126., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Gives recommendations made in 1981 on choosing and doing curriculum inquiries more carefully and on tying them more closely to real school problems.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Short, Edmund C., ed., A Search for Valid Content for Curriculum Courses. Educational Comment, 1970. Toledo, OH: College of Education, University of Toledo, 1970.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Presents six articles on philosophical and historical scholarship, training of curriculum workers, practical school curriculum problems, college curriculum courses survey, and an analysis of curriculum texts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Short, Edmund C., ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1991., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Contains descriptions of 17 different forms of curriculum inquiry including philosophical, historical, ethnographic, narrative, theoretical, hermeneutic, critical, deliberative, action, etc.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Short, Edmund C., "Knowledge Production and Utilization in Curriculum: A Special Case of the General Phenomenon," Review of Educational Research, 43(Summer, 1973), 237-301. Condensed in Mental Health Digest, 6(November, 1973), 7-15.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Describes status of multiple methods of curriculum inquiry and the use of resultant research in a framework of knowledge production and utilization.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Short, Edmund C., "Organizing What We Know About Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 15(Fall, 1985), 237-243.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Presents domains of curriculum knowledge and argures for determining questions for inquiry in each domain.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Short, Edmund C., "Setting Priorities in Curriculum Research," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision , 6 (Summer, 1991), 358-365., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Defines curriculum practice and curriculum research and suggests priorities focusing on research related directly to practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Short, Edmund C., "Shifting Paradigms: Implications for Curriculum Research and Practice," pp. 34-53 in Jeffrey Glanz and Linda Behar-Horenstein, eds., Paradigm Debates in Curriculum and Supervision: Modern and Postmodern Perspectives. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Examines the effect of changes in the way curriculum practice is now being conceived on the way curriculum research is being conceived; reviews the way curriculum research paradigms and domains of curriculum knowledge have shifted.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Curriculum History, Curriculum Deliberation, Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., "Three Levels of Questions Addressed in the Field of Curriculum Research and Practice," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 9(Fall, l993), 77-86.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Distinguishes questions of curriculum practice, inquiry, and methodologies of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Short, Edmund C., "Understanding Curriculum Inquiry," pp. 1-25 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Discusses the nature and structure of curriculum inquiry and its relation to curriculum research questions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Short, Edmund C., and Richard W. Grove, "Conceptual Schemes in Curriculum inquiry and Practice: A Critique," Curriculum and Teaching, 9(No. 1, !994), 3-13., Edmund C. Short and Richard W. Grove

Annotation: Analyzes five examples of conceptual schemes in curriculum for the central structural concept; presents guidelines for conducting theoretical inquiry in curriculum.

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

 

Short, Edmund C., George H. Willis, and William H. Schubert, The Story of the AERA Special Interest Group on Creation and Utilization of Curriculum Knowledge --1970-1984: Toward Excellence in Curriculum Inquiry . March 1985. State College, PA: Nittany Press, 1985 . ERIC document number ED 256 730., Edmund C. Short, George H. Willis, and William H. Schubert

Annotation: Provides a detailed history of the SIG.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Shulman, Judith H., "Now You See Them, Now You Don't: Anonymity Versus Visibility in Case Studies of Teachers," Educational Researcher, 19(August-September, 1990), 11-15., Judith H. Shulman

Annotation: Explains and illustrates ethical dilemmas in reporting research that identifies human subjects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

Shulman, Lee S., "Disciplines of Inquiry in Education: An Overview," Educational Researcher, 10(June/July, 1981), 5-12; 23.*, Lee S. Shulman

Annotation: Discusses various methods of inquiry in education and related issues involved in choosing among them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Shulman, Lee S., "Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching," Educational Researcher, 15(February, 1986), 4-14., Lee S. Shulman

Annotation: Suggests that there are three forms of knowledge of interest to teachers: propositional, case, and strategic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Sidorkin, Alexander M., "Disruptive Innovation and the Relattional Novelty," Educational Theory, 71(No.4, 2021), 519-533., Alexander M. Sidorkin

Annotation: Argues that human relationships are the essence of education and that technologies intended to replace the teacher are doomed to failure in view of the reality.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Alternatives in Education, Conceptions or Teaching, Media and Computers in Curriculum Development

 

Simon, Herbert W., ed., The Rhetorical Turn: Inventions and Persuasion in the Conduct of Inquiry. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,1990., Herbert W. Simon

Annotation: Reviews issues concerning the rhetoric of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Simon, Michael A., Understanding Human Action: Social Explanation and the Vision of Social Science . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1982., Michael A. Simon

Annotation: Makes the case for sociological inquiry, not as a science but as a set of humanistic disciplines that are normative in character.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Simon, Roger, "Journal Editing as a Subversive Activity: Curriculum Inquiry and the Curriculum Field," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Summer, 1980), 107-113., Roger Simon

Annotation: Discusses inquiry as form and nature of argument presented; explains the approach employed in Curriculum Inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Simon, Roger, and Don Dippo, "Dramatic Analysis: Interpretive Inquiry for the Transformation of Social Settings," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 109-134., Roger Simon and Don Dippo

Annotation: Shows purpose and processes of doing dramatic analysis of social life and schooling.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Hermeneutic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Criticism of Schooling

 

Singhm, Mano, Quest for Truth: Scientific Progress and Religious Beliefs. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa International, 2000., Mano Singhm

Annotation: Articulates the method and nature of truth characteristic of science; contrasts this with religious truth; explores the conflict between creationism and evolution; discusses a way of teaching science consistent with his analysis of scientific knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Religious Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Science, Knowledge Generation

 

Sipe, Lawrence, and Susan Constable, "A Chart of Four Contemporary Research Paradigms: Metaphors for the Modes of Inquiry," TABOO: The Journal of Culture and Education, 1(1996), 153-163.*, Lawrence Sipe and Susan Constable

Annotation: Provides a series of metaphors that represent distinctions among positivist, interpretivist, critical theory, and deconstructivist research paradigms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Sirotnik, Kenneth A., "Critical Inquiry: A Paradigm for Praxis," pp. 243-258 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, Kenneth A. Sirotnik

Annotation: Describes the processes of critical inquiry in curriculum.

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

 

Sirotnik, Kenneth A. "Evaluation in the Ecology of Schooling: The Process of School Renewal," pp. 41-62 in John I. Goodlad, ed., The Ecology of School Renewal , Eighty-sixth NSSE Yearbook, Part I. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1987.*, Kenneth A. Sirotnik

Annotation: Conceptualizes a process of critical evaluative inquiry that is suitable for school renewal projects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Sirotnik, Kenneth A., and Jeannie Oakes, "Critical Inquiry for School Renewal: Liberating Theory and Practice," pp. 3-93 in Kenneth A. Sirotnik and Jeannie Oakes, eds., Critical Perspectives on the Organization and Improvement of Schooling . Boston: Kluwer/Nijhoff, 1986.*, Kenneth A. Sirotnik and Jeannie Oakes

Annotation: Traces the origins and educational application of critical inquiry methods.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Sirotnik, Kenneth A., and Jeannie Oakes, eds., Critical Perspectives on the Organization and Improvement of Schooling . Hingham, MA: Kluwer-Nijoff, 1986., Kenneth A. Sirotnik and Jeannie Oakes

Annotation: Presents a series of articles on several aspects of school reform and improvement written from a critical perspective.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Sixsmith, Judith, and Andrew J. Sixsmith, "Empirical Phenomenology: Principles and Method," Quality and Quantity, 21(1987), 313-333.*, Judith Sixsmith and Andrew J. Sixsmith

Annotation: Gives the principles of phenomenological method and describes the use of Multiple Sorting Task (MST) approach and Multidimensional Scalogram Analysis (MSA) in analyzing phenomenological data.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Skilbeck Malcolm, "Lawrence Stenhouse: Research Methodology," British Educational Research Journal, 9(No. 1, 1983), 11-20., Malcolm Skilbeck

Annotation: Describes the research methodology used by Stenhouse and discusses its significance.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Slattery, Patrick, "Committing to Critical Inquiry: Curriculum Studies and Social Consequences of Value," Journal of Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction, 3(Spring, 2001), 43-45., Patrick Slattery

Annotation: Urges curriculum scholars to speak and write with a critical prophetic voice; gives examples--Huebner and others.

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

 

Slattery, Patrick, "Hermenuetics, Subjectivity, and Aesthetics: Internationalizing the Interpretive Process in U. S. Curriculum Research," pp. 651-665 in William F. Pinar, ed., International Handbook of Curriculum Research. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003., Patrick Slattery

Annotation: Discusses six approaches to hermenuetics and proposes a postmodern hermenuetics of subjectivity and aesthetics.

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

 

Slavin, Robert E., "Best-Evidence Synthesis: An Alternative to Meta-Analytic and Traditional Reviews," Educational Researcher, 15(November, 1986), 5-11., Robert E. Slavin

Annotation: Describes several principles for establishing a priori criteria for inclusion of studies in this alternative approach to research synthesis (germaneness, methodological adequacy, valuing both external and internal validity, noting examples of excluded studies); discusses computation and pooling of effect sizes; gives an example of formats for presenting best-evidence syntheses.

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

 

Slavin, Robert E., "On Making a Difference," Educational Researcher, 19(April, 1990), 30-34; 44.*, Robert E. Slavin

Annotation: Distinguishes between complex, variable-like, and fuzzy models for educational research and explains why models matter.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Smith, David G., "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: Facing Pedagogy in the Nuclear Shadow," pp. 275-285 in Terrance R. Carson, ed., Toward a Renaissance of Humanity . Edmonton: Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, 1988., David G. Smith

Annotation: Gives an explanation of hermeneutics applied to the teaching-learning process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Knowledge Generation

 

Smith, David G., "Experimental Eidetics as a Way of Entering Curriculum Language from the Ground Up," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 5(Summer,1983), 74-97. Reprinted pp. 417-436 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., David G. Smith

Annotation: Describes Husserl's eidetics as contributing to the history of phenomenology; analyzes a social studies class using this approach.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Smith, David G., "Hermeneutic Inquiry: The Hermeneutic Imagination and the Pedagogic Text," pp. 187-209 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, David G. Smith

Annotation: Describes the processes of hermeneutic inquiry in curriculum.

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

 

Smith, John K., "Interpretive Inquiry: A Practical and Moral Activity," Theory into Practice, 31(Spring, 1992), 100-106., John K. Smith

Annotation: Describes goals and procedures involved in doing interpretive forms of inquiry.

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

 

Smith, John K., "Quantitative Versus Qualitative Research: An Attempt to Clarify the Issue," Educational Researcher, 12(March, 1983), 6-13.*, John K. Smith

Annotation: Compares two approaches to educational research on various dimensions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Qualitative Research

 

Smith, John K., "The Evaluator/Researcher as Person vs. the Person as Evaluator/Researcher," Educational Researcher, 17(March, 1988), 18-23.*, John K. Smith

Annotation: Outlines two views of what it means to be a person and discusses them in relation to issues of relativism and research methods.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Smith, John K., "The Problem of Criteria for Judging Interpretive Inquiry," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 6(Winter, 1984), 379-391., John K. Smith

Annotation: Examines issues and assumptions related to establishing criteria for judging interpretive inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Smith, John K., and Lous Heshusius, "Closing Down the Conversation: The End of the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate Among Educational Inquirers," Educational Researcher, 15(January, 1986), 4-12., John K. Smith and Lous Heshusius

Annotation: Discusses the value of qualitative educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Smyth, John, "Critical Engagement for Collaborative Action Research," p. 58-76 in Stephen P. Gordon, ed., Collaborative Action Research: Developing Professional Learning Communities. New York: Teachers College Press, 2008., John Smyth

Annotation: Makes the case for taking a critical perspective in doing collaborative action research; examines five propositions necessitated by this perspective; argues vigorously for freedom from governmental restraint on using research approaches such as action research and other so-called "non-scientific" approaches.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Teacher Research, Practical Knowledge

 

Snow, Catherine E., "Rigor and Realism: Doing Educational Science in the Real World," Educational Researcher, 44(No.9,2015), 460-466., Catherine E. Snow

Annotation: Argues for the doing of "practice-embedded educational research"; gives examples of this approach and discusses adjustments and research agendas needed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Knowledge Generation, Practical Knowledge

 

Soltis, Jonas F., "On the Nature Educational Research," Educational Researcher, 13(December, 1984), 5-10.*, Jonas F. Soltis

Annotation: Contrasts empirical, interpretive, critical, and normative inquiry in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Somekh, Bridget, Action Research: A Methodology for Change and Development. Maidenhead, Berks, UK: Open University Press, 2006., Bridget Somekh

Annotation: Describes the author's involvement as an action researcher in a series of projects over 25 years; discusses the way the projects were conceived and carried out; comments on problems and what was learned about doing 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

 

Spindler, George, ed., Doing the Ethnography of Schooling: Educational Anthropology in Action . New York: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1982., George Spindler

Annotation: Gives a thorough treatment of various aspects of ethnography of schooling by a variety of authors.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Spindler, George, and Lorie Hammond, eds., Innovations in Educational Ethonography: Theory, Methods, and Results. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006., George Spindler and Lorie Hammond

Annotation: Discusses theoretical issues in ethnographic research with examples; gives illustrative applications of ethnographic approaches to educational settings.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Knowledge

 

Spindler, George, and Louise Spindler, eds., Interpretive Ethnography of Education at Home and Abroad . Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1987., George Spindler and Louise Spindler

Annotation: Provides 19 articles on comparative and cross-cultural studies, the methods involved, with examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Spradley, James, and David McCurdy, The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society . Chicago: Science Research Associates, 1972., James Spradley and David McCurdy

Annotation: Treats the major dimensions of studying cultural experience and includes twelve reports by students.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Stablile, Micheline, "Problamatizing Education Inclusion through Heuristic Inquiry," pp. 35-47 in Noreen B. Garman and Maria Piantanida, eds., The Authority to Imagine: The Struggle toward Representation in Dissertation Writing. New York: Peter Lang, 2006., Micheline Stablile

Annotation: Describes five cycles of heuristic inquiry as employed in a study of inclusion.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Exceptional Education, Qualitative Research

 

Stake, Robert E., "An Evolutionary View of Educational Improvement," pp. 89-102 in Ernest House, ed., New Directions in Educational Evaluation . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1986.*, Robert E. Stake

Annotation: Conceptualizes a view of evaluation and educational improvement that honors naturalistic generalizations formed from the experiencing done by practitioners.

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

 

Stake, Robert E., "Case Study," pp. 275-285 in John Nisbet, Jacquetta Megarny and Stanley Nisbet, eds., Research, Policy, and Practice: World Yearbook of Education 1985 . London: Kogan Page, 1985., Robert E. Stake

Annotation: Presents the case for doing case studies and describes the features of case study inquiries.

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

 

Stake, Robert E., Multiple Case Study Analysis. New York: Guilford, 2006., Robert E. Stake

Annotation: Shows how to design, analyze, and report studies that address common issues across a group of cases; illustrated using cases from three Eastern European countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Program Audit/Evaluation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Stake, Robert E., "Objectives, Priorities, and Other Judgemental Data," Review of Educational Research, 40(April, 1970), 181-212., Robert E. Stake

Annotation: Discusses objectives as judgmental data and methods and issues in studying them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Environment

 

Stake, Robert E., Qualitative Research: Studying How Things Work. New York: The Guilford Press, 2010., Robert E. Stake

Annotation: Gives practical guidance on doing qualitative research studies along with thorough rationales for producing quality work at every step of the process from setting the research question to gathering data to reviewing literature to interpreting evidence to writing the report and more; uses excerpts from Stake's own work and that of his students as examples of what is discussed; a down-to-earth text, very readable, and one that constantly provokes thought.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Qualitative Research, Knowledge Generation

 

Stake, Robert E., "To Evaluate an Arts Program," pp. 13-38 in Robert E. Stake, ed., Evaluating the Arts in Education: A Responsive Approach . Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill, 1975.*, Robert E. Stake

Annotation: Spells out the attributes and procedures related to doing "responsive evaluation," and includes an interview with its originator.

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

 

Stake, Robert E., and Deborah J. Trumbull, "Naturalistic Generalizations," Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science, 7(Nos. 1 & 2, 1982), 1-12.*, Robert E. Stake and Deborah J. Trumbull

Annotation: Describes the nature of naturalistic generalizations as distinguished from formal generalizations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Staller, Karen M., Ellen Block, and Pilar S. Horner, "History of Methods in Social Science Research," pp. 25-51 in Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy, eds., Handbook of Emergent Methods. New York: The Guilford Press, 2008., Karen M. Staller, Ellen Block, and Pilar S. Horner

Annotation: Reports a study of the development of social science research methods from the 1960s to the present; charts the emergence of postmodern methods, globalization and internet impact on methods, and the troubling role of the researcher, of theory, and of technology in methods; discusses the blurring of the lines between humanistic and social science approaches.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Stehr, Nico, and Volker Meja, "The Classical Sociology of Knowledge Revisited," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 4(September, 1982), 33-50., Nico Stehr and Volker Meja

Annotation: Reviews the elements of classical sociology of knowledge that bear revisiting following the advent of the new sociology of knowledge.

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

 

Stenhouse, Lawrence, "Towards a Research Model," pp. 123-141 in his An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development . London: Heinemann, 1975.*, Lawrence Stenhouse

Annotation: Discusses and illustrates research by teachers on a curriculum project in race relations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, Comparative Curriculum, Social Studies

 

Stenhouse, Lawrence, "What Counts as Research?" British Journal of Educational Studies, 29(June, 1981), 103-113.*, Lawrence Stenhouse

Annotation: Analyzes several types of research including teacher-researcher collaboration.

Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions,Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General,Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice,Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Stiegelbauer, Suzanne M., "The Dimensions of Implementation: From Plans to Action," pp. 112-133 in Stephen P. Gordon, ed., Collaborative Action Research: Developing Professional Learning Communities. New York: Teachers College Press, 2008., Suzanne M. Stiegelbauer

Annotation: Gives a synthesis of research on the implementation process as it relates to action research projects; is cast in practical language.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Generation

 

Strauss, Anselm, and Juliet Corbin. Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques. Newbury Park,CA: Sage, 1990., Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin

Annotation: Describes coding procedures for analyzing qualitative data and developing grounded theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

Strauss, Anselm L., Qualitative Analysis for Social Scientists . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987., Anselm L. Strauss

Annotation: Describes how to develop theory through several forms of analysis of qualitative data.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

Strike, Kenneth, "An Epistemology of Practical Research," Educational Researcher, 8(January, 1979), 10-16.*, Kenneth Strike

Annotation: Provides a model of practical research that utilizes the methods of practical reasoning and integrates facts and values.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Deliberation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Strike, Kenneth A., and George J. Posner, "Epistemological Perspectives on Conceptions of Curriculum Organization and Learning," pp. 106-141 in Lee Shulman, ed., Review of Research in Education, 4(1976). Itasca, IL: Peacock Publishers, 1977.*, Kenneth A. Strike and George J. Posner

Annotation: Analyzes different conceptions of curriculum organization and learning, citing the related research.

Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Strike, Kenneth, and George Posner, "Types of Synthesis and Their Criteria," pp. 345-362 in Spencer A. Ward and Linda J. Reed, eds., Knowledge Structure and Use: Implications for Synthesis and Interpretation . Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983., Kenneth Strike and George Posner

Annotation: Presents a classification scheme with examples for various types of syntheses (inductive, dialectics, interdisciplinary, and quasi-synthesis), along with a discussion of applicable criteria.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Stubbs, Michael, Discourse Analysis: The Sociolinguistic Analysis of Natural Language . Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1983., Michael Stubbs

Annotation: Provides a step-by-step process for conducting discourse analysis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Discourse Analysis

 

Stufflebeam, Daniel L., and Anthony J. Shinkfield, Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007., Daniel L. Stufflebeam

Annotation: Presents a thorough, comprehensive guide to the discipline of evaluation; covers 26 different approaches to doing evaluations classified within five major types; illustrates in detail seven of the best approaches; provides guidance on all practical aspects of evaluation work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation, Knowledge Generation

 

Stufflebeam, Daniel L., and William J. Webster, "An Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Evaluation," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2(May-June, 1980), 5-20.*, Daniel L. Stufflebeam and William J. Webster

Annotation: Distinguishes 13 types of evaluation studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Defining Curriculum Research Questions,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Sullivan, Edmund V., Sergio Martinic, and Horatio Walker, "Critical Interpretation: A Comparison of Two Ethnographies," Phenomenology +Pedagogy, 5(No. 3, 1987), 242-267.*, Edmund V. Sullivan, Sergio Martinic, and Horatio Walker

Annotation: Compares two ethnographies on various methodological and interpretive dimensions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Suri, Harsh, and David Clarke, "Advancements in Research Synthesis Methods: From a Methodologically Inclusive Perspective," Review of Educational Research, 79(No. 1, 2009),395-430., Harsh Suri and David Clarke

Annotation: Highlights features of a methodologically inclusive research synthesis where connections can be made across interpretive, participatory, and critical lines.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Talmage, Harriet, "Evaluation of Programs," pp. 592-611 in Harold E. Mitzel, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, fifth edition. New York: Macmillan, 1982., Harriet Talmage

Annotation: Reviews the rise of program evaluation, defines its purposes and assumptions, its methodological and political issues, and classifies various evaluation models.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Tamir, Pinchas, "Content Analysis Focusing on Inquiry," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17(January-March, 1985), 87-94., Pinchas Tamir

Annotation: Shows how content analysis may be used in teaching science as inquiry.

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

 

Tamir, Pinchas, "Evaluation and Curriculum Development," in Pinchas Tamir, ed., The Role of Evaluation in Curriculum Development . London: Croom Helm, 1985.*, Pinchas Tamir

Annotation: Conceptualizes a model for curriculum development and evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Tammivaara, Julie, and D. Scott Enright, "But Where is the Hypothesis? A Guide to Reading and Evaluating Ethnographic Studies," Educational Foundations, 1(Fall, 1986), 106-125., Julie Tammivaara and D. Scott Enright

Annotation: Gives guidance on interpeting ethnographic studies in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Tanner, Daniel, "Curriculum History," pp. 412-420 in Harold E. Mitzel, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Fifth edition. New York: Macmillan Free Press, 1982.*, Daniel Tanner

Annotation: Reviews the history of curriculum study, theory, and reform.

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

 

Tanner, Daniel, "The Social Consequences of Bad Research," Phi Delta Kappan, 79(January, 1998), 344-349.*, Daniel Tanner

Annotation: Critiques selected research studies in education and discusses the consequences of doing research badly.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Practical Knowledge, Knowledge Utilization

 

Tanner, Laurel N., "Curriculum History: Whither Thou Goest," pp. 58-60 in Murry R. Nelson, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982 . DeKalb, IL: College of Education, Northern Illinois University, 1983., Laurel N. Tanner

Annotation: Marks the fifth year of the SSCH with comments on the status and progress of work to date.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History

 

Taylor, Charles, "Interpretation and the Science of Man," pp. 101-131 in Fred R. Dallmayr and Thomas A. McCarthy, eds., Understanding and Social Inquiry . Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1977. Originally published in The Renewal of Metaphysics, 25(1971), 3-34, 45-51.*, Charles Taylor

Annotation: Presents the means and significance of intersubjective meanings and their interpretation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Tefera, Adai A., Jeanne M. Powers, and Gustavo E. Fischman, "Intentionality in Education: A Conceptual Aspiration and Research Imperative, Review of Research in Education, 42(2018), vii-xvii., Adai A. Tefera, Jeanne M. Powers, and Gustavo E. Fischman

Annotation: Explores the appearance and recent history of the term "intentionality" as it is used in research in law and in education; introduces articles in this issue of RRE.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry -- General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: SIngle Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Teitelbaum, Kenneth, "Curriculum Theorizing," pp. 127-131 in Joe L. Kincheloe and Danny Weil, eds., Critical Thinking and Learning: An Encyclopedia for Parents and Teachers. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004., Kenneth Teitelbaum

Annotation: Defines the nature, goals, and processes of curriculum theorizing.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Terhart, Ewald, "The Adventures of Interpretation: Approaches to Validity," Curriculum Inquiry, 15(Winter, 1985), 451-464., Ewald Terhart

Annotation: Discusses three types of interpretive research in education--ethnographic/descriptive, dialogical, and structuralist--and argues for validating each.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Hermeneutic Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Tesch, Renata, "Emerging Themes: The Researchers' Experience," Phenomenology+Pedagogy, 5(No. 3, 1987), 230-241.*, Renata Tesch

Annotation: Discusses the identification of themes and patterns in phenomenological data.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Thayer-Bacon, Barbara, and Diana Moyer, "Philosophical and Historical Research," pp. 139-156 in Kenneth Tobin and Joe L. Kincheloe, eds., Doing Educational Research: A Handbook. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2006., Barbara Thayer-Bacon and Diana Moyer

Annotation: Discusses the value and processes of doing philosophical and historical research in education.

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

 

Thelin, John R., "The Anatomy of Institutions: Historians and the Search for the Unwritten Constitution," pp. 66-70 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., John R. Thelin

Annotation: Discusses problems of writing histories of particular institutions of higher education.

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

 

Thomas, Gary, "Changing Our Landscape of Inquiry for a New Science of Education," Harvard Education Review, 82(Spring, 2012), 226-51., Gary Thomas

Annotation: Argues that education research misunderstands the nature of scientific method; gives a revised view and urges the cultivation of a new education science that is a part of education practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Education as a Field of Study, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Practical Knowledge

 

Thomas, Gary, Education and Theory: Strangers in Paradigms. New York: Open University Press, 2007., Gary Thomas

Annotation: Examines critically the tenacity with which education adheres to theory; chapter six explicitly critiques Strauss and Corwin's "grounded theory."

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

 

Thomas, Hywel, "Education and the Maximization of Welfare: A Response to 'Curricular Yogis and Cost-Benefit Commissars'," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 15(January-March, 1983), 73-82., Hywel Thomas

Annotation: Responds to O'Keeffe's article in 13 (3), 1981; analyzes implications for curriculum of policies designed to maximize the economic benefit from educational spending.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Tierney, William G., and Yvonna A. Lincoln, eds., Representation and the Text: Re-Framing the Narrative Voice. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997., William G. Tierney and Yvonna A. Lincoln

Annotation: Explores issues surrounding the writing of qualitative research as texts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

Tikunoff, William J., and John R. Mergendollar, "Inquiry as a Means to Professional Growth: The Teacher as Researcher," pp. 210-227 in Gary A. Griffin, ed., Staff Development, 82nd Yearbook of NSSE, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983., William J. Tikunoff and John R. Mergendollar

Annotation: Makes the case for inquiry done by teachers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, Teaching/Learning Process, In-service Teacher Development

 

Tobin, Gerald A., and Cecily M. Begley, "Triangulation as a Method of Inquiry," Journal of Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction, 3(Winter, 2002), 7-11., Gerald A. Tobin and Cecily M. Begley

Annotation: Identifies six types of triangulation used in inquiry and discusses the merits and applications of these triangulation methods for ensuring trustworthiness of qualitative research findings.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

Tobin, Kenneth, and Joe L. Kincheloe, eds., Doing Educational Research: A Handbook. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2006., Kenneth Tobin and Joe L. Kincheloe

Annotation: Contains descriptions and illustrations of doing ten different kinds of educational research that have the potential of changing education, not just studying it; also contains chapters on general issues related to doing these kinds of research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Tom, Alan, "Disciplined Study of the Problems of Practice: An Alternative to Craft- or Discipline-Based Educational Inquiry," Educational Administration Quarterly, 23(May, 1987), 7-22.*, Alan Tom

Annotation: Proposes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of educational practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Torbert, William R., Creating a Community of Inquiry: Conflict, Collaboration, Transformation . New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1976., William R. Torbert

Annotation: Discusses the use of action research primarily in social psychology.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Page 10 of 12