Citations from 1991
Huebner, Dwayne, "Notes Toward a Framework for Curriculum Inquiry," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 6 (Winter, 1991), 145-161.*, Dwayne Huebner
Annotation: Distinguishes theoretical and ideological inquiry in curriculum; instructional and agential curricular events; and the relationships among these concepts.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
May, Wanda T., "Constructing History in a Graduate Curriculum Class," Curriculum Inquiry , 21 (Summer, 1991), 163-191., Wanda T. May
Annotation: Explores teachers' constructions of historical knowledge and other perceptions in a graduate curriculum class.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum History, Teaching/Learning Process
Annotation: Surveys curriculum research cited in curriculum texts and its deficiencies in introducing novices to the field.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction
Smith, Marshall S., and Jennifer O'Day, "Putting the Pieces Together: Systemic School Reform," CPRE Policy Briefs, 1991, 1-11. ERIC Document Reproduction Service ED 343 215., Marshall S. Smith and Jennifer O'Day
Annotation: Reviews efforts at school reform and the barriers to change; offers a strategy for systemic reform.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies
Cheung, K. C., and Robert Taylor, "Towards a Humanistic Constructivist Model of Science Learning: Changing Perspectives and Research Implications," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 23(January-February, 1991), 21-40., K. C. Cheung and Robert Taylor
Annotation: Defines a constructivist model of science education and its five aspects.
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: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Science
Brause, Rita S., and John S. Mayher, eds., Search and Re-Search: What the Inquiring Teacher Needs to Know. Bristol, PA: Falmer Press, 1991., Rita S. Brause and John S. Mayher
Annotation: Provides guidelines for hypothesis generating and hypotheses testing studies in classrooms by teachers and reports selected studies in the language area.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, English
McTaggart, Robin. Action Research: A Short Modern History. Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1991., Robin McTaggart
Annotation: Reviews U.S., Australia, and English British sources and practices related to action research in education.
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, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum
Annotation: Presents a summary of articles published between 1972 and 1987 by Habermas; gives implications for education; suggests applications.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Discusses the sociopolitical aspects of curriculum decision-making and comments on the other chapters in the book.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, 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
Graham, Robert J., Reading and Writing the Self: Autobiography in Education and the Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1991., Robert J. Graham
Annotation: Explores the problems and possibilities of autobiography in English Language Education and in curriculum generally; relates the discussion broadly to the genre of autobiography and more specifically to the work of Pinar, Grumet, and others in Curriculum Studies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Self-Knowledge
Willis, George, and William H. Schubert, ed., Reflections from the Heart of Educational Inquiry: Understanding Curriculum and Teaching through the Arts. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991., George Willis and William H. Schubert
Annotation: Gives 33 views and illustrations from leading curriculum theorists of how the arts afffect teaching, curriculum, and inquiry on curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Aesthetics and Curriculum, Curriculum Professors, Art Education
Benson, Garth D., and Bryant E. Griffith, "The Process of Knowing in Curriculum," JGE: The Journal of General Education, 40(1991), 24-33., Garth D. Benson and Bryant E. Griffith
Annotation: Argues for a curriculum model based on the process of knowing.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Higher Education Curriculum, Curriculum and the Disciplines
Eisner, Elliot W., "Should America Have a National Curriculum?" Educational Leadership, 49 (October, 1991), 76-81.*, Elliot W. Eisner
Annotation: Gives a critique of a proposed 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: Local Control of Schooling
Glesne, Corrine E., "Yet Another Role? The Teacher as Researcher," Action in Teacher Education , 13 (Spring, 1991), 7-13., Corrine E. Glesne
Annotation: Gives methods for doing teacher research.
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
Annotation: Gives an ethical critique of the New York State elementary science testing program (ESPET) and its utilitarian perspective.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Science, Evaluation of Instruction, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Describes the processes of evaluative inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Packer, Steve, "Curriculum Issues in Small States," Prospects, 21(No. 4,1991), 517-526., Steve Packer
Annotation: Reviews issues in curriculum in South Pacific and Caribbean states.
Broad Topical Focus: 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: Comparative Curriculum
Ely, Margot, with Margaret Anzul, Teri Friedman, Diane Garner, and Ann McCormack Steinmetz, Doing Qualitative Research: Circles within Circles . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1991., Margot Ely, Margaret Anzul, Teri Friedman, Diane Garner, and Ann McCormack Steinmetz
Annotation: Reports the experiences of these authors' doing ethnographic research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research
Annotation: Brings together twelve previously published essays by the author that are related to curriculum change.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development, Curriculum Implementation
Best, Steven, and Douglas Kellner, Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations. New York: Guilford, 1991., Steven Best and Douglas Kellner
Annotation: Sets forth and critiques positions taken by various postmodern theorists; Foucault, Deleuze, Guattare, Baudrillard, Lyotard, Jameson, and Habermas; indicates how modernist and postmodernist weaknesses can be overcome in a new reconstructed critical social theroy.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes
Annotation: Describes the purposes and activities of the Australian Curriculum Studies Assocation (ACSA) and the politcal context within which it works.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Professionalization in Curriculum
Vallance, Elizabeth, "Aesthetic Inquiry: Art Criticism," pp. 155-172 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, Elizabeth Vallance
Annotation: Describes the processes of aesthetic inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Lather, Patti, Getting Smart: Feminist Research and Pedagogy with/in the Postmodern . New York: Routledge, 1991., Patti Lather
Annotation: Collects four previously published articles by the author and three new chapters on aspects of the topic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Gray, Kenneth, "Vocational Education in High School: A Modern Phoenix?" Phi Delta Kappan , 72 (February, 1991), 437-445.*, Kenneth Gray
Annotation: Provides a review of the history of vocational education in the U. S. and of related research on curriculum reform in vocational education.
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, Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development
Whitson, James Anthony, Constitution and Curriculum: Hermeneutical Semiotics of Cases and Controversies in Education, Law, and Social Science. Philadelphia, PA: Falmer Press, 1991., James Anthony Whitson
Annotation: Presents a series of court cases on educational controversies and describes the theories of interpretation applied to them; also explains structural semiotics and post-structural re-interpretations.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum and Politics
McLaughlin, Milbrey W., and D. C. Phillips, ed., Evaluation and Education: At Quarter Century, Ninetieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II. Chicago, IL: National Society for the Study of Education, 1991., Milbrey W. McLaughlin and D. C. Phillips
Annotation: Presents 11 classic contributions to the literature on program evaluation.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation
Goodlad, John I., "The Wonderful World of Curriculum Inquiry," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 6 (Winter, 1991), 161-166., John I. Goodlad
Annotation: Urges curriculum inquiry be grounded in the real world of educational institutions and do studies in natural settings.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Expresses personal experience of curriculum in same qualitative terms as the experience of opera.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Self-Knowledge
Schuck, Robert F., and Nelson Haggerson, "Astride a Starwave: A Quantum Perspective of the Disciplines of Education," Action in Teacher Education , 13 (Spring, 1991), 57-63.*, Robert F. Schuck and Nelson Haggerson
Annotation: Discusses three models of inquiry - rational, mythological, and evolutionary.
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
Noffke, Susan E., "Hearing the Teacher's Voice: Now What?" Curriculum Perspectives, 11(October, 1991), 55-59., Susan E. Noffke
Annotation: Discusses rifts between teacher research and action research.
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
Annotation: Contains 47 papers on historical aspects of curriculum practice, theory, research, and leaders presented at meetings of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History between 1977 and 1991; information on the Society and its meetings is also included.
Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations
Annotation: Describes the processes of phenomenological inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Miller, Steven I., and Marcel Fredericks, "Postpositivistic Assumptions and Educational Research: Another View," Educational Researcher , 20 (May, 1991): 2-8.*, Steven I. Miller and Marcel Fredericks
Annotation: Examines the major concepts related to the "new philosophy of science": underdetermination, incommensurability, and indeterminacy.
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
Marsh, David D., and Allan R. Odden, "Implementation of the California Mathematics and Science Curriculum Frameworks," pp. 219-239 in Allan R. Odden, ed., Education Policy Implementation. Albany,NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, David D. Marsh and Allan R. Odden
Annotation: Describes the process of implementing California frameworks in science and math and their impacts on policy.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Frameworks, Mathematics, Science, Curriculum Implementation
Annotation: Describes the processes of deliberative inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Deliberation
Berman, Louise M., "Normative Inquiry: Dimensions and Stances," pp. 225-241 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, Louise M. Berman
Annotation: Describes the processes of normative inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Summarizes the characteristics and impact of state-mandated curricula and notes the related perspectives from curriculum theory.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Development Strategies
McKerrow, K. Kelly, and Joan E. McKerrow, "Naturalistic Misunderstanding of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle," Educational Researcher, 20 (January-February, 1991), 17-20., K. Kelly McKerrow and Joan E. McKerrow
Annotation: Exposes the misunderstanding of the Uncertainty Principle and its use in literature on naturalistic research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Giroux, Henry A., ed., Postmodernism, Feminishm, and Cultural Politics: Redrawing Educational Boundaries, Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991., Henry A. Giroux
Annotation: Has articles by eight authors (an extended introduction and last article are by Giroux) on the subject of redrawing educational boundaries across cultures.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Sirotnik, Kenneth A., "Critical Inquiry: A Paradigm for Praxis," pp. 243-258 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, Kenneth A. Sirotnik
Annotation: Describes the processes of critical inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Explains aspects of research on teacher knowledge: story, ordinary, and voice.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Planning
Kretovics, Joseph R., Kathleen S. Farber, and William D. Armaline, "Blowing the Top Off Urban Education: Educational Empowerment and Academic Achievement," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision , 6 (Spring, 1991), 222-232., Joseph R. Kretovics, Kathleen S. Farber, and William D. Armaline
Annotation: Describes the SHAPE program in Toledo and gives evaluation results.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Alternatives in Education
Annotation: Provides practical guidance on the use of interview techniques in phenonenological inquiry.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Schubert, William H., "Philosophical Inquiry: The Speculative Essay," pp. 61-76 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, William H. Schubert
Annotation: Describes the processes of the synthetic and speculative philosophical essay in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Mulder, Martin, "Deliberation in Curriculum Conferences," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision , 6 (Summer, 1991), 325-339., Martin Mulder
Annotation: Describes an empirical study of deliberation in curriculum conferences in Germany.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Annotation: Describes the processes of hermeneutic inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
St. Maurice, Henry, "A Guide to Commonplaces on the Use of Loci in Educator's Discourse," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 23(January-February, 1991), 41-53., Maurice Henry St.
Annotation: Describes a conception of rhetoric, its application to Schwab's commonplaces of education, and some alternatives.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Annotation: Traces the history of the eptisemological issues between quantitative and qualitative approaches to 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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Analyzes the conception and impact on teacher professionalization of the 1988 California History-Social Science Framework.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Social Studies, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Planning, Teaching/Learning Process, Authority of Teacher, Local Control of Schooling
Hansgen, Richard A., "Can Education Become A Science?" Phi Delta Kappan 72(May, 1991): 689-694., Richard A. Hansgen
Annotation: Examines and challenges the basis for the position that education can become a science.
Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Kincheloe, Joe L., Teachers as Researchers: Qualitative Inquiry as a Path to Empowerment. Bristol, PA: Falmer Press, 1991., Joe L. Kincheloe
Annotation: Explores many facets of teachers as researchers from the critical theory perspective, including the nature of positivism and certainty, the qualitative alternative, and the role of values and ideology in inquiry.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Qualitative Research, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes
Newmann, Fred M., "Linking Restructuring to Authentic Student Achievement," Phi Delta Kappan , 72 (February, 1991), 458-463.*, Fred M. Newmann
Annotation: Presents criteria for authentic academic achievement and for substantive conversation in the curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Student Assessment, Teacher Planning
McTaggart, Robin, "Action Research is a Broad Movement," Curriculum Perpectives, 11(October, 1991), 44-47., Robin McTaggart
Annotation: Traces the history of the rediscovery of action research in Australian and discusses its use in third world countries.
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, Comparative Curriculum
Ogawa, Rodney T., and Betty Malen, "Towards Rigor in Reviews of Multivocal Literatures: Applying the Exploratory Case Study Method," Review of Educational Research , 61 (Fall, 1991), 265-286.*, Rodney T. Ogawa and Betty Malen
Annotation: Describes a method of reviewing literature that bridges inquiry and commentaries or summaries where methodological adequacy is in question; four critiques follow.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Connelly, F. Michael, and D. Jean Clandinin, "Narrative Inquiry: Storied Experience," pp. 121-153 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, F. Michael Connelly and D. Jean Clandinin
Annotation: Describes the processes of narrative inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Presents an analytic biography of Schwab's professional life and contributions as teacher and scholar.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Alexander, Don, "Curriculum Turmoil in Liberal Democracies," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 23(January-February, 1991), 71-78., Don Alexander
Annotation: Discusses two views of liberal democracy found in liberal education.
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: Liberal Education/General Education, Ideology and School Knowledge
Anderson, Don S., and Bruce J. Biddle, eds., Knowledge for Policy: Improving Education through Research. Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1991., Don S. Anderson and Bruce J. Biddle
Annotation: Provides overview of issues in models of social research, its effects, and its distribution.
Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization
Grove, Richard W., and Edmund C. Short, "Theoretical Inquiry: Components and Structure," pp. 211-224 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, Richard W. Grove and Edmund C. Short
Annotation: Describes the processes of theoretical inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Consists of an updated version of the 1982 volume.
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
Citations from 1990
Van Manen, Max, "Beyond Assumptions: Shifting the Limits of Action Research," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 152-158., Manen Max Van
Annotation: Analyzes assumptions frequently found in doing action research and outlines the functions of pedagogical thought and action.
Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives
Annotation: Describes evidence of curriculum trivialization and gives process used in graduate classes to help students confront trivialization through studying reseach reports.
Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction
Berry, Kathleen, "Creative Curriculum: The Mythological Roots," WCCI Forum, IV(December, 1990), 70-76.*, Kathleen Berry
Annotation: Contrasts mythos and logos as orientations for curriculum thought, language, and practice.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Thiessen, Dennis, "Understanding the Multiple 'Realities' of Construed Curriculum Change," Curriculum Perspectives , 10 (October, 1990), 34-48.*, Dennis Thiessen
Annotation: Reports a qualitative study of educators views of curriculum change with interpretations in four distinct orientations.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
McBeath, Clare, ed., Case Studies in TAFE Curriculum . Perth, Australia: West Australian Social Science Education Consortium, 1990., Clare McBeath
Annotation: Reports research methods, curriculum design methods, and methods of developing curriculum materials in Australian Further Education settings.
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: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Comparative Curriculum
Annotation: Analyzes and critiques the role of curriculum scholars in the current political decisions on curriculum content; first of six articles in a symposium.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum Professors, Curriculum and Politics
Slavin, Robert E., "On Making a Difference," Educational Researcher, 19(April, 1990), 30-34; 44.*, Robert E. Slavin
Annotation: Distinguishes between complex, variable-like, and fuzzy models for educational research and explains why models matter.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Hannay, Lynne, and Wayne Seller, "The Influence of Teachers' Thinking on Curriculum Development Decisions," pp. 240-271 in Christopher Day, Maureen Pope, and Pam Denicolo, eds., Insight into Teachers' Thinking and Practice . Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1990., Lynne Hannay and Wayne Seller
Annotation: Reports a study of images in teachers' thinking regarding their curriculum development decisions.
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, Teacher Knowledge, Comparative Curriculum
McCutcheon, Gail, and Burga Jung, "Alternative Perspectives on Action Research," Theory Into Practice, 29 (Summer, 1990), 144-151.*, Gail McCutcheon and Burga Jung
Annotation: Reviews positivist, interpretivist, and critical perspectives in action research; discusses problem formation, observations, etc., in relation to these perspectives.
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, Practical Knowledge, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes
Tuckman, Bruce W., "A Proposal for Improving the Quality of Published Educational Research," Educational Researcher , 19(December, 1990), 22-24., Bruce W. Tuckman
Annotation: Provides a scheme for rating the quality of research manuscripts before publication.
Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Chambers, John H., "The Many Different Types of Theory which Underpin the Study of Education," Educational Foundations , 4(Fall, 1990), 79-102.*, John H. Chambers
Annotation: Distinguishes fourteen kinds of theory in eight categories and gives examples in education for each.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Komoski, P. Kenneth, "Needed: A Whole-Curriculum Approach," Educational Leadership, 47(February, 1990), 72-78.*, P. Kenneth Komoski
Annotation: Makes the case for curriculum wholeness and curriculum alignment with reference to databases of software for use in analysis.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Computers and Technology as Subjects
Connelly, F. Michael, and D. Jean Clandinin, "Stories of Experience and Narrative Inquiry," Educational Researcher, 19(June-July, 1990), 2-14. A version in pp. 121-153 in Edmund C. Short, ed., Forms of Curriculum Inquiry.. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1991.*, F. Michael Connelly and D. Jean Clandinin
Annotation: Describes the nature and processes involved in doing narrative inquiry and writing the narrative.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Kennedy, Kerry J., ed., Case Studies in Curriculum Design . Perth, Australia: West Australian Social Science Education Consortium, 1990., Kerry J. Kennedy and .
Annotation: Presents instances of curriculum development employing deliberation involving teachers.
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: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum
Annotation: Describes interdisiplinarity as a desirable aspect of the medical curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Higher Education Curriculum
Miller, Janet L., Creating Spaces and Finding Voices: Teachers Collaborating for Empowerment . Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1990., Janet L. Miller
Annotation: Reports the use of journaling to voice teachers' practical knowledge.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Practical Knowledge
Annotation: Describes the evolution of five approaches to educational theory: common-sense, philosophical, applied science, practical, and critical.
Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, 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, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum History
Watkins, William H., "Teaching and Learning in the Black Colleges: a 130-Year Retrospective," Teaching Education, 3(Summer/Fall 1990), 10-25., William H. Watkins
Annotation: Traces the history, purpose, and philosophies of Black college curricula between 1860-1990.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Higher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education
Annotation: Summarizes nature, role, methods, and paradigms for curriculum evaluation.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Reviews strategies of curriculum change in British education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum
Annotation: Describes how particular political influences on curriculum policy making can be derived from narrative studies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics
Annotation: Makes the case for linking studies of teachers' life histories and of the context of prescriptions for and interactions within the practice of curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Considers the role of validity in qualitative inquiry.
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
Page, Reba, and Linda Valli, "Curriculum Differentiation: An Introduction," pp. 1-15 in Reba Page and Linda Valli, eds., Curriculum Differentiation . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1990.*, Reba Page and Linda Valli
Annotation: Introduces a series of interpretive studies of curriculum differentiation and describes this type of study.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation
Gordon, Edmund W., Fayneese Miller, and David Rollock, "Coping with Communicentric Bias in Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences," Educational Researcher, 19(April, 1990), 14-19., Edmund W. Gordon, Fayneese Miller, and David Rollock
Annotation: Suggests inquiry that accomodates cultural, class, ethnic, and gender diversity.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Analyzes the issues involved in alternative views of the place of subjectivity and objectivity in qualitative inquiry.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Qualitative Research
Berman, Louise M., and Jessie A. Roderick, "Approaches to Creative Curriculum Development," WCCI Forum, IV(December, 1990), 169-175.*, Louise M. Berman and Jessie A. Roderick
Annotation: Posits creative ways of seeing, reflecting, sharing, and acting within curriculum development.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, 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
Carson, Terrance, "What Kind of Knowing Is Critical Action Research?" Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 167-173., Terrance Carson
Annotation: Presents an example of collaborative action research in peace education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Social Studies
Annotation: Notes the value issues involved in doing curriculum theorizing about practical curriculum questions.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Darling-Hammond, Linda, "Instructional Policy into Practice," Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis , 12(Fall 1990), 339-347., Linda Darling-Hammond
Annotation: Explains how research on teachers' reactions to curriculum policy changes can influence policy analysis research; done in context of California's Math Framework of 1985.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Mathematics, Curriculum Implementation, Teacher Knowledge
Annotation: Provides a thorough-going treatment of hermeneutic phenomenological research, reflection , and writing.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Traces the politics of the vocational education movement in the early 1900s and the role of the professional educators and others in this movement; sees the work ethic at the core of the movement's symbolic action.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Vocational vs. Liberal Education, Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Traces the potential of the relationship between mathematics and transcendental and spiritual experience for curriculum content.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Mathematics, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Integration, Values in the Classroom
Simon, Herbert W., ed., The Rhetorical Turn: Inventions and Persuasion in the Conduct of Inquiry. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,1990., Herbert W. Simon
Annotation: Reviews issues concerning the rhetoric of inquiry.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Mishler, Elliot G., "Validation in Inquiry-Guided Research: The Role of Exemplars in Narrative Studies," Harvard Educational Review , 60(November, 1990), 415-442., Elliot G. Mishler
Annotation: Reformulates validation as a process through which a community of scholars evaluates the trustworthiness of a study.
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
Ball, Stephen J., ed., Foucault and Education: Disciplines and Knowledge . New York: Routledge, 1990., Stephen J. Ball
Annotation: Includes nine articles by Australian, English, and Canadian scholars on Foucault and power in education..
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum and the Disciplines
Strauss, Anselm, and Juliet Corbin. Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques. Newbury Park,CA: Sage, 1990., Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin
Annotation: Describes coding procedures for analyzing qualitative data and developing grounded theory.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research
Annotation: Explores the meaning of generalizability in social science research and in qualitative case studies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Qualitative Research
Annotation: Gives the history of special education in Atlanta schools between 1900-1920.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Exceptional Education, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum Differentiation
Clift, Renee, Mary Lou Veal, Marlene Johnson, and Patricia Holland, "Restructuring Teacher Education through Collaborative Action Research," Journal of Teacher Education, 41(March-April, 1990), 52-62., Renee Clift, Mary Lou Veal, Marlene Johnson, and Patricia Holland
Annotation: Describes an action research project at University of Houston in teacher education based on inquiry and reflection.
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 Education