
CIRS: Curriculum Inquiry and Related Studies from Educational Research: A Searchable Bibliography of Selected Studies
Marsh, Colin, "Curriculum Theorizing," pp. 215-239 in his Curriculum: An Analytic Introduction . Sydney, Australia: Ian Nooak, 1986.*
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