Title
Franklin, Barry M., and Carla C. Johnson, "What the Schools Teach: A Social History of the American Curriculum since 1950," pp. 460-477 in F. Michael Connelly, Ming Fang He, and JoAnn Phillion, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008.
Annotation
Examines ways schools have specified content for teaching in response to social pressures; cites school districts exemplifying life-adjustment, discipline-centered, basic skills, New Basics, and content area standards-based curricula at various times over the last half century.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Historical Inquiry
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum History, Curriculum Standards and Testing
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