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Macdonald, James B., and David E. Purpel, "Curriculum and Planning: Visions and Metaphors," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2(Winter, 1987), 178-192. Reprinted pp. 305-321 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum : An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988.*, James B. Macdonald and David E. Purpel

Annotation: Proposes a platform and a model for curriculum planning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Macdonald, James B., and James D. Raths, "Curriculum Research: Problems, Techniques, and Prospects," Review of Educational Research, 33(June,1963), 322-329., James B. Macdonald and James D. Raths

Annotation: Examines current state of curriculum research, the problems of theory, definition of situations to be researched, design, and related issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

Macdonald, James B., Bernice J. Wolfson, and Esther Zaret, Reschooling Society: A Conceptual Model. Washington, DC: ASCD, 1973.*, James B. Macdonald, Bernice J. Wolfson, and Esther Zaret

Annotation: Contrasts the Tyler model and the humanistic-existential model on a number of dimensions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Macdonald, James B., and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975., James B. Macdonald and Esther Zaret

Annotation: Provides a radical critique of schooling by six authors; provides a context and an agenda for action by the authors.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Macdonald, James, and Susan Colberg Macdonald, "Gender, Values, and Curriculum," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 299-304. Reprinted pp. 476-485 in Willam F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., James Macdonald and Susan Colberg Macdonald

Annotation: Discusses sexism and the curriculum and related issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

MacDonald, Madeleine, The Curriculum and Cultural Reproduction . Milton Keynes, England: Open University Press, 1977., Madeleine MacDonald

Annotation: Discusses issues in cultural reproduction and their relation to curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge

Macintyre Latta, Margaret, "Curricular Enactment Matters: Reorienting Education," Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 10(2, 2018), 34-51., Margaret Macintyre Latta

Annotation: Calls for embodying artistic modes of meaning-making (a la Dewey and Greene); notes the kinship of this approach with indigenous ways of knowing and being.

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 Implementation; Asthetics and Curriculum

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

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

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

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

Mackenzie, Gordon N., and Marcella R. Lawler, "Curriculum: Change and Improvement," Review of Educational Research, 18(June, 1948), 273-281., Gordon N. Mackenzie and Marcella R. Lawler

Annotation: Reviews studies on the meaning and process 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 Implementation

MacPherson, Eric D., "Chaos in the Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 27(May-June, 1995), 263-279. Commentaries in 29(January-February, 1997), 87-100; 101-103., Eric D. MacPherson

Annotation: Reviews the place of chaos theory in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization

Macpherson, Ian, Tania Asplane, Ross Brooker, and Bob Elliott, Places and Spaces for Teachers in Curriculum Leadership. Deskin West, ACT: Australian Curriculum Studies Association, 1999., Ian Macpherson, Tania Asplane, Ross Brooker, and Bob Elliott

Annotation: Reports an Australian study of various dimensions of teachers as participants in curriculum leadership; argues for their role.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Professionalization in Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling

Macpherson, Ian, Bob Elliott, Ed Mickel, Pamela B. Joseph, Leanne Crosswell, and Tania Aspland, "Defining a Conversational Space for Curriculum Leadership." Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2(Winter, 2005), 119-138., Ian Macpherson, Bob Elliott, Ed Mickel, Pamela B. Joseph, Leanne Crosswell, and Tania Aspland

Annotation: Examines three discourses (cultural, moral, personal) related to transformative thought on curriculum leadership.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

Madaus, George F., "The Influence of Testing on Curriculum," pp. 83-121 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Critical Issues in Curriculum. 87th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part I. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1988. Reprinted pp. 73-111 in Margaret J. Early and Kenneth J. Rehage, eds., Issues in Curriculum: A Selection of Chapters from Past NSSE Yearbooks. 98th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999., George F. Madaus

Annotation: Reviews the effects of testing, especially high-stakes standardized tests, on curriculum, instruction, and students; discusses past and present issues with examples from several countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Evaluation of Instruction, Student Assessment, Comparative Curriculum, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Materials Development and Evaluation

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

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

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

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

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

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

Madaus, George, Michael Russell, and Jennifer Higgins, "Why and How Should High-Stakes Testing be Monitored?" pp. 197-221 in their The Paradoxes of High-Stakes Testing. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2009., George Madaus, Michael Russell, and Jennifer Higgins

Annotation: Traces efforts made to monitor the technical aspects of tests for users and policymakers; proposes an independent body to perform this oversight function and suggests eight principles to follow in creating such an ongoing institution.

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

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

Magrini, James M., "Cosmopolitanism and Curriculum in a New Key," pp. 143-174 in James M. Magrini, Social Efficiency and Instrumentalism in Education: Essays in Ontology, Phenomenology, and Philosophical Hermeneutics. New York: Routledge, 2014., James M. Magrini

Annotation: Analyzes Pinar's concept of cosmopolitanism in curriculum as it relates to Aoki's philosophy of curriculum; relates their work to work of other philosophers and curriculum scholars.

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

Magrini, James M., "Huebner's Reading of Heidegger's Fundament Ontology," pp. 112-142 in James M. Magrini, Social Efficiency and Instrumentalism in Education: Essays in Ontology, Phenomenology, and Philosophical Hermeneutics. New York: Rutledge, 2014., James M. Magrini

Annotation: Examines concepts in Huebner's 1967 essay in Theory into Practice, 6(No. 4),"Curriculum as Concern for Man's Temporality;" traces their sources in Heidegger's works; focuses on meaning--making, authentic learning, and situational design of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Environment, Content Selection and Organization

Magrini, James M., New Approaches to Curriculum as Phenomenological Text: Continental Philosophy and Ontological Inquiry. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015., James M. Magrini

Annotation: Contains three articles with an introduction and an epilogue; analyzes a theory of curriculum grounded in ontological not metaphysical instrumentalism; treats a phenomenology of nature.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Magrini, James M., "Phenomenology and Curriculum Implementation: Discerning a Living Curriculum through the Analysis of Ted Aoki's Situational Praxis," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 47(No. 2, 2015) 274-299., James M. Magrini

Annotation: Discusses and interprets Aoki's phenomenological understanding of curriculum implementation, his notion of situational praxis, his embrace of the human elements of curriculum design and implementtion, and his potential influence on educational practice; contains extensive references and quotes from Aoki's writings.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Professors, Literature of Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation

Magrini, James M., "Socratic Resonations: At the Limit of Education," pp. 170-184 in James M. Magrini, Reconceptualizing Plato's Socrates at the Limit of Education: A Socratic Curriculum Grounded in Finite Human Transcendencies. New York: Routledge, 2017., James M. Magrini

Annotation: Pulls together implications for a possible curriculum based on his analysis (earlier in the book) of Socratic forms of dialectics-dialogues; shows how this model differs from today's knowledge-based forms of standardized education; sums up the nature of an education based on question-worthy normative assumptions and Socratic dialogue.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience, Teaching/Learning Process, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Self-Knowledge, Values in the Classroom, Authority of Teacher

Mahan, James M., "Frank Observations on Innovations in Elementary Schools," Interchange, 3(Nos. 2-3, 1972), 144-160., James M. Mahan

Annotation: Gives a 36-item six-stage set of guidelines for examining the installation of curricula; makes recommendations concerning the process of curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

Malewski, Erik, "Proliferating Curriculum," pp. 1-39 in Erick Malewski, ed., Curriculum Studies Handbook: The Next Moment. New York: Routledge, 2010., Erik Malewski

Annotation: Places the essays that follow this article in the context of their contributions to recognizing the current status of the field of curriculum studies; analyzes them and articulates a framework for viewing them on a number of dimensions; based on papers by young reconceptualist scholars given at 2006 Purdue conference and responses to them by older scholars; gives the editor's sense of the field at the current moment and where it might go in the future.

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

Maloney, Carmel, "Implementing Curriculum: A Case Study," Curriculum Perspectives, 13(September, 1993), 23-32., Carmel Maloney

Annotation: Surveys 12 teachers in three Australian primary schools on their experience of innovation using CBAM.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

Mann, John S., "A Discipline of Curriculum Theory," The School Review, 76(December, 1968), 359-378.*, John S. Mann

Annotation: Conceptualizes curriculum theory as a discipline with organizational, substantive, and syntactical structures.

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

Mann, John S., "Curriculum Criticism," Teachers College Record, 71(1969), 27-40. Reprinted pp. 133-148 in William F. Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975. Also reprinted pp. 72-90 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evalution . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., John S. Mann

Annotation: Shows how the processes of aesthetic criticism can be applied to curriculum phenomena.

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

Mann, John S., "On Contradictions in Schools," pp. 95-115 in James B. Macdonald and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975., John S. Mann

Annotation: Indicates evidence of class ideology in schooling and the effects of this controlling ideology.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Mann, John Steven, and Alex Molnar, "On Student Rights," pp. 167-174 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., John Steven Mann and Alex Molnar

Annotation: Expresses a view of student rights as a form of social struggle within democratic procedures.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Democratic Education

Mansilla, Veronica Boix, and Howard Gardner, "Of Kinds of Disciplines and Kinds of Understanding," Phi Delta Kappan, 78 (January, 1997), 381-386. *, Veronica Boix Mansilla and Howard Gardner

Annotation: Describes what "understanding" means in history and literature and discusses implications for teaching and assessment.

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: Curriculum and the Disciplines, Content Selection and Organization, Teacher Planning

Mardis, Marcia A., and Ellen S. Hoffman, "Educational Digital Libraries: Platforms for Innovation and Equity," pp. 163-180 in Sharon Y. Tettegah and Richard C. Hunter, eds., Technology and Education: Issues in Administration, Policy, and Applications in K12 Schools. New York: Elsevier, 2006., Marcia A. Mardis and Ellen S. Hoffman

Annotation: Presents a state-of-the-field report on policies and practices related to the development and use of digital libraries and the content available in them to teachers and students.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Media and Computers in Curriculum Development, Content Selection and Organization

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

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

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

Marshall, James, "Honors: An Educational Criticism," pp. 296-302 in Elliot W. Eisner, ed., The Educational Imagination . New York: Macmillan, 1985., James Marshall

Annotation: Describes an honors class using educational criticism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marshall, J. Dan, Richard C. Streedan, and Paul W. Zavagno, "Curriculum Theorizing: Stories from the Ground Up," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 264-269., J. Dan Marshall, Richard C. Streedan, and Paul W. Zavagno

Annotation: Gives a conversation between teacher, principal, and professor about curriculum as voice and inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Specialists in Schools

Marsh, Colin, "Curriculum Theorizing," pp. 215-239 in his Curriculum: An Analytic Introduction . Sydney, Australia: Ian Nooak, 1986.*, Colin Marsh

Annotation: Reviews various approaches to and categories of curriculum theorizing (system-oriented a priorists, system-opposing a priorists, system-indifferent explorers, and system-supportive explorers).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Marsh, Colin , and Catherine Harris-Hart, "Power, Knowledge, and Curriculum Change in Australia: A Critical Perspective," pp. 291-308 in Eero Ropo and Tero Autio, eds., International Conversations on Curriculum Studies: Subject, Society, and Curriculum. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2009., Colin Marsh and Catherine Harris-Hart

Annotation: Summarizes the state of curriculum change models in both the literature and in Australian curriculum-change practices; employs the concepts of curriculum junctions and disjunctions in the analysis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Organization Theory

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., "Curriculum Implementation: An Analysis of Australian Research Studies, 1973-83," Curriculum Perspectives, 6(May, 1986), 11-21., Colin J. Marsh

Annotation: Does a review and analysis of a decade of Australian studies on curriculum implementation.

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

Marsh, Colin J., "Curriculum Theorizing in Australia," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 7(No. 2, 1987), 7-29., Colin J. Marsh

Annotation: Identifies Australian curriculum theorists and the books published from 1919 to 1981.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum

Marsh, Colin J., "Implementation of a Curriculum Innovation in Australian Schools," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 6(September, 1984), 37-58., Colin J. Marsh

Annotation: Describes curriculum innovation projects in Australia and derives models of implementation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

Marsh, Colin J., "Integrative Inquiry: The Research Synthesis," pp. 271-283 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, Colin J. Marsh

Annotation: Describes the processes of doing integrative inquiry in curriculum.

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

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

Marsh, David D., Judy B. Codding, and Associates, The New American High School. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Books, 1999., David D. Marsh and Judy B. Codding

Annotation: Argues for a standards-driven curriculum for the high school resulting in a certificate of initial mastery.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum

Marsh, David D., and Judith M. Glassick, "Knowledge Utilization in Evaluation Efforts," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 9(March, 1988), 323-341., David D. Marsh and Judith M. Glassick

Annotation: Gives reports of studies on the use of evaluation results in curriculum decision-making.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

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

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

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

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

Martinello, Marian L., and Gillian E. Cook, "Interdisciplinary Qualities of Inquiry," The Educational Forum, 58(Fall, 1993), 36-47.*, Marian L. Martinello and Gillian E. Cook

Annotation: Examines the modes of inquiry in the literary arts, the fine and performing arts, mathematics, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities; also examines the influences on and products of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Integration

Martin, Jane Roland, Changing the Educational Landscape: Philosophy, Women, and Curriculum. New York: Routledge, 1994., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Reprints 13 essays by the author on philosophical aspects of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Hidden Curriculum, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Philosophical Schools

Martin, Jane Roland, "Curriculum and the Mirror of Knowledge," pp. 212-227 in her Changing the Educational Landscape: Philosophy, Women, and Curriculum. New York: Routledge, 1994., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Takes issue with the view that curriculum needs to mirror knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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 and the Disciplines, Practical Knowledge

Martin, Jane Roland, "Needed: A New Paradigm for Liberal Education," pp. 37-60 in Jonas F. Soltis, ed., Philosophy and Education. Eightieth Yearbook of the Society for the Study of Education, Part I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Critiques the traditional view of knowledge in the curriculum and advocates adding emotion and action to reason and thinking.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Liberal Education/General Education

Martin, Jane Roland, Readings in the Philosophy of Education: A Study of Curriculum . Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1970., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Contains 29 reprinted articles on the logic of curriculum, on aims and objectives, on the nature of knowledge, and on subjects and subject matters.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, School Subjects, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Content Selection and Organization, Knowledge Generation

Martin, Jane Roland, "Redefining the Educated Person: Rethinking the Significance of Gender," Educational Researcher, 15(June-July, 1986), 6-10., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Argues for a gender-sensitive ideal of the educated person.

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

Martin, Jane Roland, "The Anatomy of Subjects," Educational Theory, 27(Spring, 1977), 85-95., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Distinguishes between school subjects and disciplines, showing overlaps in part or wholes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines, School Subjects

Martin, Jane Roland, "The Disciplines and the Curriculum," Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1(1969), 23-40. Reprinted pp. 65-86 in Jane Roland Martin, Readings in the Philosophy of Education: A Study of Curriculum. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1970., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Explains what disciplines are and how the structure of disciplines has become the basis for curriculum theory; examines arguments for and against this view.

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

Martin, Jane Roland, "The Love Gap in the Edcuational Text," pp. 21-34 in Daniel Liston and Jim Garrison, eds., Teaching, Learning, and Loving: Reclaiming Passion in Educational Practice. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2004., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Describes love as the object of the growth and development of children through all educational agencies of society.

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

Martin, Jane Roland, "There's Too Much to Teach: Cultural Wealth in an Age of Scarcity," Educational Researcher, 25(March, 1996), 4-10; 16.*, Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Offers an analysis of the problem of cultural abundance and the problem of selection for teaching from that abundance; proposes sharing the work with other cultural institutions besides the school.

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

Martin, Jane Roland, "Two Dogmas of Curriculum," Synthese, 51(April, 1982), 5-20. Reprinted pp. 187-199 in her Changing the Educational Landscape: Philosophy, Women, and Curriculum. New York: Routledge, 1994., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Describes and critiques the Dogma of God-Given Subjects and the Dogma of Immutable Basics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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 and the Disciplines, Practical Knowledge

Martin, Jane Roland, "What Should We Do with a Hidden Curriculum When We Find One?" Curriculum Inquiry, 6(No. 2, 1976), 135-151.*, Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Examines the implications of theorists' definitions of the hidden curriculum, further analyzes the term, and raises questions about its educational implications.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Martin-Kniep, Giselle O., Diana Muxworthy Feige, and Leslie C. Soodak, "Curriculum Integration: An Expanded View of an Abused Idea," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 10(Spring, 1995), 227-249., Giselle O. Martin-Kniep, Diana Muxworthy Feige, and Leslie C. Soodak

Annotation: Sets forth three forms of integration of curriculum content and learning and evaluates each in terms of curricular significance, coherence, and revelance; includes episodes from a NYC project.

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

Martin - Kniep, Giselle O., and P. Bruce Uhrmacher, "Teachers as Curriculum Developers," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 24(May-June, 1992), 261-271.*, Giselle O. Martin-Kniep and P. Bruce Uhrmacher

Annotation: Reports differences between teaching and curriculum development by teachers in a small California study.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Teacher Planning

Marzano, Robert J., Designing a New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2001., Robert J. Marzano

Annotation: Presents a taxonomy of six levels--retrieval, comprehension, analysis, knowledge utilization (these four making up the cognitive system), the metacognitive system, and the self-system; all are related to three domains of knowledge--information (details, organizing ideas), mental procedures (skills and processes), psychomotor procedures (skills and processes); illustrates three applications of the taxonomy-- to design educational objectives, to design spiral curriculum, and to design assessments.

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

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

Massell, Diane, "Achieving Consensus: Setting the Agenda for State Curriculum Reform," pp. 84-108 in Richard F. Elmore and Susan H. Fuhrman, eds., The Governance of Curriculum. 1994 ASCD Yearbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1994., Diane Massell

Annotation: Reports on agenda-setting strategies in four state's curriculum policy - making process and creates a model for possible use elsewhere.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Curriculum Deliberation

Massell, Diane, and Michael Kirst, "Determining National Content Standards," Education and Urban Society, 26(February, 1994), 107-117., Diane Massell and Michael Kirst

Annotation: Describes the current process by which national standards are being established in various content areas of the curriculum in the U.S.; relates to boundary conditions, planning, deliberations, outcomes,and capacity building.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum Deliberation

Mathison, Sandra, "Implementing Curricular Change through State-mandated Testing: Ethical Issues," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision , 6 (Spring, 1991), 201-212., Sandra Mathison

Annotation: Gives an ethical critique of the New York State elementary science testing program (ESPET) and its utilitarian perspective.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Science, Evaluation of Instruction, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Maxwell, Tom, "The Illumination of Situational Analysis by Frame Factor Theory," Curriculum Perspectives, 5(May, 1985), 46-52., Tom Maxwell

Annotation: Shows how situational analysis undertaken to describe frame factors is necessary for school-level decision-making; gives an example.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum

Maxwell, T. W., "Curriculum Consultant," pp. 1150-1151 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., T. W. Maxwell

Annotation: Discusses duties, attributes, and impact of curriculum consultants.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Professionalization in Curriculum, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

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

Annotation: Gives some history of BSSC biology.

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

Mayes, Clifford, "The Dialectic-Spiritual Landscape," pp. 149-169 in Clifford Mayes, Seven Curricular Landscapes. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003., Clifford Mayes

Annotation: Defines and explicates a holistic curricular perspective which leads the student toward an encounter with God; six other landscapes are presented elsewhere in the book.

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

May, Nick, "The Teacher-as-Researcher Movement in Britain," pp. 23-30 in William H. Schubert and Ann L. Schubert, eds., Conceptions of Curriculum Knowledge: Focus on Students and Teachers. University Park, PA: College of Education, Penn State University, 1982., Nick May

Annotation: Describes experiences of teachers who have become teacher-researchers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

McBeath, Clare, ed., Case Studies in TAFE Curriculum . Perth, Australia: West Australian Social Science Education Consortium, 1990., Clare McBeath

Annotation: Reports research methods, curriculum design methods, and methods of developing curriculum materials in Australian Further Education settings.

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: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Comparative Curriculum

McCarthy, Cameron, "Multicultural Discourses and Curriculum Reform: A Critical Perspective," Educational Theory, 44(Winter,1994), 81-98., Cameron McCarthy

Annotation: Reviews several forms of multicultural curricula and makes the case for critical multiculturalism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Multicultural Education, Multiethnic Adaptation, Ideology and School Knowledge

McCarthy, Cameron, Michael D. Giardina, Susan Juanita Harewood, and Jin-Kyung Park, "Contesting Culture: Identity and Curriculum Dilemmas in the Age of Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Multiplicity," Harvard Educational Review, 73(Fall, 2003), 449-465., Cameron McCarthy, Michael D. Giardina, Susan Juanita Harewood, and Jin-Kyung Park

Annotation: Analyzes trends in globalization, postcolonialism, and identity in relation to popular culture; distinguishes monological and postcolonialist theories and their implications for curriculum and pedagogy, siding with the latter; comments on several preceding related articles.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization, Liberal Education/General Education, Ideology and School Knowledge

McCaslin, Mary, and Thomas L. Good, "The Informal Curriculum," pp. 622-670 in David C. Berliner and Robert C. Calfee, eds., Handbook of Educational Psychology. New York: Macmillan, 1996., Mary McCaslin and Thomas L. Good

Annotation: Summarizes what is known about the informal aspects of enacting the curriculum.

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

McClintock, Robert, "Toward a Place for Study in a World of Instruction," Teachers College Record, 73(December, 1971), 161-205., Robert McClintock

Annotation: Traces the significance of "study" in the history of education as opposed to "teaching" and "instruction"; the author begins with contributions of Erasmus and Montaigne and provides some possibilities for recovering "study" in the "schooling" of the future.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling, Conceptions of Teaching, Teaching/Learning Process

McClure, Robert, "Curriculum Balance," pp. 1144-1145 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Robert McClure

Annotation: Discusses criteria for determining balance in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization

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

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

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

McClure, Robert M., "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

McColl, Ann, "Tough Call: Is No Child Left Behind Constitutional?" Phi Delta Kappan, 86(April, 2005), 604-610., Ann McColl

Annotation: Raises questions about legal authority for NCLB Act of 2001, its lack of clarity and funding, and its function; raises question of state versus federal power over education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Local Control of Schooling, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

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

McCulloch, Gary, "Curriculum Reform, Educational Change, and School Improvement," pp. 1203-1215 in Andy Hargreaves, Ann Lieberman, Michael Fullan, and David Hopkins, eds., International Handbook of Educational Change, Part Two. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998., Gary McCulloch

Annotation: Discusses the role of teachers in curriculum reform in the United Kingdom, among other things.

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 Implementation

McCutcheon, Gail, "Curriculum and The Magic Flute", pp 161-167 in George Willis and William H. Schubert, eds., Reflections from the Heart of Educational Inquiry. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1991.*, Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Expresses personal experience of curriculum in same qualitative terms as the experience of opera.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Self-Knowledge

McCutcheon, Gail, "Curriculum and the Work of Teachers," pp. 191-203 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Sets forth a deliberationist view of teachers at work with classroom curriculum in contrast to a traditional view related to the overt and the hidden curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Teaching/Learning Process

McCutcheon, Gail, "Curriculum Theory and Practice: Considerations for the 1990's and Beyond," NASSP Bulletin, 72(September, 1988), 33-42.*, Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Describes the relation between theory and practice and how educators develop theories of action out of their experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, Practical Knowledge

McCutcheon, Gail, "Curriculum Theory: This Issue," Theory into Practice, 21(Winter, 1982), 2-3., Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Introduces this special issue of the journal on curriculum theory that exhibits a wide range of perspectives on the topic.

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

McCutcheon, Gail, "Deliberation to Develop School Curricula," pp. 33-46 in James G. Henderson and Kathleen R. Kesson, eds., Understanding Democratic Curriculum Leadership. New York: Teachers College Press, 1999., Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Summarizes fundamentals of curriculum deliberation taken from her research and offers implications for practice.

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

McCutcheon, Gail, "Educational Criticism: Methods and Application," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1(Summer, 1979), 5-25.*, Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Describes the methods of using educational criticism in curriculum inquiry and gives an example.

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

McCutcheon, Gail, "Educational Criticism: Reflections and Reconsiderations," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 4(Winter, 1982), 171-176., Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Describes and critiques Eisner's educational criticism approach to research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
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: Knowledge Generation

McCutcheon, Gail, "Of Solar Systems, Responsibilities and Basics: An Educational Criticism of Mr. Clement's Fourth Grade," pp. 186-205 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Gives a case study portraying a class using educational criticism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Classroom Observation & Research

McCutcheon, Gail, "Qualitative Curriculum Evaluation," pp. 1503-1506 in Harold E. Mitzel, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Fifth Edition. New York: Macmillan Free Press, 1982.*, Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Reviews several forms of qualitative curriculum evaluation, their similarities, and their differences.

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

McCutcheon, Gail, "Ruminations on Methodology: Of Truth and Significance", pp. 277-285 in Egon G. Guba, ed., The Paradigm Dialog: Options for Social Science Inquiry. Newbury, CA: Sage, 1990.*, Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Discusses the attempt to obtain truth and significance in alternative paradigm inquiry (qualitative).

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Qualitative Research

McCutcheon, Gail, "What in the World is Curriculum Theory?" Theory into Practice, 21(Winter, 1982), 18-22., Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Defines curriculum theory and its benefits, uses, and functions; discusses how to create it and how to facilitate its creation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
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

McCutcheon, Gail, and Burga Jung, "Alternative Perspectives on Action Research," Theory Into Practice, 29 (Summer, 1990), 144-151.*, Gail McCutcheon and Burga Jung

Annotation: Reviews positivist, interpretivist, and critical perspectives in action research; discusses problem formation, observations, etc., in relation to these perspectives.

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