
CIRS: Curriculum Inquiry and Related Studies from Educational Research: A Searchable Bibliography of Selected Studies
Page, Reba, "Who Systematizes the Systematizers? Policy and Practice Interactions in a Case of State-Level Systemic Reform," Theory into Practice, 34(Winter, 1995), 21-29.*
Annotation
Reports a study of political aspects of a change involving the science curriculum framework in California.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study
Case Study
Narrow Topic
Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Frameworks, Science, Curriculum Standards and Testing