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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

 

Elliott, John, "Teachers as Researchers: Implications for Supervision and Teacher Education," Teaching and Teacher Education, 6(No. 1, 1990), 1-26.*, John Elliott

Annotation: Describes teacher-researchers in Stenhouse's Humanities Project, Ford Teaching Project, and Quality of Learning Project in England from perspective of Elliott's personal involvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Teacher Research, Teaching/Learning Process, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Education

 

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

 

Broadfoot, Patricia, " Towards Curssessment: The Symbiotic Relationship between Curriculum and Assessment," pp. 647-657 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Patricia Broadfoot

Annotation: Discusses issues involved in curriculum and assessment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, 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: Evaluation of Instruction, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Comparative Curriculum

 

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

 

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

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "Creative Curriculum Development and Practice," WCCI Forum, IV (December, 1990), 37-54.*, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Proposes an ecological model of curriculum development and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Standards and Testing

 

Van Manen, Max, Researching Lived Experience: Human Science for an Action Sensitive Pedagogy . Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990. Second edition with new Preface, London, Ontario: The Althouse Press, 1997., Manen Max Van

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

 

Foshay, Arthur W., "The Curriculum Matrix: Transcendence and Mathematics," Curriculum , 11 (Autumn, 1990), 100-111. Reprinted in Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 6(Summer, 1991), 277-293.*, Arthur W. Foshay

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

 

Davis, O. L., Jr., "Who Is the Curriculum Customer?" pp. 103-107 in Tim Everton, Peter Mayne, and Steve White, Effective Learning: Into a New ERA . London: Jessica Kingsley; Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis, 1990. *, O. L. Davis Jr.

Annotation: Describes curriculum in terms of a "marketplace" metaphor as a basis for thinking about accountability.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

Mulder, Martin, and Anke Thijsen, "Decision Making in Curriculum Conferences: A Study of Convergence of Opinion," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 22(July-August, 1990), 343-360. *, Martin Mulder and Anke Thijsen

Annotation: Reports an empirical study of opinion change and convergence among individuals involved in curriculum deliberations in the Netherlands.

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

 

Cuban, Larry, "Reforming Again, Again, and Again," Educational Researcher, 19(January, 1990), 3-13.*, Larry Cuban

Annotation: Traces reasons why reforms appear again and again.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Oberg, Antoinette, "Methods and Meanings in Action Research: The Action Research Journal," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 214-221., Antoinette Oberg

Annotation: Describes the process of using journals in action research projects involving Canadian teachers.

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, Comparative Curriculum

 

Johnson, Mark, The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason . Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1990., Mark Johnson

Annotation: Gives a view of embodied schemata, not objectivist propositions.

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, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Cochran-Smith, Marilyn, and Susan L. Lytle, "Research on Teaching and Teacher Research: The Issues that Divide," Educational Researcher, 19(March, 1990), 2-11. *, Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Susan L. Lytle

Annotation: Makes the case for teacher research and contrasts this approach with the approaches used in research on teaching.

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

 

Turner, Brian, "The Interdisciplinary Curriculum: From Social Medicine to Post Modernism," Sociology of Health and Illness, 12 (March, 1990), 1-23., Brian Turner

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

 

Hopmann, Stefan, "The Monitorial Movement and the Rise of Curriculum Administration: A Comparative View," pp. 13-30 in Henning Haft and Stefan Hopmann, eds., Case Studies in Curriculum Administration History. Philadelphia: The Falmer Press, 1990.*, Stefan Hopmann

Annotation: Describes the history of the monitorial system in Europe and elsewhere.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Teaching/Learning Process, Comparative Curriculum

 

Englund, Tomas, "Curriculum History Reconsidered," Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research , 39 (No. 2, 1990), 91-102.*, Tomas Englund

Annotation: Sums up the status and value of work done in curriculum history to date internationally.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

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

 

Nixon, Jon, "Curriculum Evaluation: Old and New Paradigms," pp. 637-646 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices. New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Jon Nixon

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

 

Holt, Maurice, "Agencies and Strategies for Curriculum Change," pp. 615-624 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Maurice Holt

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

 

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

 

Hartnett, Anthony, and Michael Naish, "The Sleep of Reason Breeds Monsters: The Birth of a Statutory Curriculum in England and Wales," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 22(January-February, 1990), 1-16.*, Anthony Hartnett and Michael Naish

Annotation: Traces the changes imposed by the Education Reform Bill 1987 in England and Wales.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History, Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum and Politics

 

Sherman, Robert R., "Teaching the Introductory Qualitative Research Course: A Syllabus," Educational Foundations, 4(Winter, 1990), 77-85. *, Robert R. Sherman

Annotation: Describes the University of Florida course in qualitative research methods in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Qualitative Research

 

Moon, Bob, "Implementing the Curriculum," pp. 604-614 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Bob Moon

Annotation: Reviews models of curriculum change in the British educational setting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation

 

Dicker, Mary, "Using Action Research to Navigate an Unfamiliar Teaching Assignment," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 203-208., Mary Dicker

Annotation: Describes a teacher's reflection through action research on coping with teaching a new course - Communication 11.

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

 

Howe, Kenneth, and Margaret Eisenhart, "Standards for Qualitative (and Quantitative) Research: A Prolegomenon," Educational Researcher, 19(May, 1990), 2-9.*, Kenneth Howe and Margaret Eisenhart

Annotation: Discusses general questions related to standards for research quality and rigor in educational studies: deference to experts in method, focus on an educational issue, applicability to both qualitative and quantitative approaches, be driven by the research question used correctly, cohere with theory.

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

 

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

 

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

 

Sosniak, Lauren A., and Carole L. Perlman, "Secondary Education by the Book," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 22(September-October, 1990), 427-442., Lauren A. Sosniak and Carole L. Perlman

Annotation: Compares textbook use across mathematics, English, and history from student interview data.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Textbooks, School Subjects

 

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

 

Atkins, Elaine, "From Competing Paradigms to Final Consensus: A Case Study of the Deliberation of a Conflict-Prone Curriculum Group," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 5(Summer, 1990), 308-327., Elaine Atkins

Annotation: Interprets the deliberation process engaged in by a college faculty group in General Studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Higher Education Curriculum, Liberal Education/General Education

 

Eggleston, John, "The Curriculum, Contemporary Issues, Perspectives, and Ideologies," pp. 527-538 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, John Eggleston

Annotation: Portrays dichotomous positions on six issues in British curriculum, e.g., subject-centered or integrated.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
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 Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation

 

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

 

Bayona, Elias L. M., David S. G. Carter, and Keith F. Punch, "The Role of Teachers in Curriculum Development," Curriculum Perspectives, 10(October, 1990), 9-19.*, Elias L. M. Bayona, David S. G. Carter, and Keith F. Punch

Annotation: Provides a picture of teachers' involvement in curriculum development in Tanzania.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Tripp, David H., "Socially Critical Action Research," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 158-166., David H. Tripp

Annotation: Describes five characteristics of critical action research.

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

 

Lawn, Martin, "From Responsiblity to Competency: A New Context for Curriculum Studies in England and Wales," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 22(July-August, 1990), 388-392.*, Martin Lawn

Annotation: Summarizes the educational polity impacts of Thatcherism on curriculum in the late 1980s.

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 and Politics, Comparative Curriculum

 

Jackson, Philip W., "The Functions of Educational Research," Educational Researcher, 19(October, 1990), 3-9.*, Philip W. Jackson

Annotation: Gives a critique of Cronbach and Suppes (1969), a review of newer research methods in education, and a plea for researchers to communicate with various audiences for their work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

 

Pendlebury, Shirley, "Practical Arguments and Situational Appreciation in Teaching," Educational Theory, 40(Spring, 1990), 171-179., Shirley Pendlebury

Annotation: Argues that appreciation of a situation is a necessary accompaniment of practical arguments about what to do in teaching in that situation; extends the criticism of previous work done on practical arguments by Fenstermacher and others.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Kemmis, Stephen, "Curriculum Theory and the State in Australia," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 22(July-August, 1990), 392-400.*, Stephen Kemmis

Annotation: Describes the place of curriculum theorists in Australia in influencing curriculum policies in the 1970s and 1980s.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Sanger, Jack, "Awakening a Scream of Consciousness: The Critical Group in Action Research," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 174-178., Jack Sanger

Annotation: Presents an example of action research by a group working on grading at CARE in East Anglia.

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, Comparative Curriculum, Marking

 

Page, Reba N., "Games of Chance: The Lower-Track Curriculum in a College-Preparatory High School," Curriculum Inquiry, 20(Fall, 1990), 249-281., Reba N. Page

Annotation: Describes a high school lower-track curriculum in which knowledge is trivialized and luck reigns.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum Differentiation, Secondary School Curriculum

 

McElroy, Lon, "Becoming Real: An Ethic at the Heart of Action Research," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 209-213., Lon McElroy

Annotation: Reports a personal moral journey through a collaborative action research project.

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, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

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

 

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

 

McNeil, Linda M., "Reclaiming a Voice: American Curriculum Scholars and the Politics of What is Taught in Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, 71(March, 1990), 517-518. Related articles: David Cohen, pp. 518-522; Elliot W. Eisner, pp. 523-526; Michael Apple, pp. 526-530; Ann Leiberman, pp. 531-533; Anne C. Lewis, pp. 534-538. *, Linda M. McNeil

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

 

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

 

Dmitriyev, Grigory D., and Isaak Y. Lerner, "The Composition of and Formative Influences on the Curriculum," International Review of Education, 36(No. 2, 1990), 233-241., Grigory D. Dmitriyev and Isaak Y. Lerner

Annotation: Discusses influences of societal experiences on curriculum content and design.

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

 

Haft, Henning, and Stefan Hopmann, eds., Case Studies in Curriculum Administration History . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1990., Henning Haft and Stefan Hopmann

Annotation: Reports a series of historical case studies of curriculum administration.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Walker, Decker F., "Back to the Future: The New Conservatism in Education," Educational Researcher, 19(April, 1990), 35-38., Decker F. Walker

Annotation: Reviews three 1987 books (Finn & Ravitch, Hirsch, Bloom) and notes their ideological perspectives and their non-research bases.

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

 

Wolcott, Harry F., "On Seeking--and Rejecting--Validity in Qualitative Research," pp. 121-173 in Elliot W. Eisner and Alan Peshkin, eds., Qualitative Inquiry in Education: The Continuing Debate. New York: Teachers College Press, 1990., Harry F. Wolcott

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

 

Goodson, Ivor F., "Studying Curriculum: Towards a Social Constructionist Perspective," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 22(July-August, 1990), 299-312.* Reprinted pp. 133-148 in Ivor F. Goodson, Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson. London: Routledge, 2005., Ivor F. Goodson

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

 

Clune, William H., "Three Views of Curriculum Policy in the School Context: The School as Policy Mediator, Policy Critic, and Policy Constructor," pp. 256-270 in Milbrey W. McLaughlin, Jan E. Talbert, and Nina Bascia, eds., The Context of Teaching in Secondary Schools: Teachers' Realities . New York: Teachers College Press, 1990.*, William H. Clune

Annotation: Analyzes the effect on policy inquiry of three policy perspectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Clune, William H., "Educational Governance and Student Achievement," pp. 391-423 in William H. Clune and John F. Witte, eds., Choice and Control in American Education Volume 2: The Practice of Choice, Decentralization, and School Restructuring. Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1990.*, William H. Clune

Annotation: Summarizes the relation between two school governance options--mission-oriented school improvement and curriculum alignment--and student achievement; choice plans are also analyzed.

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: Student Assessment

 

Eraut, Michael, "Approaches to Curriculum Design," pp. 539-553 in Noel Entwistle, ed., Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices . New York: Routledge, 1990.*, Michael Eraut

Annotation: Summarizes several approaches to curriculum design: political, bureaucratic, marketing, public relations, scientific, knowledge-structure, engineering, and problem-solving.

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

 

McCutcheon, Gail, "Ruminations on Methodology: Of Truth and Significance", pp. 277-285 in Egon G. Guba, ed., The Paradigm Dialog: Options for Social Science Inquiry. Newbury, CA: Sage, 1990.*, Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Discusses the attempt to obtain truth and significance in alternative paradigm inquiry (qualitative).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Qualitative Research

Citations from 1989

 

Gundem, Bjorg B., "Curriculum Reform and the School Subject "English" in the Norwegian Common School," pp. 233-240 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Bjorg B. Gundem

Annotation: The story of changes in English as a foreign language in the Norwegian schools and their relation to social and ideological factors.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: English, Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Fetterman, David M., Ethnography: Step by Step. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989., David M. Fetterman

Annotation: Provides a short handbook of procedures for engaging in ethnographic research.

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

 

Fraser, Barry J., "An Historical Look at Curriculum Evaluation," pp. 114-128 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Barry J. Fraser

Annotation: Reviews the history of progress in curriculum evaluation from 1960-1980, based on his published bibliography (1982).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Atkin, Myron J., "Can Educational Research Keep Pace with Education Reform?" Phi Delta Kappan, 71(November, 1989), 200-205.*, Myron J. Atkin

Annotation: Contrasts applied social science research in education with practical, collaborative, action research.

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

 

Jorgenson, Gerald W., "Graded Schools and Textbooks: A View from the Nineteenth Century," pp. 145-160 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Gerald W. Jorgenson

Annotation: Gives a history of impact of graded schools and textbooks on American 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: Teaching/Learning Process, Textbooks, Curriculum History

 

Mulcahy, D. G., "Economic Policy and Curriculum Change in Irish Second-Level Schooling, 1963-1980," pp. 221-232 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., D. G. Mulcahy

Annotation: A history of Irish attempts to change curriculum 1963-1980.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Beattie, Catherine, "Action Research: A Practice in Need of Theory," pp. 110-120 in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Catherine Beattie

Annotation: Discusses the nature of theory needed within 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, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Davis, O. L., Jr., "Opening the Door to Surprise: The Next Decade of Curriculum History Studies," pp. 2-13 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989.*, O. L. Davis Jr.

Annotation: Provides a state-of-the-art review and an agenda for future studies in curriculum history.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Goodson, Ivor F., " 'Chariots of Fire': Etymologies, Epistemologies, and the Emergence of Curriculum," pp. 13-25 in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989. Reprinted pp.25-38 in Ivor F. Goodson, The Making of Curriculum: Collected Essays, 2nd ed. London: Falmer, 1995. Also reprinted pp. 42-51 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 rise of curriculum in British institutions from 1500 to the present.

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

 

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

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

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

 

Corbett, H. Dickson, and Gretchen B. Rossman, "Three Paths to Implementing Change: A Research Note," Curriculum Inquiry, 19(Summer, 1989), 163-190., H. Dickson Corbett and Gretchen B. Rossman

Annotation: Reports studies of implementing school change that commingle technical, political, and cultural perspectives.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Kirk, David, "Curriculum Reseach and Educational Praxis," Curriculum Perspectives, 9(October, 1989), 41-50.*, David Kirk

Annotation: Traces conceptions of curriculum and asserts that a structure/agency (Giddens) conception should guide ethnographic inquiry in curriculum research; discusses implications for curriculum research of praxis and distortion of reality.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Page, Reba, "The Lower-Track Curriculum at a 'Heavenly' High School: 'Cycles of Prejudice'," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21(May-June, 1989), 197-221., Reba Page

Annotation: Reports an interpretive study of a midwestern high school on the dynamics of lower-track students' relation to the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Secondary School Curriculum

 

Knoll, Michael, "Transatlantic Influences: The Project Method in Germany," pp. 214-220 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Michael Knoll

Annotation: Describes the history of the project method in Germany from the nineteenth century to the present.

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, Curriculum Integration, Comparative Curriculum

 

Thelin, John R., "The Anatomy of Institutions: Historians and the Search for the Unwritten Constitution," pp. 66-70 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., John R. Thelin

Annotation: Discusses problems of writing histories of particular institutions of higher education.

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

 

Posner, George J., "Making Sense of Diversity: The Current State of Curriculum Research," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 4(Summer, 1989), 340-361.*, George J. Posner

Annotation: Differentiates 21 types of curriculum research questions that fall into six categories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Tabachnick, B. Robert, "Needed for Teacher Education: Naturalistic Research that is Culturally Responsive," Teaching and Teacher Education, 5(No. 2, 1989), 155-163.*, B. Robert Tabachnick

Annotation: Examines the advantages and problems in using qualitative research methods in studying teaching, learning, and schooling.

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

 

Casanova, Ursula, "Research and Practice: We Can Integrate Them," National Education Association Journal, (January, 1989), 44-49.*, Ursula Casanova

Annotation: Makes the case for teacher involvement in practical research.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Teacher Research

 

Oja, Sharon Nodie, and Lisa Smulyan, Collaborative Action Research: A Developmental Approach. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Sharon Nodie Oja and Lisa Smulyan

Annotation: Gives a full report of a funded project on collaborative action research (1981-1983); frames the report with historical background on this approach and a discussion of issues faced.

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

 

Egan, Kieran, "Balancing Equity and Culture," Curriculum Perspectives, 9(October, 1989), 29-40., Kieran Egan

Annotation: A map of possible views on the balance between equity and culture in curriculum stressing the mythic and the romantic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Schwab, Joseph J., "Testing and the Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21(January-February, 1989), 1-10.*, Joseph J. Schwab

Annotation: Challenges the validity of conventional curriculum testing.

Broad Topical Focus: 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 Standards and Testing, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Liberal Education/General Education

 

Urban, Wayne J., "The Graduate Education of a Black Scholar: Horace Mann Bond and the University of Chicago," pp. 72-88 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Wayne J. Urban

Annotation: A study of the experience of one student at the University of Chicago.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Higher Education Curriculum

 

Kulik, James A., and Chen-Lin C. Kulick, "Meta-Analysis in Education," Special Issue, International Journal of Educational Research, 13(1989), 221-340., James A. Kulik and Chen-Lin C. Kulick

Annotation: Surveys current status of methodolgy of meta-analysis and summarizes findings in design features, instructional systems and design, curriculum innovation, teacher education and evaluation, class and school organization, equity, and lessons from meta-analysis.

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

 

Horn, Sharon K., and Stephen K. Clements, "ERIC: The Past, Present, and Future Federal Role in Educational Dissemination," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 11(September, 1989), 37-50., Sharon K. Horn and Stephen K. Clements

Annotation: Describes ERIC as it has existed and as it may be changed in the future.

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

 

Strickland, Kate, "Curriculum History: Its Past, Present, and Future," pp. 24-26 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: Univeristy Press of America, 1989., Kate Strickland

Annotation: Gives views on state of curriculum history.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Schubert, William H., "Curriculum Balance," pp. 19-43 in Paul Robinson, ed., Great Ideas in American Education: Continuing The Quest. West Lafayette, IN: Kappa Delta Pi, 1989.*, William H. Schubert

Annotation: Traces the history of the tendency to emphasize or balance three perspectives in curriculum --intellectual traditionalism, social behavorialism, and experientialism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Deliberation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum

 

Purpel, David E., The Moral and Spiritual Crisis in Education: A Curriculum for Justice and Compassion in Education . Granby, MA: Bergin & Garvey, 1989., David E. Purpel

Annotation: Proposes a religious and moral framework for American public education.

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

 

Young, Jean H., "Teacher Interest in Curriculum Committees: What Factors are Involved?" The Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21(July-August, 1989), 363-376., Jean H. Young

Annotation: Reports a study that identifies factors related to teachers' interest or lack of interest in praticipation in curriculum committees.

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

 

Cornbleth, Catherine, and Esther E. Gottlieb, "Reform Discourse and Curriculum Reform, " Educational Studies, 3(Fall, 1989), 63-78.*, Catherine Cornbleth and Esther E. Gottlieb

Annotation: Demonstrates the rise of discourse analysis (Foucault) in examining the Tyler rationale, Nation at Risk, Tommorow's Teachers, etc.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Discourse Analysis

 

Lee, Diane M., "Relativistic Operations: A Framework for Conceptualizing Teachers' Everyday Problem Solving," pp. 73-86 in Jan D. Sinnott and John C. Cavanaugh, Bridging Paradigms: Positive Development in Adulthood and Cognitive Aging. New York: Praeger, 1989.*, Diane M. Lee

Annotation: Describes teachers' use of all-structured problems within J. D. Sinnott's concept of "relativistic operations".

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, Teaching/Learning Process

 

Lather, Patti, "Postmodernism and the Politics of Enlightenment," Educational Foundations, 3(Fall, 1989), 7-28.*, Patti Lather

Annotation: Lays out within a poststructuralist framework the problem of power and conventional discourse analysis and the need for educational discourse to resolve the contradictions of theory and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, 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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Olson, John, "The Persistence of Technical Rationality," pp. 102-109 in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., John Olson

Annotation: Argues for going beyond the doctrine of technical rationality in curriculum research and change.

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

 

Hlynka, Denis, "Making Waves with Educational Technology: A Deconstructionist Reading of Ted Aoki," JCT : An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies, 9 (Summer, 1989), 27-38., Denis Hlynka

Annotation: Illustrates a deconstructionist reading of the views of Ted Aoki.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Media and Computers in Curriculum Development

 

Tripp, David H., "The Idea of Meta-Curriculum as a Common National Curriculum," Curriculum Perspectives, 9(October, 1989), 79-87., David H. Tripp

Annotation: Proposes an aim and eight criteria for the whole curriculum in Australia and specifies a national common meta-curriculum of topics, skills, and generalizations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Core Mandates, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Frameworks, Local Control of Schooling

 

Jewett, Ann E., "Curriculum Theory in Physical Education," International Review of Education, 35(No. 1, 1989), 35-49.*, Ann E. Jewett

Annotation: Deals with curricular value orientation, goals, content, and change in physical education and describes the relation of general curriculum theory in physical education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Physical Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Giroux, Henry A., and Peter McLaren, eds., Critical Pedagogy, the State, and Cultural Struggle. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1989., Henry A. Giroux and Peter McLaren

Annotation: Presents essays by several prominent scholars on the theoretical aspects of the topic in which schools may contribute to social transformation; essays are by the editors, Carnoy, Wexler, McLaren, Fine, Feinberg, Giroux, and Giroux & Simon.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

Zumwalt, Karen, "Beginning Professional Teachers: The Need for a Curricular Vision of Teaching," pp. 173-184 in Maynard C. Reynolds, ed., Knowledge Base for the Beginning Teacher. New York: Pergamon Press, 1989., Karen Zumwalt

Annotation: Makes the case for teachers acquiring knowledge of curriculum, curriculum planning, and curricular decision-making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education, Teacher Planning, Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Implementation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Problems of Definition in Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 5(Fall, 1989), 1-5. Also ERIC Document No. ED148 017.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Analyzes elements of curriculum: what should be taught, why, to whom, by what rules, and how these should be interrelated--all value questions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Audi, Robert, Practical Reasoning. London: Routledge, 1989., Robert Audi

Annotation: Describes practical reasoning as viewed by Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and the author (Audi).

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

 

Kridel, Craig, ed., Curriculum History: Conference Presentations from the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Craig Kridel

Annotation: Contains 23 of the best papers presented during the first ten conferences of the Society, 1977-1986.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Curriculum History

 

Milburn, Geoffrey, "How Much Life Is There in Life History," pp. 160-168, in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Geoffrey Milburn

Annotation: Critiques the value of creating life histories of teachers.

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

 

Haggerson, Nelson L., "The School of the Future: Considering the Spiritual Aspects of the School as Culture," Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science, 14(No. 1 & 2, 1989), 268-288., Nelson L. Haggerson

Annotation: Gives personal perspective and experiences on the place of spiritual aspects of schooling.

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: Hidden Curriculum, Values in the Classroom, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

Finklestein, Barbara, Governing the Young: Teacher Behavior in Popular Primary Schools in 19th Century United States. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Barbara Finklestein

Annotation: Covers the history of primary teaching in the U. S. from 1820-1880.

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

 

Johnson, Mark, "Embodied Knowledge," Curriculum Inquiry, 19(Winter, 1989), 361-377. *, Mark Johnson

Annotation: Shows relation between general practical knowledge concepts of Elbaz and Clandinin and embodied knowledge.

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