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Citations from 1995

 

Foshay, Arthur W., "Aesthetics and History," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 20(Spring, 1995), 191-206., Arthur W. Foshay

Annotation: Points out the features of history that have aesthetic dimensions of consequence for instruction in the history curriculum.

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: Content Selection and Organization, Social Studies, Curriculum Integration, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Aesthetics Education

 

Carr, Wilfred, "Can Educational Research Be Scientific?" pp. 77-86 in Wilfred Carr, For Education: Toward Critical Educational Inquiry. Bristol, PA: Open University Press, 1995. *, Wilfred Carr

Annotation: Contrasts scientific and interpretive questions in educational inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions, 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

 

Grossman, Pamela L., and Susan S. Stodolsky, "Content as Context: The Role of School Subjects in Secondary School Teaching," Educational Researcher, 24 (November, 1995), 5-11; 23., Pamela L. Grossman and Susan S. Stodolsky

Annotation: Explores the relationship between schools and teacher organization and differences in subject matter structure, sequence, and flexibility across the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Boe, Erling E., and Sujie Shin, "Is the United States Really Losing the International Horse Race in Academic Achievement?" Phi Delta Kappan, 86(May, 2005), 688-695., Erling E. Boe and Sujie Shin

Annotation: Looks at data from six international comparison studies and organizes these data collectively and interprets these combined results.

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

 

Cady, Joan M., "The Progressive Legacy of Holism," Education and Culture, 11(Summer, 1995), 13-23.*, Joan M. Cady

Annotation: Reviews historically those curriculum conceptions that combine curriculum and instruction holisticly.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Ravitch, Diane, National Standards in American Education: A Citizen's Guide. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1995., Diane Ravitch

Annotation: Reviews the meaning, interests, issues, history, politics, and implications of the movement toward national curriculum standards.

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 Frameworks, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics, Local Control of Schooling

 

Waks, Leonard J., "Educational Objectives and Existential Heroes," pp. 15-29, "Curriculum as Engineering Design," pp. 31-35; "Curriculum Philosophy and Accountability," pp. 37-42 in Leonard J. Waks, Technology's School: The Challenge to Philosophy. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1995. *, Leonard J. Waks

Annotation: Critiques the doctrine of technical planning, evaluation, and behavioral specification and their relation to accountability

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

McLaren, Peter L., and James M. Giarelli, "Introduction: Critical Theory and Educational Research," pp. 1-22 in Peter L. McLaren and James M. Giarelli, eds., Critical Theory and Educational Research. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1995., Peter L. McLaren and James M. Giarelli

Annotation: Provides a summary of the character and current status of critical theory and educational research and gives an overview of 15 essays in the book that mark the controversies and cutting-edge studies of the current work in critical educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Cross, Beverly E., "Personal Theorizing through Action Research: Toward an Emerging Epistemology of Practical Curriculum Inquiry." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April, 1995.*, Beverly E. Cross

Annotation: Reports a qualitative study of teachers' personal theorizing on curriculum and related practices.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Wiess, Carol H., "The Four 'I's' of School Reform: How Interests, Ideology, Information, and Institutuion Affect Teachers and Principals," Harvard Educational Review, 65 (Winter, 1995), 571-592., Carol H. Wiess

Annotation: Reports the effect of the interaction of the four "i's" in shared decision-making in 12 public high schools and discusses the implications for school reform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

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

 

Morrow, Raymond Allan, and Carlos Alberto Torres, Social Theory and Education: A Critique of Theories of Social and Cultural Reproduction. Albany: SUNY Press, 1995., Raymond Allan Morrow and Carlos Alberto Torres

Annotation: Provides an overview of and critique of functionalist, structuralist, and critical perspectives on social and cultural reproduction theories pertinent to education and curriculum studies.

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

 

Barone, Tom, "Persuasive Writings, Vigilant Readings, and Reconstructed Characters: The Paradox of Trust in Educational Storytelling," pp. 63-74 in J. Amos Hatch and Roger Wisniewski, eds., Life History and Narrative. London: Falmer Press, 1995. Reprinted pp. 245-266 in Tom Barone, Aesthetics, Politics, and Educational Inquiry: Essays and Examples. New York: Peter Lang, 2000., Tom Barone

Annotation: Sets forth criteria for authoring emancipatory, artfully persuasive, educational stories; draws on Bakhtin's work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Vickers, Geoffrey, The Art of Judgment: A Study of Policy Making, Century Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995. Reprint of the Chapman & Hall 1965 book., Geoffrey Vickers

Annotation: Asserts features of policy-making as a regulatory function; Chapter 2, "Appreciation," highlights necessity of fully appreciating the dimensions of the problem before proposing solutions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Huebner, Dwayne, "Education and Spirituality," JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(No. 2, 1995), 13-38., Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Addresses the spiritual dimensions of curriculum theory in terms of goals, content, teaching, and evaluation (criticism).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
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, Content Selection and Organization

 

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

 

Yob, Iris M., "Spiritual Education: A Public School Dialogue with Religious Interpretations," Religious Education, 90 (Winter, 1995), 104-117.* Response by Susan Laird, "Spiritual Education in Public Schools?" pp. 118-132., Iris M. Yob

Annotation: Draws on Cully, Westerhoff & Eusedan, and Palmer to develop a proposal for a spirituality curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Phan, Peter C., "Multiculturalism, Church, and the University," Religious Education, 90(Winter, 1995), 8-29., Peter C. Phan

Annotation: Provides an analysis of cultural pluralism vs cultural unity and an analysis of Catholicity vs particularity as a basis for curriculum theory as applied to the University; has implications for cross-cultural education at any level of education.

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: Higher Education Curriculum, Multicultural Education, Religious & Private Schooling

 

Cross, Beverly E., "The Case for a Culturally Coherent Curriculum," pp. 71-86 in James A. Beane, ed., Toward a Coherent Curriculum. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1995., Beverly E. Cross

Annotation: Sets forth a view of attaining coherence through a culturally coherent curriculum; illustrates with an example from Malcollm X Academy in Milwaukee.

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

 

Macdonald, Bradley J., ed., Theory as a Prayerful Act: The Collected Essays of James B. Macdonald. New York: Peter Lang, 1995., Bradley J. Macdonald

Annotation: Collects 11 essays by James B. Macdonald in curriculum theory; contains bibliography of his writings; reviewed in JCT, Fall, 1999, p. 73.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum

 

Wong, E. David, "Challenges Confronting the Researcher/Teacher: Conflicts of Purpose and Conduct," Educational Researcher, 24(April, 1995), 22-28., E. David Wong

Annotation: Explains roles of teacher researchers in doing action research in relation to teaching.

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

 

Reese, William J., "Knowledge of the Most Worth," pp. 103-122 in William J. Reese, The Origins of the American High School. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995., William J. Reese

Annotation: Records the curriculum and textbooks of selected high schools from 1820-1880; additional related facts appear in a following chapter.

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, Textbooks, Secondary School Curriculum

 

Kincheloe, Joe L., "Schools Where Ronnie and Brandon Would Have Excelled: A Curriculum Theory of Academic and Vocational Integration," JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 11(Fall, 1995), 61-84. Reprinted pp. 346-363 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses: Twenty Years of JCT. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., Joe L. Kincheloe

Annotation: Argues for a critical postmodern integration of academic and vocational education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

Goodman, Jesse, "Change without Difference: School Restructuring in Historical Perspective," Harvard Educational Review, 65(Spring, 1995), 1-29. *, Jesse Goodman

Annotation: Argues that current third-wave school restructuring does not depart from the prevailing underlying values of schools: social functionalism, efficiency and productivity, individualism, and expertism; advocates instead reform based on alterntive values that the author articulates.

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

 

Gaskell, Jane, and John Willinsky, eds., Gender In/Forms Curriculum: From Enrichment to Transformation. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995., Jane Gaskell and John Willinsky

Annotation: Reviews ways in which gender is exhibited in curriculum and ways gender roles are learned in curriculum; by authors of 14 chapters on various subject areas in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Ideology and School Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The Tyler Rationale Revisited," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 27(January-February, 1995), 81-88.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Reviews his1970 criticisms of the Tyler rationale and comments on Hlebowitsh's 1992 article on the same subject.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Content Selection and Organization

 

Jalongo, Mary Renck, and Joan P. Isenberg, Teachers' Stories: From Personal Narrative to Professional Insight. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995., Mary Renck Jalongo and Joan P. Isenberg

Annotation: Presents excerpts from many teachers' narratives about their teaching and professional lives; stories are grouped by topic with some methodological guides for each; contains extensive references and samples of teachers' narratives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Knowledge

 

Glanz, Jeffrey, "Review of 'The Changing Curriculum' (1937)," Educational Studies, 26(Winter, 1995), 326-334., Jeffrey Glanz

Annotation: Traces the origin and activities of the Society for Curriculum Study (and their publication Curriculum Journal) and the Department of Supervisors and Directors of Instruction (and their publication Educational Method) from the 1920s through their joint publication in 1937 of The Changing Curriculum to their merger in 1943 becoming the Department of Supervision and Curriculum Development (in 1946-ASCD).

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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, Professionalization in Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Darling-Hammond, Linda, "Inequality and Access to Knowledge," pp. 465-483 in James Banks and Cherry A. Banks, eds., The Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. New York: Macmillan, 1995.*, Linda Darling-Hammond

Annotation: Reviews several factors related to decisions on curriculum differentiation and inequality of access to knowledge including funding inequality, unequal teaching quality, and rationing and tracking of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Differentiation, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Heap, James L., "The Status of Claims in 'Qualitative' Educational Research," Curriculum Inquiry, 25 (Fall, 1995), 271-292., James L. Heap

Annotation: Analyzes the differences between empirical, logic, and normative claims in quantitative and qualitative research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
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, Qualitative Research

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The 'Cardinal Principles' Report as Archaeological Deposit," Curriculum Studies, 3(October, 1995). Reprinted with editorial modifications, pp. 39-49 in Herbert M. Kliebard, Changing Course: American Curriculum Reform in the 20th Century. New York: Teachers College Press, 2002., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Contrasts the 1918 Cardinal Principles report with the 1893 Committee of Ten report; suggests revised interpretations of each report's consequences.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Kemmis, Stephen, "Theorizing Educational Practice," pp, 1-17 in Wilfred Carr, For Education: Towards Critical Educational Inquiry. Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1995., Stephen Kemmis

Annotation: Traces origins and uses of four views of the relation of theory and practice: as guide, as applied, as thought-and-action, and as mutually constituent of one another.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Kniep, Willard M., and Giselle O. Martin-Kniep, "Designing Schools and Curriculums for the 21st Century," pp. 87-100 in James A. Beane, ed., Toward a Coherent Curriculum. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1995., Willard M. Kniep and Giselle O. Martin-Kniep

Annotation: Presents the model for attaining coherence employed by two districts (Yonkers and District 146 Chicago).

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

 

Kaplan, Andrew, "Conversing About Character: New Foundations for General Education," Educational Theory, 45 (Summer, 1995), 359-378., Andrew Kaplan

Annotation: Makes the case for general education directed toward character development in undergraduate education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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: Liberal Education/General Education, Higher Education Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Character Education

 

Wells, Gordon, "Language and the Inquiry - Oriented Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 25 (Fall, 1995), 233-269., Gordon Wells

Annotation: Shows how pupils construct meaning in science through inquiry; discusses importance of discourse in inquiry-based learning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Science

 

Carlson, Dennis L., "Constructing the Margins: Of Multicultural Educaiton and Curriculum Settlements," Curriculum Inquiry, 25(Winter, 1995), 407-431.*, Dennis L. Carlson

Annotation: Builds the case for a reconstructed multicultural curriculum that overcomes current restricted version; a response follows in a succeeding article with the author giving a rejoiner in another article.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Ideology and School Knowledge, Multicultural Education, Values in the Classroom, Democratic Education

 

Teitelbaum, Kenneth, Schooling for 'Good Rebels': Socialism, American Education, and the Search for Radical Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995., Kenneth Teitelbaum

Annotation: Examines curriculum of Socialist Sunday schools of the early twentieth century.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Religious & Private Schooling

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Why History of Education?" The Journal of Educational Research, 88(March/April, 1995), 194-199.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Explains the limited use of historical inquiry in effecting contemporary policy and practice; asserts its role in reinterpreting old questions in the current setting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Criticism of Schooling, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Wagstaff, Juanita Garcia, "Site-Based Management, Shared Decision Making, and Science and Mathematics Education: A Tale of Two Districts," Theory into Practice, 34(Winter, 1995), 66-73.*, Juanita Garcia Wagstaff

Annotation: Evaluates the impact of site-based management and shared decision-making in two Texas school districts.

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

 

Gitlin, Andrew, and Frank Margouis, "The Political Aspects of Reform: Teacher Resistence as Good Sense," American Journal of Education, 103 (August, 1995), 377-405.*, Andrew Gitlin and Frank Margouis

Annotation: Reviews literature on change and school culture; reports a study of teacher resistence to change in one elementary school.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Teacher Knowledge

Citations from 1994

 

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

 

Musgrave, Peter W., "Curriculum: Sociological Perspectives," pp. 1343-1348 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Peter W. Musgrave

Annotation: Reviews developments in the sociology of knowledge and the theories of Mannheim, Bernstein, Bourdieu, Apple, and others.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Darling-Hammond, Linda, "National Standards and Assessments: Will They Improve Education?" American Journal of Education, 102(August, 1994), 478-510., Linda Darling-Hammond

Annotation: Argues against the use of national curriculum standards and national assessments related to them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum and Politics, Content Selection and Organization, Local Control of Schooling, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Greene, Maxine,"Epistmology and Educational Research: The Influence of Recent Approaches to Knowledge," pp. 423-464 in Linda Darling-Hammond, ed., Review of Research in Education, 20: 1994. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 1994., Maxine Greene

Annotation: Traces the evolution of epistemological bases for making knowledge claims from Plato to postmodern philosophers and the implications for contemporary educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools

 

Pinar, William F., Autobiography, Politics, and Sexuality: Essays in Curriculum Theory, 1972-1992. New York: Peter Lang, 1994., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Presents 15 essays written between 1972 and 1992 by the author which convey the meaning ofautobiography as curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience

 

Maykut, Pamela, and Richard Morehouse, Beginning Qualitative Research: A Philosophic and Practical Guide. Bristol, PA: Falmer Press, 1994., Pamela Maykut and Richard Morehouse

Annotation: Describes the various processes involved in conducting qualitative research.

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, Qualitative Research

 

Haberman, Martin, and Linda Post, "Multicultural Schooling: Developing a Curriculum for the Real World." Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Spring, 1994), 101-115., Martin Haberman and Linda Post

Annotation: Reviews several conceptions of multicultural programs and their implications for changing school curriculum; offers a model multicultural curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Multicultural Education

 

Goodson, Ivor F., with Christopher J. Anstead, "Behind the Schoolhouse Door: The Historical Study of Curriculum, " pp. 51-61; 127-129 in Ivor F. Goodson, ed., Studying Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994.*, Ivor F. Goodson and Christopher J. Anstead

Annotation: Presents the case for doing historical inquiry on actual school curriculum, delineates principles and processes for such inquiry, and offers a brief example.

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

 

Thigpen, Carol, "Meiklejohn and Maritain: Two Views on the End of Progressive Education,' Teachers College Record, 96(Fall, 1994), 87-101., Carol Thigpen

Annotation: Gives the views of Meiklejohn and Maritain on Dewey's philosophy of education and identifies the curriculum that corresponds to each of their views.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Alkin, Marvin C., "Curriculum Evaluation Models," pp. 1278-1283 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Marvin C. Alkin

Annotation: Reviews product and program models of curriculum evaluation and the methods, values, and uses associated with each model.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation, Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Little, Judith Warren, and Susan M. Threatt, "Work on the Margins: Compromises of Purpose and Content in Secondary Schools," Curriculum Inquiry, 24(Fall,1994), 269-292., Judith Warren Little and Susan M. Threatt

Annotation: Shows how vocational education in five California comprehensive high schools is compromised in purpose and content.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization

 

Elmore, Richard F., and Susan H. Fuhrman, "Education Professionals and Curriculum Governance," pp. 210-215 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., Richard F. Elmore and Susan H. Fuhrman

Annotation: Discusses the political realities of curriculum governance and gives practical advice to professionals engaged in governance.

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: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Elmore, Richard F., and Susan H. Fuhrman, eds., The Governance of Curriculum.. 1994 ASCD Yearbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1994., Richard F. Elmore and Susan H. Fuhrman

Annotation: Sums up changes in state and local policy making roles and processes in curriculum, reviews related research and reports of experience, and draws implications for action by education professionals.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Local Control of Schooling, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Rubin, Louis J., "Ralph W. Tyler: A Remembrance," Phi Delta Kappan, 75(June, 1994), 784-785; 789., Louis J. Rubin

Annotation: Gives a tribute to Ralph W. Tyler who died February 18, 1994, at age 91+.

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

 

Goodlad, John I., "Curriculum as a Field of Study," pp. 1262-1267 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, John I. Goodlad

Annotation: Identifies the scholars and trends that have contributed to the development of curriculum as a field of study.

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: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Walberg, Herbert J., Richard P. Niemiec, and Wayne C. Frederick, "Productive Curriculum Time," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Spring,1994), 86-100., Herbert J. Walberg, Richard P. Niemiec, and Wayne C. Frederick

Annotation: Reviews research on use of time and its effects on learning within the curriculum and the school day and year.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Time on Task

 

Behar, Linda S., and Paul S. George, "Teachers' Use of Curriculum Knowledge," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Spring, 1994), 48-69.*, Linda S. Behar and Paul S. George

Annotation: Reports a study of teachers', department heads', students', and parents' views of implementation of a high school Curriculum Differentiation Project (honors and regular programs).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Differentiation

 

Elmore, Richard F., and Susan H. Fuhrman, "Governing Curriculum: Changing Patterns in Policy, Politics, and Practice," pp. 1-10 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., Richard F. Elmore and Susan H. Fuhrman

Annotation: Gives overview of yearbook topics such as national curriculum and local control, curriculum politics, spanning institutional boundaries, and working toward curriculum reform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

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

 

Nieto, Sonia, "Lessons from Students on Creating a Chance to Dream," Harvard Educational Review, 64(Winter, 1994), 392-426., Sonia Nieto

Annotation: Reports interviews with students of diverse backgrounds about their reactions to curriculum, pedagogy, and related topics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction

 

Beyer, Landon E., "The Curriculum, Social Context, and 'Political Correctness'," Journal of General Education, 43(No. 1, 1994), 1-31.*, Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Argues against the contemporary conservative views of curriculum in higher education that accept a singular view of truth, reality, or certainty; critiques those views in terms of philosophical and contextual criteria.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Liberal Education/General Education, Higher Education Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Multicultural Education, Knowledge Generation

 

Boostrom, Robert, "A Curriculum of Caring," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 26(January-February, 1994), 97-114., Robert Boostrom

Annotation: Reviews 3 books by Nel Noddings on caring and the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization

 

Burnaford, Gail, James Beane, and Barbara Brodhagen, "Teacher Action Research: Inside an Interpretive Curriculum," Middle School Journal, 26(November, 1994), 5-13.*, Gail Burnaford, James Beane, and Barbara Brodhagen

Annotation: Describes action research done by teachers where action research is viewed as curriculum, not something being done to curriculum, along with assumptions and examples.

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, Teacher Research, Curriculum Integration

 

O'Donaghue, Thomas A., "The Impact of Restructuring on Teachers' Understandings of their Curriculum Work: A Case Study," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 10(Fall,1994), 21-42., Thomas A. O'Donaghue

Annotation: Reports a study of Australian teachers' reactions to curriculum and school restructuring.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Planning

 

Watt, John, "Schooling and Comprehensive Understanding," pp. 151-165, and "Mores, Myths, and Moralities," pp. 166-184 in his Ideology, Objectivity, and Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994., John Watt

Annotation: Proposes curriculum based on the concept of comprehensive understanding (not on ideology or constructivism) and the concept of evaluative pluralism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum

 

Fullan, Michael G. "Coordinating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Strategies for Educational Reform," in Ronald J. Anson, ed., Systemic Reform: Perspectives on Personalizing Education. Washington, DC: OERI, USDE, September, 1994.*, Michael G. Fullan

Annotation: Discusses top-down and bottom-up strategies of change and the need to coordinate the two.

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

 

Fuhrman, Susan H., and Richard F. Elmore, "Governors and Educational Policy in the 1990s," pp. 56-74 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., Susan H. Fuhrman and Richard F. Elmore

Annotation: Traces the emergence of the role of state governors in education policy formation since the 1970s.

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 and Politics, Curriculum History

 

Braithwaite, R. J., "Governance of Curriculum in Australia, 1981-1991," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 26(September-October, 1994), 541-552., R. J. Braithwaite

Annotation: Describes changes in policy and governance of education in Australia from 1981-1991.

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

 

Gaffield, Chad, "Children's Lives and A adcemic Achievement in Canada and the United States," Comparative Education Review, 38(February, 1994), 36-64., Chad Gaffield

Annotation: Analyzes social and cultural factors affecting achievement on the IAEP, 1991.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum as Experience, Student Assessment

 

Behar, Linda S., and Allan Ornstein, "Domains of Curriculum Knowledge: An Empirical Analysis," The High School Journal, 77(April-May, 1994), 322-329.*, Linda S. Behar and Allan Ornstein

Annotation: Identifies nine domains (encompassing 55 curriculum practices) of curriculum knowledge and work that should be possessed by general curriuculum specialists as seen by teachers in Illinois and Florida.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Teacher Knowledge

 

Reid, William A., Curriculum Planning as Deliberation. Oslo: Universitetet I. Oslo, 1994., William A. Reid

Annotation: Explains the logic of the deliberative model of curriculum problem resolution and the institutional and moral character of curriculum deliberation.

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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Smith, Marshall S., Susan H. Fuhrman, and Jennifer O'Day, "National Curriculum Standards: Are They Desirable and Feasible?" pp. 12-29 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., Marshall S. Smith, Susan H. Fuhrman, and Jennifer O'Day

Annotation: Defines five kinds of national curriculum standards, weighs their pros and cons, and discusses their feasibility.

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: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Local Control of Schooling

 

Brunner, Diane DuBose, Inquiry and Reflection: Framing Narrative Practice in Education. Albany: SUNY Press, 1994., Diane DuBose Brunner

Annotation: Combines a narrative method and a critical perspective in illustrating stories of schooling, teaching, etc.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling

 

Gundem, Bjorg B., "History of Curriculum", pp. 1301-1308 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Bjorg B. Gundem

Annotation: Reviews the scope, subject matter, and value of historical inquiry in curriculum; history of curriculum theories, of curriculum codes, of school subjects, of curriculum reform and practice.

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: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History, School Subjects

 

Skilbeck, Malcolm, "Curriculum Renewal," pp. 1338-1343 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Malcolm Skilbeck

Annotation: Surveys curriculum renewal strategies, pace, directions of change, the frameworks and targets approaches to change, and future challenges in a cross-national review.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Westbury, Ian, "Deliberation and the Improvement of Schooling," pp. 37-65 in J. T. Dillon, ed., Deliberation in Education and Society. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1994.*, Ian Westbury

Annotation: Presents the arguments for and against the use of deliberation in school-based decision-making and curriculum improvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Wraga, William G., "Performance Assessment: A Golden Opportunity to Improve the Future," NASSP Bulletin, 78(September, 1994), 71-79., William G. Wraga

Annotation: Draws lessons from the past for improving performance assessment of students.

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

 

Mulder, Martin, "Deliberation in Curriculum Conferences," pp. 157-209 in J. T. Dillon, ed., Deliberation in Education and Society. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1994., Martin Mulder

Annotation: Describes method of deliberation in curriculum conferences developed by Frey in Germany and reports on content and process of three case studies of curriculum conferences.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

 

McDonnell, Lorraine M., Policymakers' Views of Student Assessment. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 1994., Lorraine M. McDonnell

Annotation: Reports a CRESST/OERI study of views of state and national policy makers and other stakeholders on expectations of assessment policies, technical constraints, costs, and political effects of content and delivery standards.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Evaluation of Instruction, Student Assessment

 

Hargreaves, Andy, Changing Teachers, Changing TImes: Teacher's Work and Culture in the Postmodern Age. New York: Teachers College Press, 1994., Andy Hargreaves

Annotation: Presents essays on teacher change, time, work, and culture, and their implications for school leaders.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling, Teacher Planning, Classroom Observation & Research

 

Atkins, Elaine, "Deliberations of College Faculty," pp. 101-155 in J. T. Dillon, ed., Deliberation in Education and Society. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1994., Elaine Atkins

Annotation: Presents descriptions and transcripts of curriculum deliberations by four faculty members and analyzes their conceptions of curriculum as revealed in their deliberations.

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

 

Wirth, Arthur, "A Reconstituted General Education: The Integration of the Vocational and the Liberal," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 26(November-December, 1994), 593-600., Arthur Wirth

Annotation: Traces historical background of the attempt to integrate vocational and liberal education in the US.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Vocational vs. Liberal Education

 

Fuhrman, Susan H., "Legislatures and Educational Policy," pp. 30-55 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., Susan H. Fuhrman

Annotation: Assesses the accomplishments of state legislatures and suggest future challenges.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Foshay, Arthur W., "Action Research: An Early History in the United States," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 9(Summer, 1994), 317-325. A version of this article also appears in pp. 73=80, Lynn M. Burlbaw and Sherry L. Field, eds., Explorations in Curriculum History. Greenwich,CT: Information Age Publishing, 2005., Arthur W. Foshay

Annotation: Reports work initiated in the 1940s and 1950s in cooperative action research and draws lessons from that era for today.

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, Curriculum History

 

Ornstein, Allan C., "The Textbook-Driven Curriculum," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Spring, 1994), 70-85., Allan C. Ornstein

Annotation: Summarizes characteristics of textbooks and mentions some related 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: Textbooks, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

White, John, "Curriculum: Philosophical Perspectives," pp. 1325-1328 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, John White

Annotation: Reviews Hirsh's forms of knowledge and other contributions of philosophy to curriculum development.

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, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Behar, Linda S., "An Empirical Analysis of Curriculum Domains: Implications for Program Development and Evaluation," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Summer, 1994), 100-112., Linda S. Behar

Annotation: Reports an empirical study of 9 curriculum domains and 55 related curriculum practices and their importance as identified by rural and urban teachers. Related report in The High School Journal, April-May, 1994.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge

 

Posner, George, "Curriculum Planning Models," pp. 1328-1334 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, George Posner

Annotation: Analyzes curriculum planning models as to procedural, descriptive, and conceptual features and illustrates each with examples.

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: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Wasserman, Stanley, and Katherine Faust, Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994., Stanley Wasserman and Katherine Faust

Annotation: Provides detailed methods of conducting, representing, interpreting, and evaluating social network analyses; includes graphic, sociometric, and algebraic approaches with their technical requirements; examples of studies using these methods are given.

Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Organization Theory

 

Klein, M. Frances, "The Toll for Curriculum Reform," Peabody Journal of Education, 69(Spring, 1994), 19-34.*, M. Frances Klein

Annotation: Reviews various forms of curriculum designs and their rationales and advocates further work on alternative designs.

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

 

Pratt, David and Edmund C. Short, "Curriculum Management," pp. 1320-1325 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, David Pratt and Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Covers curriculum development processes of needs assessment, planning of all elements of curriculum, structuring of the elements, installation, maintenance, and research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Lewy, Arieh, and Miriam Ben-Peretz, "Curriculum-Specific Evaluation Criteria," pp. 1359-1366 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Arieh Lewy and Miriam Ben-Peretz

Annotation: Reviews criteria for curriculum evaluation (balance, relevance, potential).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Potential, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Deno, S.L., and C.A. Espin, "Curriculum-based Assessment," pp. 1355-1359 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, S.L. Deno and C.A. Espin

Annotation: Discusses curriculum-based assessment versus norm-referenced standardized testing.

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

 

Clandinin, D. Jean, and F. Michael Connelly, "Forms of Curriculum Inquiry", pp. 1316-1320 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly

Annotation: Reviews alternative categorization schemes for forms of curriculum inquiry and summarizes one based on Joseph Schwab -- analytic, portrait, intentional, structure-function, societal, narrative, applied and developmental, and mixed.

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

 

Hansen, David T., et al.,"Curriculum History: National Profiles," pp. 1288-1301 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, David T. Hansen

Annotation: Reveiws curriculum history in Germany, China, United Kingdom, and United States.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Sabar, Naama, "Curriculum Development at School Level," pp. 1267-1272 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., The International Encyclopedia of Education, 2d ed. New York: Pergamon, 1994.*, Naama Sabar

Annotation: Describes the nature and characteristics of school level curriculum development and identifies its advantages and disadvantages.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Calhoun, Emily F., How to Use Action Research in the Self-Reviewing School. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1994., Emily F. Calhoun

Annotation: Describes the five phases of the action research process for school-wide improvement.

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

 

Dillon, J. T., "The Questions of Deliberation," pp. 3-24 in J. T. Dillon, ed., Deliberation in Education and Society. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1994*, J. T. Dillon

Annotation: Defines deliberation, what it's about, who does it, when and where it is done, how it goes, and why do it.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Richardson, Virginia, "Conducting Research on Practice," Educational Researcher, 23(June-July, 1994), 5-10., Virginia Richardson

Annotation: Contrasts formal inquiry with practical inquiry in the context of research on teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Moustakas, Clark, Phenomenological Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1994., Clark Moustakas

Annotation: Explains transcendental phenomenology and its inquiry methods as one of several phenomenological methods.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation