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Citations from 1993

 

Maloney, Carmel, "Implementing Curriculum: A Case Study," Curriculum Perspectives, 13(September, 1993), 23-32., Carmel Maloney

Annotation: Surveys 12 teachers in three Australian primary schools on their experience of innovation using CBAM.

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

 

Doll, William E., Jr., A Post-Modern Perspective on Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993., William E. Doll Jr.

Annotation: Emphasizes a postmodern view of curriculum arising out of a new cosmology of uncertainity; structured non-linearly around richness, recursion, relations, and rigor.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum as Experience

 

Miller, Janet L., "Constructions of Curriculum and Gender," pp. 43-63 in Sari Knopp Biklen and Dianne Pollard, eds., Gender and Education, 92nd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Provides an autobiographical female perspective on curriculum content and gender concerns.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Hidden Curriculum

 

Fullan, Michael, Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform. London: Falmer Press, 1993., Michael Fullan

Annotation: Summarizes research related to change in education and teacher education.

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

 

Tyree, Alexander K., Jr., "Examining the Evidence: Have States Reduced Local Control of Curriculum?" Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 15(Spring, 1993), 34-50.*, Alexander K. Tyree Jr.

Annotation: Analyzes four states' curriculum policies (in New York, California, Texas, Florida) on four qualities: consistency, prescriptiveness, authority, and power.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

Angus, David L., and Jeffrey E. Mirel, "Equality, Curriculum, and the Decline of the Academic Ideal: Detroit, 1930-68," History of Education Quarterly, 33(Summer, 1993),177-207., David L. Angus and Jeffrey E. Mirel

Annotation: Reports the distribution of courses in various academic and non-academic subjects in Detroit from 1930-1968 and notes the decline of the former.

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: School Subjects, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Enrollment Changes-Implications

 

Cherryholmes, Cleo H., "Reading Research," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(January-February, 1993), 1-32.*, Cleo H. Cherryholmes

Annotation: Demonstrates a feminist, a critical, and a deconstructionist reading of a research study on comprehension of texts; calls for a pragmatic approach.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Hermeneutic Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Knowledge Utilization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Discourse Analysis

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "Forms of Understanding and the Future of Educational Research," Educational Researcher, 22(October, 1993), 5-11.*, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Describes how concepts are formed out of experience of the qualitative environment and suggests use of multiple forms of inquiry in educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Apple, Michael W., "The Politics of Official Knowledge: Does a National Curriculum Make Sense? Teachers College Record, 95(Winter, l993), 222-241; reprinted pp. 22-41 in Michael W. Apple, Cultural Politics and Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1996.*, Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Argues against conservative perspective on a national curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: 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: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum and Politics, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

McKernan, Jim, "Varieties of Curriculum Action Research: Constraints and Typologies in American, British, and Irish Projects," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(September-October, 1993), 445-457., Jim McKernan

Annotation: Reports on studies of constraints on action research efforts, their benefits, and who action researchers read.

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, Comparative Curriculum

 

Riessman, Catherine Kohler, Narrative Analysis. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993.*, Catherine Kohler Riessman

Annotation: Describes and illustrates five levels of narrative representation in sociological research.

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

 

Doll, William E., Jr., "The Four R's--An Alternate to the Tyler Rationale," pp. 174-183 in A Post-Modern Perspective on Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993., William E. Doll Jr.

Annotation: Presents a set of criteria for curriculum designed to foster a post-modern view; contrasts these criteria with those imbedded in the Tyler Rationale; further comments on this last topic appear on pp. 30-31 and pp. 52-55 in this volume.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Alternatives in Education, Conceptions of Teaching, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Fullan, Michael G., and Matthew B. Miles, "Getting Reform Right: What Works and What Doesn't," Phi Delta Kappan, 73 (June, 1993), 745-752., Michael G. Fullan and Matthew B. Miles

Annotation: Gives 7 reasons why reform fails and 7 propositions for success.

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

 

Scharta, Michael, ed., Qualitative Voices in Educational Research. Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1993., Michael Scharta

Annotation: Gives examples of qualitative research studies in education where "voice" is highlighted.

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, Qualitative Research

 

Cochran-Smith, Marilyn, and Susan L. Lytle, Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993., Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Susan L. Lytle

Annotation: Gives background of various processes by which teacher research is conducted and provides numerous examples of journals, oral inquiries, classroom and school studies, and essays.

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

 

Howe, Kenneth R., and Katharine Cutts Dougherty, "Ethics, Institutional Review Boards, and the Changing Faces of Educational Research," Educational Researcher, 22(December, 1993), 16-21., Kenneth R. Howe and Katharine Cutts Dougherty

Annotation: Explores the ethical issues that qualitative research presents to oversight boards in reviewing educational research and student research practica.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, 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: Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Qualitative Research

 

Stewart, William J., "Facilitating Holistic Curriculum Planning in Schools," The Clearing House, 67(November-December,1993), 112-115., William J. Stewart

Annotation: Describes and illustrates a holistic curriculum development strategy that is comprehensive, cooperative, coordinated, and continuous.

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: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

St. Maurice, Henry, "Two Rhetorics of Cynicism in Curriculum Deliberation, or Two Riders in a Barren Landscape," Educational Theory, 43(Spring, 1993), 147-159., Maurice Henry St.

Annotation: Traces the history of two forms of cynicism and illustrates them with educational examples in historical and contemporary curriculum deliberation.

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 Deliberation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Reid, William A., "Does Schwab Improve on Tyler? A Response to Jackson," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 25(November-December, l993), 499-510.*, William A. Reid

Annotation: Critiques Phil Jackson's interpretation of Schwab's contributions to curriculum theory in connection with the Tyler Rationale.

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

 

Flinders, David J., and Geoffrey E. Mills, eds., Theory and Concepts in Qualitative Research: Perspectives from the Field. New York: Teachers College Press, 1993., David J. Flinders and Geoffrey E. Mills

Annotation: Questions and demonstrates the role of normative theory and concepts in 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: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Martinello, Marian L., and Gillian E. Cook, "Interdisciplinary Qualities of Inquiry," The Educational Forum, 58(Fall, 1993), 36-47.*, Marian L. Martinello and Gillian E. Cook

Annotation: Examines the modes of inquiry in the literary arts, the fine and performing arts, mathematics, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities; also examines the influences on and products of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Integration

Citations from 1992

 

Schubert, William H., "On Mentoring: Examples from J. Harlan Shores and Others through the Lenses Provided by James B. Macdonald," JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 9(Spring, 1992), 47-69.*, William H. Schubert

Annotation: Gives a personal account of the mentor-mentee relationship between a curriculum theorist and the author.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process

 

Howe, Kenneth R., "Getting Over the Quantitative Qualitative Debate," American Journal of Education, 100(February, 1992), 236-256.*, Kenneth R. Howe

Annotation: Describes a critical social research model applicable to educational research which overcomes the split between quantitative and qualitative methods.

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

 

Leming, James S., "The Influence of Contemporary Issues Curricula on School-Aged Youth," pp. 111-161 in. Gerald Grant, ed., Review of Research in Education, 18: 1992. Washington, D.C.: American Educational Research Association, 1992., James S. Leming

Annotation: Reviews research on curricula on sex education, drug education, suicide prevention, death education, social prejuidice, sex role stereotypes, global education, environmental education, and peace education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Values in the Classroom

 

Sardo-Brown, Deborah, "Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Action Research," Action in Teacher Education, 14(Summer, 1992), 55-59., Deborah Sardo-Brown

Annotation: Describes action research studies of nine elementary teachers and these teachers' perceptions of the classroom research process.

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, Classroom Observation & Research, Teacher Research

 

Giroux, Henry, "Cultural Studies, Resisting Difference, and the Return of Critical Pedagogy," pp. 161-179 in Henry Giroux, Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education. New York: Routledge, 1992. 2nd ed., 2005., Henry Giroux

Annotation: Suggests that cultural studies offers a new discourse for addressing difference, pedagogy, and public life.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Democratic Education

 

Ayers, William, "The Shifting Ground of Curriculum Thought and Everyday Practice," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 259-263., William Ayers

Annotation: Describes changes in Chicago city schools that empowers participants in policy and practice.

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

 

Bogdan, Robert C., and Sari Knopp Biklen, Qualitative Reseach for Education: An Introduction to Theory and Methods, 2d Ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1992., Robert C. Bogdan and Sari Knopp Biklen

Annotation: Outlines practical approaches to conducting qualitative research studies in education from designing studies to writing them up.

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, Qualitative Research

 

Eisner, Elliot, "Objectivity in Educational Research," Curriculum Inquiry, 22(Spring, 1992), 9-15., Elliot Eisner

Annotation: Describes issues surrounding objectivity in educational research; one of four related articles.

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Lee, Diane, and Louise M. Berman, "Ill-Structured Problems: Reconsidering Teenage Sexuality," pp. 284 -300 in James T. Sears, ed., Sexuality and the Curriculum . New York: Teachers College Press, 1992.*, Diane Lee and Louise M. Berman

Annotation: Draws together a curriculum proposal for teaching sexuality issues to teen-agers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

Bidwell, Charles E., and Robert Dreeben, "School Organization and Curriculum," pp. 345-362 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, l992., Charles E. Bidwell and Robert Dreeben

Annotation: Examines the relationship between school organization and curriculum in the U. S. from colonial times to the present.

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

 

Lincoln, Yvonna S., "Curriculum Studies and the Traditions of Inquiry: The Humanistic Tradition," pp. 79-97 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Yvonna S. Lincoln

Annotation: Reviews historical (traditional, reconceptualist), political, aesthetic, critical, phenomenologist, and feminist traditions of curriculum inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Davis, O. L., Jr., "Curriculum Professors' Curriculum Work, or, Can We Expand our Practice While We Teach?" Teaching Education, 4(Spring, 1992), 43-49., O. L. Davis Jr.

Annotation: Advises curriculum professors to be active in curriculum policy matters as well as to engage in academic duties.

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 Professors, Professionalization in Curriculum, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Schon, Donald A., "The Theory of Inquiry: Dewey's Legacy to Education, Curriculum Inquiry, 22(Summer, 1992), 119-139., Donald A. Schon

Annotation: Illustrates reflection-in-action as transactional inquiry and offers an epistemology of design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Cuban, Larry, "Managing Dilemmas While Building Professional Communities," Educational Researcher, 21(January-February, 1992), 4-11.*, Larry Cuban

Annotation: Makes the case for dilemma / value-oriented inquiry in education.

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

 

Molnar, Alex, "Contemporary Curriculum Discourse: Too Much Ado about Too Much Nothing," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 198-203., Alex Molnar

Annotation: Reviews discourse on curriculum over the last 20 years including critical issues such as corporate involvement in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Discourse Analysis, Curriculum and Politics, Criticism of Schooling

 

Montero-Sieburth, Martha, "Models and Practice of Curriculum Change in Developing Countries," Comparative Education Review, 36(May, 1992), 175-193., Martha Montero-Sieburth

Annotation: Summarizes studies on curriculum change in developing countries and teachers' roles in the process.

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

 

Goodman, Jesse, "Towards a Discourse of Imagery: Critical Curriculum Theorizing," The Educational Forum, 56(Spring, 1992), 269-289.*, Jesse Goodman

Annotation: Contrasts discourse of criticism, discourse of possibility, and discourse of critical imagery and argues that advantage of critical imagery.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Graham, Robert J., "Currere and Reconceptualism: The Progress of the Pilgrimage 1975-1990," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 24(January-February, 1992), 27-42.*, Robert J. Graham

Annotation: Reviews the work done by the reconceptualists in curriculum over a 15 year period.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum History, Knowledge Generation

 

Kamens, David H., and Yun-Kyung Cha, "The Legitimation of New Subjects in Mass Schooling: 19th-Century Origins and 20th-Century Diffusion of Art and Physical Education," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 24(January-February, 1992), 43-60., David H. Kamens and Yun-Kyung Cha

Annotation: Reviews the history of art and physical education in the curriculum around the world.

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, School Subjects, Art Education, Physical Education

 

Petrie, Hugh G., "Interdisciplinary Education: Are We Faced With Insurmountable Opportunities," pp. 299-333 in. Gerald Grant, ed., Review of Research in Education , 18: 1992. Washington, D.C. : American Educational Research Association, 1992., Hugh G. Petrie

Annotation: Analyzes differences between disciplines, interdiciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, and transdiciplinarity.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Smith, John K., "Interpretive Inquiry: A Practical and Moral Activity," Theory into Practice, 31(Spring, 1992), 100-106., John K. Smith

Annotation: Describes goals and procedures involved in doing interpretive forms of inquiry.

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

 

Klein, Susan S., "A Framework for Redesigning an R & D-based National Education Dissemination System in the United States," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 13(March, 1992), 256-286., Susan S. Klein

Annotation: Poses a set of components which a redesigned system would have to embrace.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Knowledge Linkage

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Curriculum History," pp. 264-267 in Marvin C. Alkin, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th ed. New YorK: Macmillan, 1992.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Reviews the reinterpretations of early twentieth century curriculum reforms by studies done in the last twenty-five years; also reviews recent historical case studies of school system curricula and the recent attention given to how subjects arose and changed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History

 

McFadden Charles P., "Author-Publisher-Educator Relationships and Curriculum Reform," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 24(January-February, 1992), 71-87., Charles P. McFadden

Annotation: Gives case studies and recommendations on relationships between writers and publishers in a science curriculum project in New Brunswick.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Textbooks, Comparative Curriculum, Science, Professionalization in Curriculum, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Brown, Ann L., "Design Experiments: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges in Creating Complex Interventions in Classroom Settings," Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2(No. 2, 1992), 141-178., Ann L. Brown

Annotation: Lays out a conception of design experiments in the context of mathematics classroom learning, illustrates that in her own research, and outlines issues requiring attention.

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

 

Maxwell, Joseph A., "Understanding and Validity in Qualitative Research," Harvard Educational Review, 62(Fall, 1992), 279-300., Joseph A. Maxwell

Annotation: Presents five types of validity (descriptive, interpetive, theoretical, generalizability, and evaluative) and their implications for all kinds of inquiry.

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

McEwin, C. Kenneth, "William M. Alexander: Father of the American Middle School," Middle School Journal, 23(May 1992): 32-38.*, C. Kenneth McEwin

Annotation: Recounts the contributions of William Alexander to the middle school concept.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Middle School Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

McNeil, John D., "Curriculum Organization," pp. 273-279 in Marvin C. Alkin, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th ed. New York: Macmillan, 1992.*, John D. McNeil

Annotation: Reviews four patterns of curriculum organization--academic, social reconstruction, humanistic, and technological-- and summarizes recent research related to each pattern.

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: Content Selection and Organization

 

Fillmore, Lily Wong, and Lois M. Meyer, "The Curriculum and Linguistic Minorities," pp. 626-658 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, l992., Lily Wong Fillmore and Lois M. Meyer

Annotation: Defines the issues, the various adaptations used, and the research needed in educating students of linguistic minorities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, 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: Multiethnic Adaptation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Okshersky, Walter C., "Epistemological and Hermeneutic Conceptions of the Nature of Understanding: The Cases of Paul H. Hirst and Martin Heidegger," Educational Theory, 42(Winter, 1992), 5-23.*, Walter C. Okshersky

Annotation: Critiques Hirst's forms of knowledge in light of Heidegger's conception of "understanding."

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Practical Knowledge

 

Gehrke, Nathalie, Michael S. Knapp, and Kenneth A. Sirotnik, "In Search of the School Curriculum," pp. 51-110. Gerald Grant, ed., Review of Research in Education, 18: 1992 Washington, D.C. : American Educational Research Association, 1992., Nathalie Gehrke, Michael S. Knapp, and Kenneth A. Sirotnik

Annotation: Reviews research on what is taught in the U.S. in language arts, social studies, math and science.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science

 

Bereiter, Carl, and Marlene Scardamalia, "Cognition and Curriculum," pp. 517-542 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, l992., Carl Bereiter and Marlene Scardamalia

Annotation: Reviews the recent research in cognitive science for planning instruction and curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Teacher Planning, Content Selection and Organization, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Curry, Lynn, Bruce Fried, and Ron McQueen, "Preparing for Accreditation: An Opportunity for Faculty Development and Curriculum Renewal," Journal of Health Administration Education, 10(Summer, 1992), 491-507.*, Lynn Curry, Bruce Fried, and Ron McQueen

Annotation: Gives a case study of the use of deliberative curriculum inquiry in an accreditation process for a health service administration program at the University of Toronto; comments on use at two other Canadian universities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Beane, James A., "Creating an Integrated Curriculum: Making the Connections," NASSP Bulletin, 76(November, 1992), 46-54., James A. Beane

Annotation: Clarifies terminology related to integrative models of curriculum organization and their use.

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 Integration

 

Noffke, Susan E., "The Work and Workplace of Teachers in Action Research," Teaching and Teacher Education, 8(February, 1992), 15-29.* Another version appears as "Action Research and the Work of Teachers," pp. 1-21 in Renee Clift and Carolyn Evertson, eds., Focal Points: Qualitative Inquiries into Teaching and Teacher Education. Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, l992. ED 350 304., Susan E. Noffke

Annotation: Relates the views of action research of the Horace Mann-Lincoln Institute, Stephen Corey, Hilda Taba, Abraham Shumsky, Lawrence Stenhouse, The Ford Teaching Project, The Interactive R & D Projects, and the Deakin University Action Research work.

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

 

Carson, Terrance, "Questioning Curriculum Implementation: Scenes from a Conversation," JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 9(Spring,1992), 71-96., Terrance Carson

Annotation: Illustrates conversation as a mode of research on the topic of curriculum implementation.

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

 

Marshall, J. Dan, Richard C. Streedan, and Paul W. Zavagno, "Curriculum Theorizing: Stories from the Ground Up," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 264-269., J. Dan Marshall, Richard C. Streedan, and Paul W. Zavagno

Annotation: Gives a conversation between teacher, principal, and professor about curriculum as voice and inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Wolcott, Harry F., "Posturing in Qualitative Inquiry," pp. 3-52 in Margaret D. LeCompte, Wendy L. Millroy, and Judith Preissle, eds., The Handbook of Qualitative Research in Education. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1992.*, Harry F. Wolcott

Annotation: Reviews types of qualitative inquiry and the several strategies employed in it, sketches the branches in the tree of qualitative inquiry, and distinguishes among the many varieties of end products (table 1).

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, Qualitative Research

 

Jackson, Philip W. , "Conceptions of Curriculum and Curriculum Specialists," pp. 3-40 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992.*, Philip W. Jackson

Annotation: Reviews in depth the issues involved in variations among conceptions of both curriculum and the work of curriculum specialists; takes up definitional issues, perpectival issues, and professional issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Professionalization in Curriculum, Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Barone, Thomas E., "On the Demise of Subjectivity in Educational Inquiry," Curriculum Inquiry, 22(Spring, 1992), 25-38. Reprinted pp. 161-178 in Tom Barone, Aesthetics, Politics, and Educational Inquiry: Essays and Examples. New York: Peter Lang, 2000., Thomas E. Barone

Annotation: Describes issues surrounding subjectivity in educational research; one of four related articles.

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

Walker, Decker F., "Methodological Issues in Curriculum Research," pp. 98-118 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Decker F. Walker

Annotation: Reviews writings on scientific and qualitative research methods in general and in curriculum, and proposes a method of formative curriculum research appropriate to use with practical curriculum problems.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Cuban, Larry, "Curriculum Stability and Change," pp. 216-247 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, l992., Larry Cuban

Annotation: Summarizes both political and organizational frameworks used to describe and explain curriculum change and stability over time; presents both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Sears, James T., "The Second Wave of Curriculum Theorizing: Labyrinths, Orthodoxies, and Other Legacies of the Glass Bead Game," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 210-218., James T. Sears

Annotation: Reviews reconceptualist curriculum theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Eisner, Elliot, "Introduction to Special Section on Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Relativism," Curriculum Inquiry, 22(Spring, 1992), 5-7., Elliot Eisner

Annotation: Describes the issues surrounding the concepts of objectivity, subjectivity, and relativism in various forms of educational research; introduces four articles.

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Schrag, Francis, "In Defense of Positivist Research Paradigms," Educational Resercher, 21 ( June-July, 1992), 5-8., Francis Schrag

Annotation: Defends the use of empirical comparisons between policies and practices during educational trials.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Clandinin, D. Jean, and F. Michael Connelly, "Teachers as Curriculum Makers,' pp. 363-401 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, l992., D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly

Annotation: Reviews the literature on teachers as curriculum makers of two types--as conduits for externally prepared curricula and as their own curriculum makers (whose stories tell us what is involved).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Planning, Materials Development and Evaluation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Research

 

Oakes, Jeannie, Adam Gamoran, and Reba N. Page, "Curriculum Differentiation: Opportunities, Outcomes, and Meanings," pp. 570-608 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Jeannie Oakes, Adam Gamoran, and Reba N. Page

Annotation: Describes how differentiation is accomplished, its historical and contemporary consequences, issues unresolved, and directions for research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Content Selection and Organization

 

Gallagher, Shaun. Hermeneutics and Education. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1992., Shaun Gallagher

Annotation: Introduces educators to hermeneutic inquiry and shows the relation of conservative, critical, and radical hermeneutics to education.

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

 

Henderson, James G., "Curriculum Discourse and the Question of Empowerment," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 204-209., James G. Henderson

Annotation: Critiques the role of ideology in curriculum with particular attention to teacher empowerment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
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

 

Zaharlick, Amy, "Ethnography in Anthropology and Its Value for Education," Theory into Practice, 31(Spring, 1992), 116-125., Amy Zaharlick

Annotation: Describes the goals and procedures for doing ethnographic inquiry in anthropology and discusses its use 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

 

Noddings, Nel, The Challenge to Care in Schools: An Alternative Approach to Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 1992., Nel Noddings

Annotation: Projects a curriculum for all students around caring for self, with family and friends, with distant others, for animals and plants of the earth, for the man-made world, and for ideas.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Erickson, Frederick, and Jeffrey Shultz, "Student's Experience of the Curriculum," pp. 465-487 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Frederick Erickson and Jeffrey Shultz

Annotation: Discusses student experience of the curriculum as a conceptual and research problem; cites studies of manifest and implicit curriculum; poses future research agendas and methodological issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience

 

Walker, Decker, "Curriculum Policymaking," pp. 280-286 in Marvin C. Alkin, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th ed. New York: Macmillan,1992.*, Decker Walker

Annotation: Summarizes the state of curriculum policy making in the U. S. from 1958 to 1991; notes both national and state processes at work as well as the effects.

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

 

Connelly, F. Michael, and D. Jean Clandinin, "Curriculum Theory," pp. 287-292 in Marvin C. Alkin, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th ed. New York: Macmillan, 1992.*, F. Michael Connelly and D. Jean Clandinin

Annotation: Summarizes the use of "curriculum" and "curriculum theory" in the literature of the field; analyzes and illustrates six approaches to curriculum research; and describes applied and developmental research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Development as Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Reid, William A., The Pursuit of Curriculum: Schooling in the Public Interest. Norwood , NJ: Ablex, 1992. Second edition, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2006., William A. Reid

Annotation: Conceptualizes curriculum as a public institution and as a moral practice requiring the use of deliberation and participation of the five commonplaces identified by Schwab.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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

 

Sockett, Hugh, "The Moral Aspects of the Curriculum," pp. 543-569 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Hugh Sockett

Annotation: Traces the role and forms of moral education in the curriculum and reviews issues such as character education, gender identity, family life, teaching process,and curriculum subjects.

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: Character Education, Values in the Classroom, Content Selection and Organization

 

English, Fenwick W., and Betty E. Steffy, "Promise and Problems of the Curriculum Audit," Education, 113(Winter, 1992), 168-171., Fenwick W. English and Betty E. Steffy

Annotation: Describes the methods and value of conducting a curriculum audit of standards and the reality; also discusses issues and arguments pro and con.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Lakomski, Gabriele, "Unity over Diversity: Coherence and Realism in Educational Research," Curriculum Inquiry, 22(Summer, 1992), 191-203., Gabriele Lakomski

Annotation: Makes a case against interpretist modes of inquiry as differenct in kind from empiricist modes of inquiry; Eisner responds in an article, pp. 205-209.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Constructing a History of the American Curriculum," pp. 157-184 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Traces the course of historical work done on Committee Reports, scientific curriculum making, the John Dewey legacy, case studies, and school subjects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Guba, Egon G., "Relativism," Curriculum Inquiry, 22(Spring, 1992), 17-23., Egon G. Guba

Annotation: Describes issues surrounding relativism in educational research; one of four related aticles.

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
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Lieberman, Ann, "The Meaning of Scholary Activity and the Building of Community," Educational Researcher, 21(August-September, 1992), 5-12.*, Ann Lieberman

Annotation: Discusses ways to connect research and practice in education and gives examples of work being done collaboratively.

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

 

Doyle, Walter, "Curriculum and Pedagogy," pp. 486-516 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, l992., Walter Doyle

Annotation: Deals with research on the intersection of curriculum and pedagogy, including a summary of research traditions in each of these domains; topics include texts, content, lesson and task structure, and teaching as transformation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Content Selection and Organization

 

Goodlad, John I., and Zhixin Su, "Organization of the Curriculum," pp. 327-344 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, l992., John I. Goodlad and Zhixin Su

Annotation: Summarizes options and issues related to various modes of organizing the curriculum; gives sources and patterns of curriculum organization.

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: Content Selection and Organization

 

Strickland, Dorothy S., and Carol Ascher, "Low Income African-American Children and Public Schooling," pp. 609-625 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Dorothy S. Strickland and Carol Ascher

Annotation: Reviews how poverty and race affect curriculum reform and innovation.

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

 

Britzman, Deborah P., "The Terrible Problem of Knowing Thyself: Toward a Poststructural Account of Teacher Indentity," JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 9(Spring, 1992), 23-46., Deborah P. Britzman

Annotation: Provides a qualitative portrait of one student teacher's concept of self-identity.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Self-Knowledge, Teacher Education

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "Curriculum Ideologies," pp. 302-326 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Reviews the role and function of ideologies in curriculum; discusses religious orthodoxy, rational humanism, progressivism, critical theory, reconceptualism, and cognitive pluralism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "The Text and Cultural Politics," Educational Researcher, 21(October, 1992), 4-11.*, Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Analyzes the presence of official knowledge in textbooks, the political and cultural forces that effect textbook content, and how readers respond to such texts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Textbooks, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Lytle, Susan L., and Marilyn Cochran-Smith, "Teacher Research as a Way of Knowing," Harvard Educational Review, 62(Winter, 1992), 447-474., Susan L. Lytle and Marilyn Cochran-Smith

Annotation: Argues for teachers doing inquiry into teaching in the classroom as the primary source of knowledge about teaching.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., Forging the American Curriculum: Essays in Curriculum History and Theory. New York: Routledge, 1992., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Reprints six essays in curriculum history and six in curriculum theory by Kliebard.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin, "Student Perspectices on Curriculum Innovation and Change in an English Secondary School: An Empirical Study," British Educational Research Journal, 18(No. 3, 1992), 221-234., Mairtin Mac an Ghaill

Annotation: Interviews students and teachers on their understanding of their roles in curriculum innovation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum

 

Pinar, William F., and William M. Reynolds, eds., Understanding Curriculum as Phenonenological and Deconstructed Text. New York: Teachers College Press, 1992., William F. Pinar and William M. Reynolds

Annotation: Contains 12 articles describing phenonenological inquiry and giving examples followed by genealogical notes on the work of leading scholars in this type of curriculum studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: All Fields
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Schrag, Francis, "Conceptions of Knowledge," pp. 268-301 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan,1992., Francis Schrag

Annotation: Reviews six traditions in education concerning knowledge (apprenticeship, philosophical, rhetorical, scientific, psychotherapeutic, mystical); summarizes the conceptualization, selection, and organization of knowledge in curriculum; traces attempts to distinguish kinds of knowledge; and gives an overview of critical sociology of knowledge.

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: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools, Content Selection and Organization

 

Lewy, Arieh, "Curriculum Differences across Countries," pp. 260-263 in Marvin C. Alkin, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, 6th ed. New York: Macmillan, 1992.*, Arieh Lewy

Annotation: Mentions some work done on comparisons across countries of the intended curriculum (aims, schedules, materials), the implemented curriculum, and the attained curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

 

Pinar, William F., "'Dreamt into Existence by Others': Curriculum Theory and School Reform," Theory into Practice, 31(Summer, 1992), 228-235., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Critiques curriculum theory that is based on the factory and corporate model and offers theory related to human identity.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Authority of Teacher

 

Behar, Linda, and Allan Ornstein, "An Overview of Curriculum: The Theory and Practice," NASSP Bulletin, 76(November, 1992), 32-44.*, Linda Behar and Allan Ornstein

Annotation: Reports an empirical study comparing teachers' and professors of curriculum's views of the importance of various curriculum practices within selected systems and domains of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors, Teacher Knowledge

 

Apple, Michael W., "Education, Culture, and Class Power," Educational Theory, 42(Spring, 1992), 127-145. Revised as Ch. 8 in his Power, Meaning, and Identity. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses class and its relation to education with emphasis on the work of Basil Bernstein.

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: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and Politics

 

Goodson, Ivor F.,"On Curriculum Form," Sociology of Education, 65(January, 1992), 66-75. Reprinted pp. 69-80 in Ivor F. Goodson, Learning, Curriculum, and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson. London: Routledge, 2005., Ivor F. Goodson

Annotation: Traces the structuration of science as a school subject for "higher order" and for "lower order" students in the United Kingdom.

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, Curriculum and Politics, School Subjects, Science

 

Walker, J. C., "A Philosophy of Leadership in Curriculum Development: A Pragmatic and Holistic Approach," pp. 47-82 in Pat A. Drignan and R.J.S. Macpherson, eds., Educative Leadership: A Practical Theory for New Administrators and Mangers. London: The Falmer Press, 1992., J. C. Walker

Annotation: Presents a pragmatic holistic model of curriculum development within an educative philosophy of curriculum leadership.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Goodson, Ivor, "Studying School Subjects," Curriculum Perspectives, 12 (April, 1992), 23-26., Ivor Goodson

Annotation: Reviews the historical work done in studying the origins and development of school subjects in U. S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.

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: School Subjects, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum