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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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Ariav, Tamar, "Curriculum Analysis," pp. 194-196 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Tamar Ariav

Annotation: Describes curriculum analysis procedures and cites schemes available for use in this task.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Marklund, S., "Curriculum History: Sweden," pp. 220-222 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., S. Marklund

Annotation: Traces very briefly the history of curricula in Sweden from the thirteenth century to the present.

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

 

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

 

Connelly, F. Michael , Robert K. Crocker, and Heidi Kass, "National Curriculum Research: Problems in the Methamethodology of Studies Concerned with State Policy and Local Variation," Comparative Education Review, 32(November, 1988), 430-451., F. Michael Connelly, Robert K. Crocker, and Heidi Kass

Annotation: Identifies problems with policy research in curriculum in various countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development

 

Sherman, Robert R., and Rodman B. Webb, eds., Qualitative Research in Education: Focus and Methods. Philadelphia: Falmer, 1988., Robert R. Sherman and Rodman B. Webb

Annotation: Describes twelve types of methods of research written by specialists in each type.

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: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Gay, Geneva, "Designing Relelvant Curricula for Diverse Learners," Education and Urban Society, 20(August, 1988), 327-340.*, Geneva Gay

Annotation: Presents an approach to a multicultural curriculum design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Multicultural Education

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Pagano, Jo Anne, "The Claim of Philia," pp. 514-530 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Jo Anne Pagano

Annotation: Challenges a patriarchical conception of authority.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

O'Neill, Maureen, "Curricular Reconstruction: Vision of The Social Frontier ," The Educational Forum, 52(Spring, 1988), 223-234.*, Maureen O'Neill

Annotation: Gives the views of curricular reconstruction as provided in The Social Frontier of the 1930s.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum

 

Smith, David G., "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: Facing Pedagogy in the Nuclear Shadow," pp. 275-285 in Terrance R. Carson, ed., Toward a Renaissance of Humanity . Edmonton: Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, 1988., David G. Smith

Annotation: Gives an explanation of hermeneutics applied to the teaching-learning process.

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

 

Quantz, Richard A., and Terence W. O'Connor, "Writing Critical Ethnography: Dialogue, Multivoicedness and Carnival in Cultural Texts," Educational Theory, 38 (Winter, 1988), 95-109., Richard A. Quantz and Terence W. O'Connor

Annotation: Discusses issues related to doing critical ethnography drawing on work of Bakhtin.

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

 

Sirotnik, Kenneth A., "What Goes on in Classrooms? Is This the Way We Want It?" pp. 56-70 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., Kenneth A. Sirotnik

Annotation: Reports evidence from Goodlad's Study of Schooling and asks whether this is what we want; makes a plea for critical inquiry in schools.

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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Butt, Richard, Danielle Raymond, and Lloyd Yamagishi, "Autobiographic Praxis: Studying the Formation of Teachers' Knowledge," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 7(Winter, 1988), 89-164., Richard Butt, Danielle Raymond, and Lloyd Yamagishi

Annotation: Describes assumptions behind an approach to authobiography with examples from teachers; gives an extensive treatment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Knowledge

 

Westbury, Marilyn, "The Science and the Art of Teacher Effectiveness: An Examination of Two Research Traditions," Canadian Journal of Education, 13(No. 1, 1988), 138-161., Marilyn Westbury

Annotation: Presents a critique process-process research and ethnographic research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Ethnographic Inquiry,Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Evaluation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Kirk, David, "Ideology and School-Centered Innovation: A Case Study and a Critique," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20(September-October, 1988), 449-464., David Kirk

Annotation: Describes teachers' innovative actions in an Australian school.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Planning

 

Harris, Wendall V., Interpretive Acts: In Search of Meaning . Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1988., Wendall V. Harris

Annotation: Explores speech acts with discourse analysis and hermeneutic interpretation.

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

 

Schubert, William H., and Ann Lynn Schubert, "Curriculum Inquiry: Alternative Paradigms," pp. 222-227 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds. International Encyclopedia of Education, Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., William H. Schubert and Ann Lynn Schubert

Annotation: Describes and traces the rise of various inquiry paradigms in curriculum research, including the empirical-analytic, the hermenuetic, the critical, and the substantive

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., David Shumway, Paul Smith, and James Sosnoski, "The Need for Cultural Studies," pp. 143-157 in Henry A. Giroux, ed., Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux, David Shumway, Paul Smith, and James Sosnoski

Annotation: Argues that cultural studies are needed to engage critically social and political issues rooted in instrumental rationality.

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: Social Studies, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and Politics

 

Freedman, Sara E., "Teaching, Gender, and Curriculum," pp. 204-218 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. 230-244 in the Second Edition, 1998., Sara E. Freedman

Annotation: Discusses curriculum developed within the classroom rather than based on outside knowledge; examines arguments for using the teacher's personal knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teacher Knowledge

 

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

 

Phillips, D. C., "Confounding the Grim Reaper: An Evaluation of Some Criticisms of Educational and Social Science Research," Canadian Journal of Education, 13(Winter, 1988), 14-28.*, D. C. Phillips

Annotation: Discusses issues related to the use of hermeneutic interpretation in educational and social science research.

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

 

Gershman, Kathleen, "To and Fro: Education for the Art of Life," Process Studies, l7 (Winter, l988), 215-226., Kathleen Gershman

Annotation: Discusses the role of Whitehead's process philosophy of education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Small, Jan L., and Jean H. Young, "Teachers' Motivations for Participating in Curriculum Development Committees," The Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 34(March, 1988), 42-50.*, Jan L. Small and Jean H. Young

Annotation: A study of the relative importance of six factors in teachers' participation in curriculum development committees.

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

 

Foshay, Arthur, W. "The Curriculum Matrix - Further Thoughts," Thresholds in Education, 14(August, 1988), 8-10.*, Arthur W. Foshay

Annotation: Modifies his earlier (1987) essay on the curriculum matrix.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Beyer, Landon E., "Curriculum Deliberation," pp. 199-201 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education, Supplement Volume 1. New York: Pergamon Press, 1988.*, Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: A review of ethical, political, aesthetic issues on which deliberation is required in curriculum development and policy-making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

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

 

Barrow, Robin, "Over the Top: A Misuse of Philosophical Techniques?" Interchange, 19(Summer, 1988), 59-63.*, Robin Barrow

Annotation: Sets forth agreements and disagreements with Jickling (1988) on his analysis and criticism of Tanner and Tanner (1980) and their views on the Tyler Rationale.

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

 

Grumet, Madeleine, R., "Women and Teaching: Homeless at Home," pp. 531-539 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Madeleine R. Grumet

Annotation: Presents a critical interpretation of an autobiographical account of a young woman's educational experiences.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., and Peter McLaren, "Teacher Education and the Politics of Democratic Reform," pp. 158-176 in Henry A. Giroux, ed., Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux and Peter McLaren

Annotation: Argues that teacher education institutions need to be reconceived as public spheres engaging in social and political debate; pleads for citizenship education in teacher education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and Politics, Teacher Education, Citizenship Education

 

Elbaz, Freema, " Teachers' Participation In Curriculum Development," pp. 205-207 in TorstenHusen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Freema Elbaz

Annotation: Reviews reasons for teacher participation in curriculum development and the variety of forms it takes; also gives limits to such participation.

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 Development Strategies

 

Watkins, William H., and Y. Byo, "Curriculum History: Nigeria," pp. 218-220 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., William H. Watkins and Y. Byo

Annotation: Traces very briefly the history of curricula in Nigeria in pre-colonial, colonial, and post-independence periods.

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

 

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Mass Culture and the Rise of the New Illiteracy: Implications for Reading," pp. 74-85 in Henry A. Giroux, ed, Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Treats the new illiteracy that results from mass culture and proposes changes in the reading curriculum.

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

 

Atkinson, Paul, Sara Delamont, and Martyn Hammersley, "Qualitative Research Traditions: A British Response to Jacob," Review of Educational Research, 58 (Summer, 1988), 231-250., Paul Atkinson, Sara Delamont, and Martyn Hammersley

Annotation: Discusses qualitative research in Britain.

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, Comparative Curriculum, Qualitative Research

 

Young, Jean, "Teacher Participation in Curiculum Development: What Status Does it Have?" Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 3(Winter, 1988), 109-121., Jean Young

Annotation: Reports a study of the extent of teacher participation in curriculum development.

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

 

Egan, Kieran, "Metaphor in Collison: Objectives, Assembly Lines, and Stories," Curriculum Inquiry, 18(Spring, 1988), 63-86., Kieran Egan

Annotation: Shows the theoretical and practical differences between objective - based procedures (assembly-line metaphors) in educational practice and those using story forms of metaphors.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,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 Aims and Objectives

 

Beyer, Landon E., "Art and Society: Toward New Directions in Aesthetic Education," pp. 380-399 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Reviews classical and Marxist notions of art and art education; suggests six changes that must occur if art education is to be appropriately placed in the curriculum.

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

 

Purpel, David E., and Kevin Ryan, "It Comes with the Territory: The Inevitability of Moral Education in the Schools," pp. 357-365 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., David E. Purpel and Kevin Ryan

Annotation: Argues for making moral education visible in the curriculum, in the hidden curriculum, and in the school culture.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Character Education, Values in the Classroom, Content Selection and Organization

 

McNeil, Linda M., "Contradictions of Control, Part 3: Contradictions of Reform," Phi Delta Kappan, 69(March, 1988), 478-485., Linda M. McNeil

Annotation: Shows how in two cases of top-down reform they lead to inauthentic curriculum and mechanical teaching processes and to results that contradict the intentions of the reforms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Core Mandates, Local Control of Schooling

 

Cherryholmes, Cleo H., "An Exploration of Meaning and the Dialogue between Textbooks and Teaching," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20(January-February, 1988), 1-21., Cleo H. Cherryholmes

Annotation: Explores this topic through discourses from language theory and critical philosophy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Hermeneutic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Textbooks, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

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

 

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . South Hadley, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Contains 14 essays by the author, most of which previously appeared elsewhere.

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: Curriculum and Politics

 

Teitelbaum, Kenneth N., "Contestation and Curriculum: The Efforts of American Socialists, 1900-1920," pp. 32-55 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., Kenneth N. Teitelbaum

Annotation: Describes the socialist schools of this period and their curricula.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, 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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Religious & Private Schooling

 

Cherryholmes, Cleo H., "Construct Validity and the Discourses of Research," American Journal of Education, 96(May, 1988), 421-457., Cleo H. Cherryholmes

Annotation: Examinnes the use of the concept of construct validity in educational research, especially in relation to phenomenological, critical, and interpretive research.

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

 

Freedman, Kerry, and Thomas S. Popkewitz, "Art Education and Social Interests in the Development of American Schooling: Ideological Origins of Curriculum Theory," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20(September-October, 1988), 387-405., Kerry Freedman and Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Presents a history of art education from 1870-1900 and its ideological origins; shows antecedents of current curriculum thought.

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: Art Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum History, Curriculum Differentiation

 

Grove, Richard W., "An Analysis of the Constant Comparative Method," Qualitative Studies in Education, 1(No. 3, 1988), 273-279.*, Richard W. Grove

Annotation: States and contrasts two methods of analzying qualitative data--those of Glaser and Strauss and of Lincoln and Guba.

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, Qualitative Research

 

Merriam, Sharan B., Case Study Research in Education: A Qualitative Approach . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988., Sharan B. Merriam

Annotation: Discusses the planning and execution of case studies of the qualitative type.

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

 

Cherryholmes, Cleo H., "Poststructuralism, Pragmatism, and Curriculum," pp. 130-149 in his Power and Criticism: Poststructural Investigations in Education . New York: Teachers College Press, 1988.*, Cleo H. Cherryholmes

Annotation: A poststructural analysis of the structure-of-disciplines curriculum with an exposition of critical pragmatism.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

McNiff, Joan. Action Research: Principles and Practice. London: Macmillan Education, 1988., Joan McNiff

Annotation: Describes the process and history of action research by teachers; gives case reports; provides practical guidance and questions/answers about action research.

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The Effort to Reconstruct the Modern Curriculum," pp. 19-31 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 appears in 1998 second edition., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Explains how the curriculum at any given time reflects competing doctrines and practices.

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Mathison, Sandra, "Why Triangulate?" Educational Researcher, 17(March, 1988), 13-17.*, Sandra Mathison

Annotation: Discusses methods and purposes of scientific data triangulation as a basis for constructing plausible explanations.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

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

 

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

 

Gordon, David, "Education as Text: The Varieties of Educational Hiddeness," Curriculum Inquiry, 18(Winter, 1988), 425-449., David Gordon

Annotation: Explores the hidden meaning in texts, drawing on Ricoeur and Geertz.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Hermeneutic Inquiry, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum

 

Giroux, Henry A., and Roger Simon, "Popular Culture and Critical Pedagogy: Everyday Life as a Basis for Curriculum Knowledge," Boston University Journal of Education, 170(No. 1, 1988). Reprinted pp. 236-252 in Henry A. Giroux and Peter McLaren, eds., Critical Pedagogy, the State, and Cultural Struggle. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1989., Henry A. Giroux and Roger Simon

Annotation: Proposes to critique popular culture as the material of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Conceptions of Teaching

 

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

 

Jickling, Bob, "Paradigms in Curriculum Development: Critical Comments on the Work of Tanner and Tanner," Interchange, 19(Summer 1988), 41-49.*, Bob Jickling

Annotation: Challenges the view of Tanner and Tanner (1980) that the Tyler Rationale should be considered a paradigm for curriculum development.

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

 

Whitson, James Anthony, "The Politics of 'Non-Political' Curriculum: Heteroglossia and the Discourse of 'Choice' and 'Effectiveness'," pp. 279-330 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, l988., James Anthony Whitson

Annotation: Critiques the political use of educational choice and educational effectiveness by the political right; places this critique within antipositivist perspective of Freire, Bakhtin, and others.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in 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

 

Posner, George J., "Models of Curriculum Planning," pp. 77-97 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. 79-100 in their Second Edition, 1998.*, George J. Posner

Annotation: Discusses two perspectives on curriculum planning (technical production and critical) and distinguishes procedural, descriptive, conceptual, and ideological questions related to them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

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

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "The Liberal Arts Curriculum and Its Enemies: The Effort to Redefine General Education," pp. 29-51 in Ian Westbury and Alan C. Purves, eds, Cultural Literacy and the Idea of General Education. 87th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1988. Reprinted pp. 27-50 in Herbert M. Kliebard, Forging the American Curriculum: Essays in Curriculum History and Theory. New York: Routledge, 1992. Also reprinted pp. 3-25 in Margaret J. Early and Kenneth J. Rehage, eds., Issues in Curriculum: A Selection of Chapters from NSSE Yearbooks, 98th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Shows how the views of Herbert Spencer and others in the mid-nineteenth century challenged and overtook the historic view of liberal education, the effect of which are evident in curricula of twentieth century schooling.

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

 

Kimpston, Richard D., and Karen B. Rogers, "Predispostions, Participatory Roles, and Perceptions of Teachers, Principals, and Community Members in a Collaborative Curriculum Planning Process," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20(July-August, 1988), 351-367., Richard D. Kimpston and Karen B. Rogers

Annotation: Reports a study of various participants in curriculum planning and their perceptions of the process.

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

 

Schubert, William H., Ann Lynn Lopez Schubert, Leslie Herzog, George Posner, and Craig Kridel, "A Genealogy of Curriculum Researchers," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 8(Spring, 1988), 137-183., William H. Schubert, Ann Lynn Schubert, Leslie Herzog, George Posner, and Craig Kridel

Annotation: Shows doctoral advisors and students for an array of curriculum scholars and researchers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Pinar, William F., "The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies, 1987: A Personal Retrospective," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 3(Winter, 1988), 157-167. A slightly expanded version of this article appears pp. 1-13 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988, and pp.483-497 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses: Twenty Years of JCT. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Reviews the period of radical change in the curriculum field (1957-1987) and the work of the contributors to it.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Squire, James R., "Studies of Textbooks: Are We Asking the Right Questions?" pp. 127-169 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Contributing to Educational Change: Perspectives on Research and Practice . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., James R. Squire

Annotation: Identifies a series of factors that have been studied in studies of textbooks; makes suggestions for needed research.

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

 

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., "Writing and Critical Thinking in the Social Studies," pp. 54-73 in his Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Discusses the implications of critical pedagogy on the social studies.

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: Social Studies, English, Critical Thinking

 

Atkins, Elaine, "Reframing Curriculum Theory in Terms of Interpretation and Practice, A Hermeneutical Approach," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 20 (September-October, 1988), 437-448., Elaine Atkins

Annotation: Discusses the hermeneutical approach to curriculum theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Culture, Power and Transformation in the Work of Paulo Freire: Toward a Politics of Education," pp. 108-120, in Henry A. Giroux, ed., Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Reviews Freire's work in relation to critique of culture, power, and the theory-practice relationship.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Solidarity, Ethics, and Possibility in Critical Education," pp. 204-221 in his Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning. Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Critiques books by Eagleton and by Welch and notes their contributions to the discourse on ethics and hope for educational theory and practice.

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: Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics

 

Shapiro, H. Svi, "Beyond the Sociology of Education: Culture, Politics, and the Promise of Educational Change," Educational Theory, 38(Fall, 1988), 415-430., H. Svi Shapiro

Annotation: Reviews the literature on the new sociology of education and radical educational theory and poses an agenda for political support for educational change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and Politics

 

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

 

Fetterman, David M., "Qualitative Approaches to Evaluating Education," Educational Researcher, 17(November, 1988), 17-23.*, David M. Fetterman

Annotation: Describes steps in conducting qualitative evaluation in education.

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

 

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

 

McCutcheon, Gail, "Curriculum Theory and Practice: Considerations for the 1990's and Beyond," NASSP Bulletin, 72(September, 1988), 33-42.*, Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Describes the relation between theory and practice and how educators develop theories of action out of their experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, Practical Knowledge

 

Haggerson, Nelson L., "Reconceptualizing Inquiry in Curriculum: Using Multiple Research Paradigms to Enhance the Study of Curriculum," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 8(Spring, 1988), 81-102. Reprinted pp. 11-26 in Nelson L. Haggerson, Jr., Expanding Curriculum Research and Understanding: A Mytho-Poetic Perspective. New York: Peter Lang, 2000.*, Nelson L. Haggerson

Annotation: Sets forth four paradigms for use in curriculum study--rational/theoretical, mythological/practical, evolutionary/transformational, and normative/critical.

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

 

Sabar, Naama, "Curriculum Development, School Based," pp. 201-205 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education, Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Naama Sabar

Annotation: Discusses the school-based curriculum development strategy and the variables involved along with its advantages and disadvantages.

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

 

Madaus, George F., "The Influence of Testing on Curriculum," pp. 83-121 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Critical Issues in Curriculum. 87th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part I. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1988. Reprinted pp. 73-111 in Margaret J. Early and Kenneth J. Rehage, eds., Issues in Curriculum: A Selection of Chapters from Past NSSE Yearbooks. 98th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999., George F. Madaus

Annotation: Reviews the effects of testing, especially high-stakes standardized tests, on curriculum, instruction, and students; discusses past and present issues with examples from several countries.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Standards and Testing, Evaluation of Instruction, Student Assessment, Comparative Curriculum, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Silberstein, Moshe, "Curriculum Studies: Teacher Education Programs," pp. 232-235 in Torsten Husen and Thomas N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. Supplement Volume One. New York: Pergamon, 1988., Moshe Silberstein

Annotation: Treats the problem of integrating curriculum knowledge and skills into teacher education curriculum; cites both generic and particular models.

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Teacher Education

 

Broudy, Harry S., The Uses of Schooling. New York: Routledge, 1988., Harry S. Broudy

Annotation: Describes four uses of schooling: replicative, applicative, associative, and interpretive; urges curriculum be designed with these uses in mind.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum and the Disciplines, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum Frameworks, Liberal Education/General Education, Specialization vs General Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Ryan, Alan G., "Program Evaluation within the Paradigms," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 10(September, 1988), 25-47.*, Alan G. Ryan

Annotation: Analyzes systematically the differences between the empirical-analytic, the interpretive, and the critical-theoretical paradigms of program evaluation research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Evaluative Inquiry,Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

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

 

Murphy, Joseph, "Equity as Student Opportunity to Learn," Theory Into Practice, 27(Spring, 1988), 145-151.*, Joseph Murphy

Annotation: Reviews studies of equity in curriculum enactment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation

 

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

 

McCutcheon, Gail, "Curriculum and the Work of Teachers," pp. 191-203 in Landon E. Beyer and Michael W. Apple, eds., The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988., Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Sets forth a deliberationist view of teachers at work with classroom curriculum in contrast to a traditional view related to the overt and the hidden curriculum.

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