CIRS - Curriculum Inquiry and Related Studies in Educational Research: A Searchable Bibliography of Selected Studies is a database of research studies that focuses primarily on curriculum practices and policies in education, inquiry methods useful in studying these topics, and exemplary studies from the published literature on these topics. This bibliography features a search capability by which a user can readily draw out from this list of nearly 4000 citations a list of those citations of interest on a specific topic. It covers much of the 20th century and 21st century literature to 2022. Each citation is accompanied by a brief annotation of its contents and by a series of descriptors by which it can be located in a search of the entire bibliography. To see what appears in a full citation, see a citation in the list below. This list contains all the citations available in CIRS and can be browsed here if desired. Searching by author, topic, or descriptor is possible by use of options listed under Browse CIRS in the column to the left.

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Selden, Steven, "Eugenics and Curriculum: 1860-1929," The Educational Forum, 43(November, 1978), 67-82., Steven Selden

Annotation: Examines the history of the eugenics movement and its impact on the curriculum, especially the education of the gifted.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Ideology and School Knowledge, Exceptional Education

 

Selden, Steven, "Resistance in School and Society: Public and Pedagogical Debates about Eugenics, 1900-1947," Teachers College Record, 90(Fall, 1988), 61-84., Steven Selden

Annotation: Describes the work of Jennings, Dewey, Bagley, and Lippmann in resisting the push in education to embrace eugenics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Ideology and School Knowledge, Exceptional Education

 

Semel, Susan F., and Alan R. Sadovnik, "The Contemporary Small-School Movement: Lessons from the History of Progressive Education," Teachers College Record, 110(September, 2008), 1744-1771., Susan F. Semel and Alan R. Sadovnik

Annotation: Examines similarities and differences between Central Park East Secondary School in New York City and earlier progressive schools such as the Dalton School and the City and Country School.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum History, Local Control of Schooling

 

Sensoy, Ozlem, and Robin DiAngelo, Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 2012., Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo

Annotation: Explains basic concepts for developing critical social literacy, including prejudice, oppression, power, privilege, and white supremacy; provides guidelines and examples for implementing social justice education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Multicultural Education, Curriculum and Politics, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Serow, Robert C., "Credentialism and Academic Standards: The Evolution of High School Graduation Requirements," Issues in Education, 4(Summer, 1986), 19-41., Robert C. Serow

Annotation: Traces the evolution of high school graduation requirements.

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: Curriculum History, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Shacklock, Geoffrey, John Smyth, and Robert Hattam, "The Effects of an Advanced Skills Teacher Classification on Teachers' Work: From Storied Accounts to Policy Insights," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 13(Summer, 1998). 357-372.*, Geoffrey Shacklock, John Smyth, and Robert Hattam

Annotation: Reports an Australian study of the difference between teachers' natural discourse and an imposed discourse by policy-makers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Shaker, Paul, "The Application of Jung's Analytical Psychology to Education," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 14(July-September, 1982), 241-250., Paul Shaker

Annotation: Shows how Jung's ideas can be applied to curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum

 

Shaker, Paul, and Craig Kridel, "The Return to Experience: A Reconceptualist Call," Journal of Teacher Education , 40 (January-February, 1989), 2-8.*, Paul and Shaker and Craig Kridel

Annotation: Reviews the development and impact of the reconceptualist movement in curriculum and its potential in teacher education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience, Teacher Education, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Shaker, Paul, and Elizabeth E. Heilman,"The Changing Vision of Education in Our Democratic Society," pp. 1-15 in their Reclaiming Education for Democracy: Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind. New York: Routledge, 2008., Paul Shaker and Elizabeth E. Heilman

Annotation: Examines, critically, origins of recent education policy in the U. S. and introduces nine related essays on various aspects of this topic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Democratic Education

 

Shalem, Yael, "What Binds Professional Judgment? The Case of Teaching," pp. 93-105 in Michael Young and Johan Muller, eds., Knowledge, Expertise, and the Professions. New York Rutledge, 2014., Yael Shalem

Annotation: Treats the topic of how judgment in teaching depends on theoretical knowledge as well as on experiential knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education, Conceptions of Teaching, Knowledge Utilization, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge

 

Shanks, Joyce, "Student Reactions to a Standardized Curriculum: A Case Study," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 10(Fall, 1994), 43-59., Joyce Shanks

Annotation: Reports how students and teachers in a mid-western elementary school experienced a curriculum change that standardized the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Shapiro, Arthur, "A Theory and Practice of Curriculum," pp. 307-316 in Beverly Irby, Genevieve H. Brown, Rafael Lara Aiecio, and Shirley A. Jackson, Eds., THe Handbook of Educational Theories. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers, 2013., Arthur Shapiro

Annotation: Defines and describes the uses of theories in education; explains why a theory of curriculum is necessary; asserts that a theory of curriculum is a theory of process (design/making); offers a theory of curriculum based on the author's 1995 book.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-Making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Concpetual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Shapiro, H. Svi, "Beyond the Sociology of Education: Culture, Politics, and the Promise of Educational Change," Educational Theory, 38(Fall, 1988), 415-430., H. Svi Shapiro

Annotation: Reviews the literature on the new sociology of education and radical educational theory and poses an agenda for political support for educational change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and Politics

 

Shapiro, H. Svi, ed., Education and Hope in Troubled Times: Visions of Change for Our Children's World. New York: Routledge, 2009., H. Svi Shapiro

Annotation: Contains 19 articles by leading educators on challenges and possibilities facing American education; each offers a vision with practical curricular suggestions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Alternatives in Education, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Criticism of Schooling

 

Shapiro, H. Svi, "Educational Research, Social Change and the Challenge to Methodology: A Study in the Sociology of Knowledge," Phenomenology+Pedagogy, 1(No., 2, 1983), 127-139.*, H. Svi Shapiro

Annotation: Describes the rise of phenomenological research, its attributes, and its prospects.

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

 

Shapiro, H. Svi, "Shaping the Educational Imagination: Class, Culture, and the Contradiction of the Dominant Ideology," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 4(Summer, 1982), 153-165., H. Svi Shapiro

Annotation: Discusses education in the U. S. as the result of complex interactions among ideological perspectives; gives instances.

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Sharp, Rachel, "Ideology and Schooling," pp. 16-158 in her Knowledge, Ideology and the Politics of Schooling . London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980., Rachel Sharp

Annotation: Gives an analysis of the historical and contemporary role that class struggle and hegemony play in schooling, along with examples.

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

 

Sharp, Rachel, and Anthony G. Green, Education and Social Control. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975., Rachel Sharp and Anthony G. Green

Annotation: Presents a study of an English progressive primary school and the constraints of ideology at work in it.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Social Efficiency/Control, Comparative Curriculum

 

Shavelson, Richard J., "Contributions of Educational Research to Policy and Practice: Constructing, Challenging, Changing Cognition," Educational Researcher, 17(October, 1988), 4-11; 22.*, Richard J. Shavelson

Annotation: Presents purposes and procedures for deriving research knowledge from practice if it is to inform policy and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Shaver, James P., "The Productivity of Educational Research and the Applied-Basic Research Distinction," Educational Researcher, 8(January, 1979), 3-9., James P. Shaver

Annotation: Critiques the applied-research approach to educational research and suggests it can be just as scientific as basic research; draws implications for training educational researchers.

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, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Shaw, Beverly, "The Content of the Curiculum," pp.129-166 in her Educational Practice and Sociology: An Introduction . Oxford: Marten Robertson, 1981., Beverly Shaw

Annotation: Shows how the content of the curriculum is controlled by the policies set; discusses the common curriculum and the education of girls among other topics.

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Content Selection and Organization

 

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

 

Shawer, Saad F., "Teacher-driven Curriculum Development at the Classroom Level: Implications for Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Teacher Education," Teaching and Teacher Education, 63(April, 2017), 296-313., Saad F. Shawer

Annotation: Reports a study of the ways six British teachers developed their official curriculum for its use in their classrooms; some were seen as curriculum transmitters, some as curriculum makers, and some as curriculum developers; factors related to their training and their current circumstances were also examined in relation to these categories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Planning, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Shaw, Francine Shuchat, "Congruence," pp. 445-452 in William F. Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Francine Shuchat Shaw

Annotation: Writes an educational criticism of teaching a film course.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction, Higher Education Curriculum

 

Shaw, Francine Shuchat, "In Search of Congruence," pp. 227-249 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Francine Shuchat Shaw

Annotation: Argues for congruence between the artistic principles of intructional methods and the content being taught.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Shaw, Francine Shuchat, "The Meanings of Congruence," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 178-202., Francine Shuchat Shaw

Annotation: Discusses need for congruence between content and the form of educational experience provided.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum as Experience

 

Shaw, Frederick, "The Changing Curriculum," Review of Educational Research, 36(June, 1966), 343-352., Frederick Shaw

Annotation: Reviews influences on curriculum change from 1963-1966.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

Shaw, Ken, "Curriculum, Management, and the Improvement of Education: Forging a Practical Alliance," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 19(May-June, 1987), 203-217.*, Ken Shaw

Annotation: Explores the relation between curriculum studies and management studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

 

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

 

Shepard, Lorrie A., "A Brief History of Accountability Testing, 1965-2007," pp. 25-46 in Katherine E. Ryan and Lorrie A. Shepard, eds., The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability. New York: Routledge, 2008., Lorrie A. Shepard

Annotation: Traces the history of attempts in the U. S. to use tests for accountability purposes; discusses NAEP, minimum competency testing, National Commission on Excellence in Education, the Standards Movement, and the No Child Left Behind Act.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

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

 

Shipman, M. D., "Contrasting Views of a Curriculum Project," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 4(September, 1972), 145-153., M. D. Shipman

Annotation: Presents a study of various views of the British Schools Council Integrated Studies Project held by the project team, by teachers, and by local authority administrators.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Shkedi, Asher, "Can the Curriculum Guide Both Emancipate and Educate Teachers?" Curriculum Inquiry, 28(Summer, 1998), 209-229.*, Asher Shkedi

Annotation: Reports an empirical study of the use of three alternative forms of a curriculum guide (in Israeli classes in Bible) to determine how teachers distinguish the approaches and what differences they see in autonomy allowed them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Knowledge, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Shkedi, Asher, "School-Based Workshops for Teacher Participation in Curriculum Development," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 28(November-December, 1996), 699-711.*, Asher Shkedi

Annotation: Gives a case study of teachers' curriculum workshops as a way to implement teachers' role in the process of school-based adaptation of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Shkedi, Asher, "Teachers' Attitudes toward a Teachers' Guide: Implications for the Roles of Planners and Teachers," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 10(Winter, 1995), 155-170., Asher Shkedi

Annotation: Reports teachers' use of, judgments on effectiveness of, views about the writers of, and attitudes toward curriculum guides.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., A Coherent Curriculum for Every Student: Curriculum Proposals for Possible Adoption. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Summarizes 33 coherent proposes for K-12 curriculum drawn from publications over many decades and briefly annotates more than 60 less comprehensive ones; proposals are grouped by focus: academic, democratic, global, living, person, problems, values; provides curriculum planners with options for possible adoption in one convenient resource.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

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., "A Historical Look at Curriculum Design," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 3-9.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Analyzes the value differences behind six curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., "A Review of Studies in the First 10 Volumes of the Journal of Curriculum and Supervision," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 11 (Fall, 1995), 87-105., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Classifies and briefly describes 222 studies published between 1985-1995 in the Journal of Curriculum and Supervision; gives some comments on the status of this work as a whole.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., "Authority and Governance in Curriculum Development: A Policy Analysis in the United States Context," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 5(Summer, 1983), 195-205.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Summarizes the status of governance and control of curriculum in the 1970s and early 1980s in the U. S.; proposes criteria for an adequate structure of curriculum control.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Short, Edmund C., "Challenging the Trivialization of Curriculum through Research," pp. 199-210 in James T. Sears and J. Dan Marshall, eds., Teaching and Thinking about Curriculum: Critical Inquires . New York: Teachers College Press, 1990.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Describes evidence of curriculum trivialization and gives process used in graduate classes to help students confront trivialization through studying reseach reports.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Short, Edmund C., Compiler, The Society for the Study of Curriculum History: Meetings and Papers 1977-1991. ERIC Document Reproduction Service, 1991, ED 342 736., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Contains 47 papers on historical aspects of curriculum practice, theory, research, and leaders presented at meetings of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History between 1977 and 1991; information on the Society and its meetings is also included.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
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

 

Short, Edmund C., "Curriculum Associations and Journals," pp. 196-199 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Identifies journals in English and in other languages and their sponsoring professional organizations that publish or foster curriculum research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., "Curriculum Decision Making in Teacher Education: Policies, Program Development, and Design," Journal of Teacher Education , 38 (July- August, 1987), 2-12.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Specifies steps in policy making and curriculum development in teacher education; sets forth design criteria; and discusses role of unifying themes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Short, Edmund C., "Curriculum Development and Organization," pp. 405-412 in Harold E. Mitzel, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Fifth Edition. New York: Macmillan, 1982.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Summarizes the state of curriculum policy making and governance as well as presents criteria for optimum strategies for curriculum development across levels of governance.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

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., "Curriculum Proposals," in Bill Schubert and Ming Fang He, eds., Oxford Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies. New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/ 9780190264093.013.ORE_EDU 01500.R1, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Describes the concept of curriculum proposals together with a concceptualization of the components of curriculum; discuses their usefulness.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriclum Thoery Creation and Uses

 

Short, Edmund C., "Curriculum Scholarship--Sources of Knowledge for the Curriculum Field," pp. 7-19 in Edmund C. Short, 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: Reviews and classifies types of curriculum knowledge and their sources.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Literature of Curriculum

 

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., "Review of Curriculum Theory, edited by Alex Molnar and John A. Zahorik," Texas Tech Journal of Education, 5(No. 3, 1978), 227-131., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Provides a review and critique of the papers in this book.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

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., "The Concept of Competence: Its Use and Misuse in Education," Journal of Teacher Education , 36(March-April, 1985), 2-6.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Analyzes the concept of competence and draws implications for establishing objectives and determining evaluation policy.

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

 

Short, Edmund C., "The Forms and Use of Alternative Curriculum Development Strategies: Policy Implications," Curriculum Inquiry, 13(Spring, 1983), 43-64.*, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Analyzes and compares curriculum development strategies in relation to where decisions are made, who is involved, and the role of the teacher; sets forth ten criteria for the optimum strategy among several possibilities in a matrix.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

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., and Thomas J. Jennings, Jr., "Multidisciplinary: An Alternative Approach to Curriculum Thought," Educational Leadership, 33(May, 1976), 590-594.*, Edmund C. Short and Thomas J. Jennings Jr.

Annotation: Explains the multidisciplinary approach to curriculum design.

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, Curriculum Integration, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Short, Edmund C., and George D. Marconnit, eds., Contemporary Thought on Public School Curriculum. Dubuque, IA: Wm C. Brown Compmany Publishers, 1968., Edmund C. Short and George D. Marconnit

Annotation: Contains 89 readings on curriculum in five sections (curriculum as a field of study, curriculum purposes and objectives, curriculum quality, curriclulum theory and processes, perspectives for 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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Literature of Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., and Leonard J. Waks, eds., Leaders in Curriculum Studies: Intellectual Self-Portraits. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2009., Edmund C. Short and Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Contains 18 essays by late 20th century curriculum scholars describing their own paths into the field of Curriculum Studies, their major contributions to the field, and their assessments of the state of the field over the last several decades.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors

 

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., "Joseph Jackson Schwab: 1909-1988," pp. 452-468 in Edward Shils, ed. Remembering the University of Chicago: Teachers, Scientists, and Scholars. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991., Lee S. Shulman

Annotation: Presents an analytic biography of Schwab's professional life and contributions as teacher and scholar.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Shulman, Lee S., "Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform," Harvard Educational Review, 57( February , 1987), 1-22., Lee S. Shulman

Annotation: Sets forth seven categories of the knowledge base for teaching: content knowledge, general pedagogical knowledge, knowledge of curriculum and curriculum materials, pedoagogical content knowledge, knowledge of learners, knowledge of contexts, and knowledge of ends/purposes/values.

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: Conceptions of Teaching, Teacher Education, Curriculum Implementation, Professionalization in Curriculum, Practical Knowledge, Knowledge Utilization, Teacher Knowledge

 

Shulman, Lee S., "The Practical and the Eclectic: A Deliberation on Teaching and Educational Research," Curriculum Inquiry, 14(Summer, 1984), 183-200., Lee S. Shulman

Annotation: Compares Dewey's and Schwab's view of deliberation and applies this to research on teaching and teacher education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes,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 Deliberation, Teacher Planning, Teacher Education

 

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

 

Shwartz, Yael, Ayelet Weizman, David Fortus, Joseph Krajcik, and Brian Reiser, "THe IQWST Experience: Using Coherence as a Design Principle for a MIddle School Science Curriculum," Elementary School Journal, 109(November, 2008), 199-291., Yael Shwartz, Ayelet Weizman, David Fortus, Joseph Krajcik, and Brian Reiser

Annotation: Reports a study of how a middle school science curriculum dealt with five aspects of coherence.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Science, Content Selection and Organization

 

Sichel, Betty, "Forms of Knowledge or the Unity of Knowledge," pp. 45-55 in Mary Anne Raywid, ed., Philosophy of Education 1972, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society. Edwardsville, IL: Studies in Philosophy and Education, Southern Illinois University, 1972., Betty Sichel

Annotation: Discusses the difference between the separate disciplines curriculum and one based on awe, wonderment, and unity.

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

 

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

 

Sieber, Sam D., "Images of the Practictioner and Strategies of Educational Change," Sociology of Education, 45(Fall, 1972), 362-385., Sam D. Sieber

Annotation: Surveys the ways practitioners relate to various strategies for educational change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Sieber, Sam D., "The Organizational Dilemma of Educational Change Models: Toward a Solution," Interchange, 7(No. 2, 1976-77), 39-49., Sam D. Sieber

Annotation: Explores problems with educational change models and suggests possible ways to deal with them.

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

 

Sieber, Sam D., "Trends in Diffusion Research: Knowledge Utilization," Viewpoints, 50(No. 3, 1974), 61-81., Sam D. Sieber

Annotation: Reports trends related to diffusion of research knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization, Curriculum Implementation

 

Sieber, Sam, Karen Seashore Louis, and Toya Metzger, The Use of Educational Knowledge . Final Report, U.S. Office of Education, 1972. Contract No. OEC-0-70-4930., Sam Sieber, Karen Seashore Louis, and Toya Metzger

Annotation: Gives the final report of a USOE study of knowledge utilization in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

 

Siegel, Judith E., "Task No. 1: Writing 'Practical' Curriculums," Educational Leadership, 34(April, 1977), 540-544., Judith E. Siegel

Annotation: Describes the five bodies of knowledge that must be examined in order to produce a practical curriculum (related to Schwab's commmonplaces).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Silberstein, Moshe, "Curriculum Studies: Teacher Education Programs," pp. 232-235 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Moshe Silberstein

Annotation: Treats the problem of integrating curriculum knowledge and skills into teacher education curriculum; cites both generic and particular models.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Teacher Education

 

Silberstein, Moshe, and Miriam Ben-Peretz, "The Concept of Teacher Autonomy in Curriculum Materials: An Operative Interpretation," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 3(Fall, 1987), 29-44., Moshe Silberstein and Miriam Ben-Peretz

Annotation: Analyzes six subject area curricula in Israel for trends in teacher implementation and autonomy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation

 

Silva, Diane Yendol, "Collaborative Curriculum Encounters," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 15(Summer, 2000), 279-299., Diane Yendol Silva

Annotation: Describes a study of three teams of teachers implementing a history curriculum; shows how this was affected by context, their perceived roles, and experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Silverman, Robert J., "Commitments of Editors in Education," The Educational Forum, 44(January, 1980), 231-242., Robert J. Silverman

Annotation: Reports a study of journal types and editor types in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum, Knowledge Linkage

 

Silverman, Robert J., "Diffusion of Educational Knowledge through Journals: Gatekeepers' Selection Criteria," Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 54(April, 1978), 1-22., Robert J. Silverman

Annotation: Explains the processes of knowledge dissemination through refereed journals.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Literature of Curriculum

 

Silverman, Robert J., "Marketing Scholarship: Strategies of Persuasion," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 3(June, 1982), 503-520., Robert J. Silverman

Annotation: Discusses how research finds its audience.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Literature of Curriculum, Knowledge Utilization

 

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, Katherine G., "Classroom Deliberation," pp. 107-129 in Susan Fuhrman and Marvin Lazerson, eds., The Public Schools. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005., Katherine G. Simon

Annotation: Reviews examples of classroom civic deliberations , the skills involved, and obstacles to such deliberations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Social Studies, Curriculum Deliberation, Citizenship Education

 

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

 

Simon, Roger I., "Time, Authority, and the Modification of Student Roles," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(January-March, 1979), 69-86., Roger I. Simon

Annotation: Reports a study of a theater program and the students' understanding of authority and their role in relation to that of the teacher.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Authority of Teacher, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Simons, Helen, "Against the Rules: Procedural Problems in School Self- Evaluation," Curriculum Perspectives, 5(October, 1985), 1-6., Helen Simons

Annotation: Contrasts two models of school evaluation: external and self-evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Simpson, Douglas J., and Michael J. B. Jackson, "John Dewey's View of the Curriculum in The Child and the Curriculum," Education and Culture, 20(Fall, 2003), 23-27., Douglas J. Simpson and Michael J. B. Jackson

Annotation: Elucidates and analyzes Dewey's view of curriculum as presented in the 100-year old classic.

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

 

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

 

Sinnema, Claire, "Learning for and Realizing Curriculum Aspirations through Schools as Learning Orgaizations," European Journal of Education, 55(1, 2020), 9-23., Claire Sinnema

Annotation: Proposes a model of realizing a new national curriculum through addressing and challenging four learning demands and seven steps for schools as learning organizations.

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

 

Siotta, OliveAnn Davis, and Karen L. Fernandez, "Cautions and Assurances for Those Who Would Design a Small Urban High School: Bringing 20 Years of Research to the Planning Table," Curriculum Journal, 22(No. 1, 2011), 93-104., OliveAnn Davis Siotta and Karen L. Fernandez

Annotation: Describes the roles, goals, responsibilities, and activity patterns of five stake-holder groups in two Denver secondary schools in planning new curricular programs.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

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., and Associates, "Building Better Programs I: Renewing Teacher Education and Partner Schools," pp. 99-139 and "Change Happens," pp. 163 -187 in Kenneth A. Sirotnik and Associates, Renewing Schools and Teacher Education: An Odyssey in Educational Change. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2001., Kenneth A. Sirotnik

Annotation: Reports a qualitative evaluation study of a 15-year series of efforts by John Goodlad's Center for Educational Renewal and the Institute for Educational Inquiry to facilitate and study changes in curriculum and related matters among partnered schools and teacher education colleges.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education

 

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