Citations from 1990
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lytle, Susan L., and Marilyn Cochran-Smith, "Learning from Teacher Research: A Working Typology," Teachers College Record, 92(Fall, 1990), 83-103.*, Susan L. Lytle and Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Annotation: Describes and illustrates journals, essays, oral processes, and classroom studies used by teacher researchers.
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: 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
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
Annotation: Contrasts two structural types of educational experience: the open and closed contract types.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience
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
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
Cornett, Jeffrey W., "Utilizing Action Research in Graduate Curriculum Courses," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 185-195., Jeffrey W. Cornett
Annotation: Gives a conceptual framework for a curriculum development action research project.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction
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
Hunter, John E., and Frank L. Schmidt, Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings . Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1990., John E. Hunter and Frank L. Schmidt
Annotation: Provides techniques for doing meta-analysis of correlational and experimental studies and discusses related issues.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
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
McCutcheon, Gail, and Burga Jung, "Alternative Perspectives on Action Research," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 144-151., Gail McCutcheon and Burga Jung
Annotation: Contracts the positivist, the interpretive, and the critical science perspectives and methods action research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, 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 Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Annotation: Traces the conservative political influence in curriculum in the 1980s and urges the restoration of curriculum scholars' voices in the contemporary debates over curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Professors
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
Annotation: Describes a critical framework for studying curriculum packages and applies it to a physical education package in Queensland.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Physical Education, Comparative Curriculum
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: 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
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: 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
Allan, Karen Kuelthau, and Margery Staman Miller, "Teacher-Researcher Collaboratives: Cooperative Professional Development," Theory Into Practice, 29(Summer, 1990), 196-202., Karen Kuelthau Allan and Margery Staman Miller
Annotation: Describes three stages in a cooperative staff development 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, In-service Teacher Development, Teacher Research
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
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: 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
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
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
Annotation: Makes the case for using conceptual analysis as a part of all research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
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
Hawthorne, Richard D., "Analyzing School-Based Collaborative Curriculum Decision Making," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 5(Spring, 1990), 279-286., Richard D. Hawthorne
Annotation: Reports a group decision-making process with full analysis.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
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: 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
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
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: 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
Tanner, Daniel and Laurel N. Tanner, History of the School Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1990., Daniel Tanner and Laurel N. Tanner
Annotation: Provides a comprehensive history of school curriculum in the U.S.
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
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
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
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
Citations from 1989
Annotation: Gives a perspective on a new curriculum paradigm embracing ecological theories of perception, transtemporal connections, and more practical, holistic subjects of study.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Identifies the early European sources in which "class" and "curriculum" were used; shows various meanings of these terms.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry,Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Higher Education Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum
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
Hovda, Ric A., and Diane W. Kyle, "Why Action Research? An Emergent Role in Educational Reform," Irish Educational Studies, 8(No. 2, 1989), 24-44., Ric A. Hovda and Diane W. Kyle
Annotation: Gives a rationale for the role of action research in educational reform.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development
Annotation: Critiques the Tyler rationale in terms of recent non-positivist perspectives; followed by Tyler's response and the author's rejoinder.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Classics of Curriculum Literature
Annotation: Describes school-based curriculum development in two Israeli schools.
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, Comparative Curriculum
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
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
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
Schubert, William H., "Thoughts on the Future of the SSCH," pp. 19-23 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., William H. Schubert
Annotation: Proposes five dimensions of future work for curriculum historians to do.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations
Annotation: Reviews problems of writing history of curriculum in 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
Annotation: Traces how Meiklejohn and Dewey handled the criticism of progressive education in higher education during this period; provides some historical background as well.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Higher Education Curriculum
Campbell, Donald T., Methodology and Epistemology for Social Science: Selected Papers. E. Samuel Overman, ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989., Donald T. Campbell
Annotation: Presents a compilation of Campbell's writings on research methodologies in social science.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
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
Annotation: Describes the use of autobiography in a graduate course for teachers and discusses the rationale for its use in research and in courses.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction
Annotation: Treats evaluation from multiple perspectives, including critical ethnography, and offers an agenda of studies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
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
Hultgren, Francine H., and Donna L. Comer, eds., Alternative Modes of Inquiry in Home Economics Education , 1989 Yearbook of Home Economics Educators Association. Manchester, MO: Glencoe Publishing, 1989., Francine H. Hultgren and Donna L. Comer
Annotation: Discusses three modes of inquiry--empirical/analytic science, interpretive science, and critical science--and their interrelationships.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Home Economics
Denzin, Norman K., The Research Act: A Theoretical Introduction to Sociological Methods , 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1989., Norman K. Denzin
Annotation: Gives a thorough introduction to sociological methods of research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
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
Annotation: Explores the development of one first-year teacher's personal practical knowledge of teaching.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge
Britzman, Deborah P., "Who Has the Floor? Curriculum, Teaching, and the English Student Teacher's Struggle for Voice," Curriculum Inquiry, 19(Summer, 1989), 145-162.*, Deborah P. Britzman
Annotation: Shows how a student teacher experiences curriculum practices.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education
Tappan, Mark B., and Lyn Mikel Brown, "Stories Told and Lessons Learned: Toward a Narrative Approach to Moral Development and Moral Education," Harvard Educational Review, 59(May, 1989), 182-205.*, Mark B. Tappan and Lyn Mikel Brown
Annotation: Shows how narratives are used by children in authoring their own stories related to moral choice, action, and sensibility.
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: Values in the Classroom
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
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
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
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
Frymier, Jack, Larry Barber, Bruce Gansneder, and Neville Robertson, "Simultaneous Replication: A Technique for Large-Scale Research," Phi Delta Kappan , 71(November, 1989), 228-231., Jack Frymier, Larry Barber, Bruce Gansneder, and Neville Robertson
Annotation: Reports Phi Delta Kappa's Study of Schools at Risk done by the technique of simultaneous replication.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Student Assessment
Annotation: Suggests the role of cultural interruption in school and curriculum change.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process
Anderson, Gary L., "Critical Ethnography in Education: Origins, Current Status, and New Directions," Review of Educational Research, 59(Fall, 1989), 249-270.*, Gary L. Anderson
Annotation: Reviews various methodological issues related to doing critical ethnography and cites groups of studies in various topical fields that utilize this method.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Tanner, Laurel N., "The Tenth Anniversary!" pp. 14-18 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Laurel N. Tanner
Annotation: Gives the story of the origin and development of the Society for the Study 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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations
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
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
Annotation: Assesses state of curriculum history.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History
Mueller-Vollmer, Kurt, ed., The Hermeneutics Reader . New York: Continuum, 1989., Kurt Mueller-Vollmer
Annotation: Gives the texts of 13 writers on hermeneutics from the German tradition, including Schleirmacher, Dilthey, Heidigger, Gadamer, Habermas, and others.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: A study of teachers' curriculum change constructs in four orientations.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative 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
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
Cooper, Harris, Integrating Research: A Guide for Literature Reviews, 2nd Edition, Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1989., Harris Cooper
Annotation: Modifies slightly the discussion found in the first edition (1984).
Broad Topical Focus:
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Cooper, Harris, and Ronald G. Ribble, "Influences on the Outcome of Literature Searches for Integrative Research Reviews," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 10(March, 1989), 179-201., Harris Cooper and Ronald G. Ribble
Annotation: Explores factors influencing the preparation of literature reviews.
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
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
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
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