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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

 

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

 

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

 

Grumet, Madeleine R., "The Beauty Full Curriculum," Educational Theory, 39(Summer, 1989), 225-230., Madeleine R. Grumet

Annotation: Discusses the sense of beauty in curricular models and its characterization.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience

 

Butt, Richard L., "An Integrative Function for Teachers' Biographies," pp. 146-159 in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Richard L. Butt

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

 

Lee, Diane, "Everyday Problem Solving: Implications for Education," pp. 251-265 in Jan D. Sinnott, ed., Everyday Problem Solving: Theory and Applications. New York: Praeger, 1989., Diane Lee

Annotation: Describes in a phemomenological mode three teachers' experience of classroom problem-solving activities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process

 

Frey, Karl, Alfons Frei, and Rolf Langeheine, "Do Curriculum Development Models Really Influence the Curriculum?" Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21(November- December, 1989), 553-559.*, Karl Frey, Alfons Frei, and Rolf Langeheine

Annotation: Provides experimental data on 17 categories from a study of three curriculum development models' influence on the resulting curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Kridel, Craig, "The Harvard Redbook and the 1939 Student Council Report," pp. 161-170 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Craig Kridel

Annotation: Explores the failure of the Harvard Redbook proposals for general education.

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: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Specialization vs General Education, Higher Education Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum

 

Walters, Kerry S., "Critical Thinking in Teacher Education: Towards a Demythologization," Journal of Teacher Education, 40(May-June, 1989), 14-19., Kerry S. Walters

Annotation: Urges the reexamination of the reductionist and ideological nature of some views of crtical thinking.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Critical Thinking, Teacher Education, Content Selection and Organization

 

McKernan, Jim, "An Historical Overview of Action Research, Philosophy, and Curriculum Improvement," pp. 129-144 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Jim McKernan

Annotation: Indicates the origins and development of action research in curriculum.

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

 

Weiss, Joel, "Evaluation as Subversive Educational Activity," pp. 121-131 in Geofrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Joel Weiss

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

 

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

 

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

 

Jackson, Philip W., "John Dewey's Poetry" pp. 99-113 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Philip W. Jackson

Annotation: Exhibits and discusses a collection of John Dewey's poetry.

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

 

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

 

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

 

Seddon, Terri, "Curriculum History: A Map of Key Issues," Curriculum Perspectives, 9(October, 1989), 1-16.*, Terri Seddon

Annotation: A thorough review of the state-of-the-art of doing curriculum history published in English. Discusses focus, boundaries, conceptions, and theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Wexler, Philip, "Curriculum in the Closed Society," pp. 92-104 in Henry A. Giroux nd Peter McLaren, eds., Critical Pedagogy, the State, and Cultural Struggle , Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1989.*, Philip Wexler

Annotation: Analyzes the dominant culture embedded in the curriculum--scientism.

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

 

Willinsky, John, "Getting Personal and Practical with Personal Practical Knowledge," Curriculum Inquiry, 19(Fall, 1989), 247-264., John Willinsky

Annotation: Identifies some limitations of Clandinin and Connelly's research on personal practical knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge

 

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

 

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

 

Beauchamp, Larry, and Jim Parsons, "The Curriculum of Student Teacher Evaluation," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing , 9 (Spring, 1989), 125-171.*, Larry Beauchamp and Jim Parsons

Annotation: Examines critically a student teacher evaluation form used in a teacher education institution.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Education, Student Assessment

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Doll, William E. Jr., "Foundations for a Post-Modern Curriuclum," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21(May-June, 1989), 243-253.*, William E. Doll Jr.

Annotation: Poses elements of a re-envisioned curriculum that draws upon post-modern thought.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Klein, Susan S., "Research and Practice: Implications for Knowledge Synthesis in Education," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 11(September, 1989), 58-78. *, Susan S. Klein

Annotation: Summarize the status of knowledge synthesis authorities in education as supported by the U.S. Office of Educational Research and Improvement; offers guidelines for quality synthesis documents.

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

 

Milburn, Geoffrey, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark

Annotation: Presents 1986 conference papers on a variety of curriculum research approaches and issues; describes feminism, phenomenology, life history, biography, among others.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Morrison, Keith, "Curriculum Metaphors and Control: The Old and the New," Curriculum, 10(Autumn, 1989), 77-86.*, Keith Morrison

Annotation: Reviews metaphors of curriculum as structure, machine, channel, business, garden, map, and meal.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Normative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

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

 

Thompson, Harry, and Christine E. Deer, "The Institutionalization of a Senior Secondary Curriculum in New South Wales High Schools," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21(March-April, 1989), 169-184., Harry Thompson and Christine E. Deer

Annotation: Reports a study of aspects of institutionalization of a curriculum using Miles' conceptualizations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Secondary School Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Deliberation

 

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

 

Nelson, Murry R., "Curriculum History: Does Anyone Out There Remember It?" pp. 27-29 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Murry R. Nelson

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

 

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

 

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

 

Ray, G. Thomas, "Aesthetics and Phenomenology of Learning: Rejecting the Tyler Rationale," Educational Forum, 53(Winter, 1989), 127-134.*, G. Thomas Ray

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

 

Elbaz, Freema, "School-Based Curriculum Development: Opportunities for Critical Discourse," Curriculum Perspectives, 9(May, 1989), 16-25.*, Freema Elbaz

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

 

Thiessen, Dennis, "Teachers and their Curriculum--Change Orientations," pp. 132-145 in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Dennis Thiessen

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Hargreaves, Andy, "Curriculum Policy and the Culture of Teaching," pp. 26-40 in Geoffrey Milburn, Ivor F. Goodson, and Robert J. Clark, eds., Re-Interpreting Curriculum Research: Images and Arguments. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1989., Andy Hargreaves

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

 

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

 

Taylor, Harold, "Meiklejohn and Dewey in the 1950's," pp. 178-192 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Harold Taylor

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

 

Kimball, Bruce A., "Curriculum History: The Problems in Writing About Higher Education," pp. 48-65 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Bruce A. Kimball

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

Citations from 1988

 

Gress, James R., "Curriculum: Variations on Themes," pp. 74-86 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988. (Originally in Theory into Practice, 15(April, 1976), 98-106), James R. Gress

Annotation: Examines the evolution of American elementary curriculum thought and designs and concludes they are "variations on themes' affected by socio-political realities.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Elementary School Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Lubeck, Sally, "Roads to School," Theory into Practice , 27(Winter 1, 1988), 11-18.*, Sally Lubeck

Annotation: Applies ethnographic methods to the study of children's play cultures.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classroom Observation & Research, Early Childhood Curriculum

 

Polkinghorne, Donald E., Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences . Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988., Donald E. Polkinghorne

Annotation: Describes narrative knowing in history, literature, psychology, human action, and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

McKernan, Jim, "The Countenance of Currriculum Action Research: Traditional, Collaborative, and Emancipatory-Critical Conceptions," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 3(Spring, 1988), 173-200.*, Jim McKernan

Annotation: Gives an historical account of action research and presents three diverse conceptions of its use.

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

 

Lovat, T. J., "Curriculum Theory: The Oft-Missing Link," Journal of Education for Teaching, 14(March, 1988), 205-213., T. J. Lovat

Annotation: Surveys the role of curriculum theory in teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Smith, John K., "The Evaluator/Researcher as Person vs. the Person as Evaluator/Researcher," Educational Researcher, 17(March, 1988), 18-23.*, John K. Smith

Annotation: Outlines two views of what it means to be a person and discusses them in relation to issues of relativism and research methods.

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

 

Howe, Kenneth R., "Against the Quantitative-Qualitative Incompatibility Thesis or Dogmas Die Hard," Educational Researcher, 17(November, 1988), 10-16.*, Kenneth R. Howe

Annotation: Shows the close relation between two paradigms of inquiry with respect to data, design and analysis, interpretation of results, and epistemological issues.

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

 

Butt, Richard L., and Danielle Raymond, "Biographical and Contextual Influences on an 'Ordinary' Teacher's Thought and Actions," in J. Louryk, C. Clarke, and R. Halkes eds., Teacher Thinking and Professional Action . Luse, Holland: Swets and Zeitlinger, 1988., Richard L. Butt and Danielle Raymond

Annotation: Reports influence of teachers' biography and context on their thoughy and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Planning

 

Lakomski, Gabriele, "Critical Theory," pp. 187-192 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education, Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Gabriele Lakomski

Annotation: Reviews Habermas' view of critical theory with some reference to its use in curriculum inquiry.

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

 

McNeil, Linda M., "Contradictions of Control, Part 2: Teachers, Students, and Curriculum," Phi Delta Kappan, 69(February, 1988), 432-438.*, Linda M. McNeil

Annotation: Reports findings of an ethnographic study of classroom curriculum enactment by teachers and students.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "The Primacy of Experience and the Politics of Method," Educational Researcher, 17(June-July, 1988), 15-20., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Calls for use of diverse research methods that capture the variety of experience we seek to study; addresses political issues related.

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

 

Macdonald, James, and Susan Colberg Macdonald, "Gender, Values, and Curriculum," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 299-304. Reprinted pp. 476-485 in Willam F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., James Macdonald and Susan Colberg Macdonald

Annotation: Discusses sexism and the curriculum and related issues.

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

 

Oliver, Albert I., "What is the Meaning of Curriculum?" pp. 3-18 in his Curriculum Improvement: A Guide to Problems, Principles, and Procedures. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1965. Reprinted 21-31 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., Albert I. Oliver

Annotation: Reviews a number of definitions of curriculum being used and cites examples from various sources.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Rethinking the Language of Schooling," pp. 1-10 in his Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin & Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Argues for new conceptions of teaching and curriculum based on assumptions of critical pedagogy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
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

 

Barone, Thomas E., "Curriculum Platforms and Literature," pp. 140-165 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possiblities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., Thomas E. Barone

Annotation: Describes the crafting of stories, autobiography and biography, and educational criticisms as forms of aesthetic inquiry.

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

 

Lakomski, Gabriele, "Witches, Weather Gods, and Philogiston: The Demise of the Hidden Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 18(Winter, 1988), 451-463., Gabriele Lakomski

Annotation: Argues that there is no such thing as a hidden curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Clark, Charles, "The Necessity of Curricular Objectives," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20( July-August, 1988), 339-349., Charles Clark

Annotation: Analyzes the role and purposes of curriculum objectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Daniels, Le Roi B., "What Psychology Can Do for Education," Canadian Journal of Education, 13(Winter, 1988), 52-64., Le Roi B. Daniels

Annotation: Draws on the analysis of three concepts (persons, intentions, and reception) to build an interdisciplinary research approach to pedagogy.

Broad Topical Focus: 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: Teaching/Learning Process, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Reid, William A., "The Technological Society and the Concept of General Education," pp. 115-131 in Ian Westbury and Alan C. Purves, eds., Cultural Literacy and the Idea of General Education , Eighty-Seventh Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988., William A. Reid

Annotation: Traces the arguments for general education in light of the technological society.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization

 

Gordon, David, "The Rebirth of the Hidden Curriculum: Phlogiston as Priestley Might Explain it to Lavoisier," Curriculum Inquiry, 18(Winter, 1988), 465-470. *, David Gordon

Annotation: Responds to Lakomski's analysis of the hidden curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Doll, William E., Jr., "Curriculum Beyond Stability: Schon, Prigogine, Piaget," pp. 114-133 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., William E. Doll Jr.

Annotation: Lays foundation for a transformative curriculum based on process rather than preset order.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
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

 

Miller, Janet L., "The Resistance of Women Academics: An Autobiographical Account," pp. 486-494 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988. Reprinted pp. 69-76 in Janet L. Miller, Sounds of Silence Breaking: Women, Autobiography, Curriculum. New York: Peter Lang, 2005., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Reviews the author's stance and experience as a professor.

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

 

Knitter, William, "The Informing Vision of the Practical: The Concepts of Character, Virtue, Vice, and Privation," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20 (November-December, 1988), 483-492., William Knitter

Annotation: Analyzes these four concepts in the context of Schwab's notion of deliberation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Values in the Classroom

 

Cornbleth, Catherine, "Curriculum In and Out of Context," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 3(Winter, 1988), 85-96., Catherine Cornbleth

Annotation: Conceptualizes curriculum without isolating it from its structural and systemic contexts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Change,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
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 Theory Creation and Uses

 

Smylie, M. A., "Curriculum Adaptation within Classroom," pp. 192-194 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., Intenational Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., M. A. Smylie

Annotation: Discusses various modifications teachers make in implementing the curriculum to meet students where they are.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Planning, Curriculum Implementation, Multiethnic Adaptation

 

Beyer, Landon E., and Michael W. Apple, "Values and Politics in the Curriculum," pp. 3-16 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988. Also pp. 1-17 in second edition, 1998., Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Introduces the book's essays and places them historically within the curriculum field's perennial and complex questions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Noblit, George W., and R. Dwight Hare, Meta-Ethnography: Synthesizing Qualitative Studies. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1988., George W. Noblit and R. Dwight Hare

Annotation: Provides an overview of how to synthesize qualitative research studies.

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

 

Dalton, Thomas H., The Challenge of Curriculum Innovation: A Study of Ideology and Practice. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1988., Thomas H. Dalton

Annotation: A two-year ethnographic study of curriculum change in "Geography for Young School Learners" in two UK schools.

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, Social Studies

 

Krall, Florence R., "Behind the Chairperson's Door: Reconceptualizing Woman's Work," pp. 495-513 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Florence R. Krall

Annotation: Presents a phenomenological and feminist report of the author's own experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Antonio Gramsci: Schooling for Radical Politics," pp. 196-203 in Henry A. Giroux, ed., Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Traces the contributions of Gramsci to critical pedagogy.

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

 

Smyth, John, A 'Critical Pedagogy' of Teacher Evaluation . Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1988., John Smyth

Annotation: Conceptualizes an approach to teacher evaluation that goes beyond pointing to inadequacies to acknowledge the existing power relationships and transforming them through critical pedagogical relationships; includes three lengthy reprinted articles on the topic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Teacher Evaluation

 

McDonnell, Lorraine M., "Can Educational Research Speak to State Policy?" Theory Into Practice, 27(Spring, 1988), 91-97., Lorraine M. McDonnell

Annotation: Discusses the issue in terms of possible approaches.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Bonser, Stewart A., and Shirley J. Grundy, "Reflective Deliberation in the Formulation of a School Curriculum Policy," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20(January-February, 1988), 35-45., Stewart A. Bonser and Shirley J. Grundy

Annotation: Notes several approaches to deliberation and outlines an alternative process of reflective deliberation that involves returning proposed policy actions to players in the system for their feedback and deliberation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Willis, George, "The Human Problems and Possibilities of Curriculum Evaluation," pp. 315-333 in George Willis, ed., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988. Also pp. 339-357 in 2nd ed., 1998.*, George Willis

Annotation: Traces the history of curriculum evaluation and seeks to replace technical evaluation approaches with those responsive to a human ideology of the type described by James Macdonald.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Giroux, Henry A., and Anthony N. Penna, "Social Education in the Classroom: The Dynamics of the Hidden Curriculum," pp. 21-42 in Henry A. Giroux, ed., Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux and Anthony N. Penna

Annotation: Explores the authoritarian effects of the hidden curriculum and how it contrasts with democratic processes; reprinted from Spring, 1979, issue of Theory and Research in Social Education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum, Social Studies

 

Carlson, Dennis L., "Curriculum Planning and the State: The Dynamics of Control in Education," pp. 98-115 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., Dennis L. Carlson

Annotation: Expresses concern with state-sponsored systems models of curriculum planning and proposes an alternative.

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

 

Grumet, Madeleine R., "Bodyreading," pp. 453-473 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Madeleine R. Grumet

Annotation: Shows how student meanings are amenable to phenomenological and feminist analysis.

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

 

Keeves, John, "The Unity of Educational Research," Interchange, 19(Spring, 1988), 14-30.*, John Keeves

Annotation: Reviews the differences between scientific and qualitative research approaches, outlines several related epestemological issues, and discusses the prospect of integrating diverse perspectives.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., and Landon E. Beyer, "Social Evaluation of Curriculum," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 5(Winter, 1983), 425-434. Reprinted pp. 334-449 in Landon W. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988; and revised as Ch. 4 in Michael W. Apple, ed., Power, Meaning, and Identity. New York: Peter Lang, 1999.*, Michael W. Apple and Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Poses a way of evaluating curriculum that takes into account social, economic, and ideological purposes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum

 

Short, Edmund C., "Curriculum Associations and Journals," pp. 196-199 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Identifies journals in English and in other languages and their sponsoring professional organizations that publish or foster curriculum research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum

 

Rosario, Jose, "Harold Rugg on How We Came to Know: A View of His Aesthetics," JCT, 2(Winter, 1980), 165-177. Reprinted pp. 343-358 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Jose Rosario

Annotation: Reviews Rugg's ideas on aesthetics and its implications for curriculum; largely based on Rugg's 1963 book Imagination.

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

 

Taba, HIlda, "A Conceptual Framework for Curriculum Design," pp. 413-444 in her Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice. New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1962. Reprinted pp. 276-304 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., HIlda Taba

Annotation: Analyzes the rationale, problems, and principles of curriculum design; discusses design elements and relationships; sets forth a model of curriculum design.

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

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Educational Reform: Rhetoric, Ritual, and Social Interest," Educational Theory, 38 (Winter, 1988), 77-93., Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Discusses the social construction of schooling as evidenced by changes in curriculum and teaching; discusses the social distribution of knowledge and the discourses of school reform as evidence of social and political relations and interests.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Change,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Giroux, Henry A., and Roger Simon, "Curriculum Study and Cultural Politics," pp. 129-142 in Henry A. Giroux, ed., Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning. Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux and Roger Simon

Annotation: Argues for a new approach to curriculum study based on critical and political perspectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals," pp. 121-128 in his Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Describes what teachers would be like if they acted as intellectuals

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

 

Dewey, John, "The Psychological Aspect of the School Curriculum," pp. 129-138 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988. (Originally in Education Review, 14(April, 1897), 356-369.), John Dewey

Annotation: Places the experience of the child central in deciding the material of instruction.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Liberal Arts, Teaching, and Critical Literacy: Toward a Definition of School as a Form of Cultural Politics," pp. 243-263 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale,AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Discusses the use of schooling as a form of cultural politics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, English

 

Cooper, Harris M., "Organizing Knowledge Synthesis: A Taxonomy of Literature Reviews," Knowledge in Society, 1(Spring, 1988), 104-126., Harris M. Cooper

Annotation: Presents a framework for understanding and conducting research reviews.

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

 

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