
CIRS: Curriculum Inquiry and Related Studies from Educational Research: A Searchable Bibliography of Selected Studies
Citations from 1987
Kridel, Craig, and Laurel N. Tanner, "The Uncompleted Past: The Society for the Study of Curriculum History Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary," The Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 3(Fall, 1987), 71-74., Craig Kridel and Laurel N. Tanner
Annotation: Gives a brief review of history of the SSCH.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations, Curriculum History
Giroux, Henry A., "Liberal Arts, Public Philosophy, and the Politics of Civic Courage," Curriculum Inquiry, 17(Fall, 1987), 331-335., Henry A. Giroux
Annotation: Suggests developing a critical pedagogy that takes seriously the notion of democratic public philosophy.
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: Citizenship Education, Democratic Education
Oberg, Antoinette, and Gail McCutcheon, "Teachers' Experience Doing Action Research," Peabody Journal of Education, 64(Winter, 1987), 116-127., Antoinette Oberg and Gail McCutcheon
Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' experience doing action research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research
Dobson, Russell L., and Judith Dobson, "Curriculum Theorizing," The Educational Forum, 51(Spring, 1987), 275-284.*, Russell L. Dobson and Judith Dobson
Annotation: Anayzes the uses of the expression "curriculum theorizing."
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Grundy, Shirley, Curriculum: Product or Praxis? Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1987., Shirley Grundy
Annotation: Examines curriculum as praxis and critical practice in relation to teachers' work.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Portelli, John P., "On Defining Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2(Summer, 1987), 354-367.*, John P. Portelli
Annotation: Identifies issues in defining the concept of curriculum; reviews leading definitions of curriculum and argues against the effort to offer such definitions; urges clarification of the relationship of curriculum to other educational concepts.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Chism, Nancy, Donald Sanders, and Connie Zitlow, "Observations on a Faculty Development Program Based on Practice-Centered Inquiry," Peabody Journal of Education, 64(Spring, 1987), 1-23., Nancy Chism, Donald Sanders, and Connie Zitlow
Annotation: Reports an action research study of a faculty development program in higher education departments.
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, Higher Education Curriculum, In-service Teacher Development
Donmoyer, Robert, "Beyond Thorndike/ Beyond Melodrama," Curriculum Inquiry, 17(Winter, 1987), 353-363., Robert Donmoyer
Annotation: Discusses alternative conceptions of educational research; introduces articles in this issue of Curriculum Inquiry.
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
Tesch, Renata, "Emerging Themes: The Researchers' Experience," Phenomenology+Pedagogy, 5(No. 3, 1987), 230-241.*, Renata Tesch
Annotation: Discusses the identification of themes and patterns in phenomenological data.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Potter, Jonathan, and Margaret Wetherell, Discourse and Social Psychology: Beyond Attitudes and Behavior. London: Sage, 1987., Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell
Annotation: Presents a multi-faceted discussion of discourse analysis as a research technique.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Discourse Analysis
Barone, Thomas E., "Research Out of the Shadows: A Reply to Rist," Curriculum Inquiry, 17(Winter, 1987), 453-463., Thomas E. Barone
Annotation: Responds to a critic of his article (pp.421-446) that appears just prior to this response.
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
Frymier, Jack, "A Study of Children's Interests in Words," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2(Winter, 1987), 128-151., Jack Frymier
Annotation: Reports a study of the Macmillan spelling series and children's interests in words.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Textbooks
Smulyan, Lisa, "Collaborative Action Research: A Critical Analysis," Peabody Journal of Education, 64(Spring, 1987), 57-70., Lisa Smulyan
Annotation: Discusses the processes involved in collaborative action research and shows what problems may occur in contributing to theory, practice, and staff development.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Practical Knowledge
McKernan, Jim, "Action Research and Curriculum Development," Peabody Journal of Education, 64(Winter, 1987), 6-19., Jim McKernan
Annotation: Reviews the history of action research in curriculum development.
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
Beyer, Landon E., "Art and Society: Toward New Directions in Aesthetic Education," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 7(No. 2, 1987), 72-98., Landon E. Beyer
Annotation: Outlines an alternative conception of curriculum theory and development in the arts based on the view that cultural production and social action must be a significant part of 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: Aesthetics Education
Annotation: Sets forth the occurence of battles between high schools and colleges from 1890s to mid-twentieth century.
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: Secondary School Curriculum, Higher Education Curriculum, Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Marsh, Colin J., "Curriculum Theorizing in Australia," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 7(No. 2, 1987), 7-29., Colin J. Marsh
Annotation: Identifies Australian curriculum theorists and the books published from 1919 to 1981.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum
Hord, Shirley M., and Gene E. Hall, "Three Images: What Principals Do in Curriculum Implementation," Curriculum Inquiry, 17(Spring, 1987), 55-89., Shirley M. Hord and Gene E. Hall
Annotation: Reports a study of what principals do to bring about curriculum implementation and school improvement.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation
Grumet, Madeleine R., "The Politics of Personal Knowledge," Curriuclum Inquiry, 17(Fall, 1987), 319-329., Madeleine R. Grumet
Annotation: Describes experience in doing narrative inquiry and autobiography.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum and Politics
Sabatier, Paul A., "Knowledge, Policy-Oriented Learning, and Policy Change," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 8(June, 1987), 649-692., Paul A. Sabatier
Annotation: Explores the dimensions of policy-making and change.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization
Annotation: Reviews the historical development of action research and its use.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Classroom Observation & Research
Annotation: Reviews general methodological controversies in the social sciences and critiques several branches of educational research, including "structure of knowledge," cognitive structures of learning, and issues in developmental psychology in the context of education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Jacob, Evelyn, "Qualitative Research Traditions: A Review," Review of Educational Research, 57(Spring, 1987), 1-50.*, Evelyn Jacob
Annotation: Reviews and compares in detail five qualitative research traditions--ecological psychology, holistic ethnography, cognitive anthropology, ethnography of communication, and symbolic interactionism. Related articles appear in 58(Summer,1988),231-250; in 59(Summer, 1989), 229-235; and in Educational Researcher, 17(January-February, 1988), 16-24.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research
Annotation: Reviews the literature on the topic and on guidelines for action research in preservice teacher education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Education
Kyle, Diane Wells, and Ric A. Hovda, "Teachers as Action Researchers: A Discussion of Developmental, Organizational, and Policy Issues," Peabody Journal of Education, 64(Winter, 1987), 80-95., Diane Wells Kyle and Ric A. Hovda
Annotation: Describes a teachers' study group in action and how they carried out their research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research
Tanner, Laurel N., and Daniel Tanner, "Environmentalism in American Pedogogy: The Legacy of Lester Ward," Teachers College Record, 88(Summer, 1987), 537-547., Laurel N. Tanner and Daniel Tanner
Annotation: Shows how Ward's ideas influenced Dewey's work; gives Ward's focus on social progress through the curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Aims and Objectives
Citations from 1986
Annotation: Describes the role of Finney, Bobbitt, and Charters in the social efficiency movement in curriculum.
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, Social Efficiency/Control
Cronbach, Lee, "Tyler's Contribution to Measurement and Evaluation," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 47-52., Lee Cronbach
Annotation: Summarizes Tyler's contributions to the evaluation and measurement fields.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists,Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Evaluation of Instruction, Program Audit/Evaluation
Annotation: Gives a case study of curriculum decision making by the English faculty in the Community College of Philadelphia; the analysis of the deliberation is done in terms of three different frameworks.
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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Higher Education Curriculum
Annotation: Shows what pedagogy is not and what it is; calls for pedogogical interpretation of certain phenomena in children.
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: Conceptions of Teaching
Alexander, H. A., "Eisner's Aesthetic Theory of Evaluation," Educational Theory, 36(Summer, 1986), 259-270.*, H. A. Alexander
Annotation: Identifies several problems with Eisner's aesthetic theory of evaluation.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Aesthetics and Curriculum
Annotation: Capsulizes basic knowledge about doing educational evaluation in a comprehensive monograph.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation, Student Assessment
Cornbleth, Catherine, "Ritual and Rationality in Teacher Education Reform," Educational Researcher, 15(April, 1986), 5-14., Catherine Cornbleth
Annotation: Examines critically the nature and implications of recent calls for reform in teacher education along five dimensions.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education
Rice, Theodore, and Chandos Rice, "The Eight-Year Study at East High School, Denver, Colorado," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 24-32. Reprinted pp. 204-212 in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Theodore Rice and Chandos Rice
Annotation: Describes one school's experience in the Eight-Year Study.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum History
Hedges, Larry, and Ingram Olkin, "Meta Analysis: A Review and a New View," Educational Researcher, 15(October, 1986), 14-21., Larry Hedges and Ingram Olkin
Annotation: Reviews four books on meta-analysis (Light & Pillemar, 1984; Harris, 1984, Rosenthal, 1984; and Hunter, Schmidt,& Jackson, 1982).
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
Kimpston, Richard D., and Karen B. Rogers, "A Framework for Curriculum Research," Curriculum Inquiry, 16(Winter, 1986), 463-474.*, Richard D. Kimpston and Karen B. Rogers
Annotation: Gives a framework for curriculum research on design, development, implementation, and evaluation that includes presage, context, process, and outcome variables.
Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Alexander, H. A., "Elliot Eisner's Artistic Model of Education," Religious Education, 81(Winter, 1986), 45-58., H. A. Alexander
Annotation: Reviews Eisner's The Educational Imagination and suggests several crticisms.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, 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: Aesthetics and Curriculum
Annotation: GIves concrete examples of social control ideology at work in Minneapolis Public Schools ; this is an expanded version of an article in Curriculum Inquiry 12(Spring, 1982).
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control
Annotation: Presents a matrix on the topic that includes various decision-makers, various resources, and several linkage methods.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Development Strategies
Annotation: Traces the evolution of high school graduation requirements.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Standards and Testing
Apple, Michael W., Teachers and Texts: A Political Economy of Class and Gender Relations in Education . New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986., Michael W. Apple
Annotation: Contains eight critical essays on the work of teachers, textbook publishing, current reform proposals, and democracy in education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Textbooks, Conceptions of Teaching
Goodson, Ivor F., ed., International Perspectives on Curriculum History . London: Croom Helm, 1986., Ivor F. Goodson
Annotation: Gives accounts of curriculum history in eleven countries in various subject areas.
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: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum
Franklin, Barry M., Building the American Community: The School Curriculum and the Search for Social Control . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1986., Barry M. Franklin
Annotation: Traces the history of social control through the curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum History
Annotation: Gives an alternative model of evaluation from a critical perspective.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Kennedy, Kerry J., and Gilbert McDonald, "Designing Curriculum Materials for Multicultural Education: Lessons from an Australian Development Project," Curriculum Inquiry, 16(Fall, 1986), 312-326., Kerry J. Kennedy and Gilbert McDonald
Annotation: Reports a study of a curriculum materials design project and the issues involved.
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: Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Multiethnic Adaptation
Klein, M. Frances, "Alternative Curriculum Conceptions and Designs," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 31-35., M. Frances Klein
Annotation: Identifies several viable conceptions of curriculum and curriculum design which may be employed in practice.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization
Gibson, Rex, Critical Theory and Education . London: Hodder and Stroughton, 1986., Rex Gibson
Annotation: Provides an overview of the role critical theory can play in edcuational research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Adler, Susan, and Jesse Goodman, "Critical Theory as a Foundation for Methods Courses," Journal of Teacher Education, 37(July-August, 1986), 2-8., Susan Adler and Jesse Goodman
Annotation: Describes efforts to develop a social studies methods course linked to critical theory.
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: Teacher Education, Social Studies
Short, Edmund C., "A Historical Look at Curriculum Design," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 3-9.*, Edmund C. Short
Annotation: Analyzes the value differences behind six curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Apple, Michael W., and Lois Weis, "Seeing Education Relationally: The Stratification of Culture and People in the Sociology of School Knowledge," Journal of Education (Boston University), 168(No. 1, 1986), 2-34., Michael W. Apple and Lois Weis
Annotation: Gives an extended analysis of the topic.
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: Ideology and School Knowledge
Lather, Patti, "Research as Praxis," Harvard Educational Review, 56(August, 1986), 257-277.*, Patti Lather
Annotation: Describes research approaches designed to critique and act on educational problems from a critical emancipatory perspective.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Zais, Robert S., "Confronting Encapsulation as a Theme in Curriculum Design," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 17-23., Robert S. Zais
Annotation: Shows how to confront encapsulation and transcend the measured curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Marsh, Colin J., "Curriculum Implementation: An Analysis of Australian Research Studies, 1973-83," Curriculum Perspectives, 6(May, 1986), 11-21., Colin J. Marsh
Annotation: Does a review and analysis of a decade of Australian studies on curriculum implementation.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum
Edson, C. H., "Our Past and Present: Historical Inquiry in Education," Journal of Thought, 21(Fall, 1986), 13-27.*, C. H. Edson
Annotation: Describes features of historical inquiry in curriculum and in education including suggestions on writing qualitative history.
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, Qualitative Research
Annotation: Discusses the topic in terms of knowledge utilization.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Knowledge Utilization
Strickland, Kate, "Ralph W. Tyler in Retrospect," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 88-90., Kate Strickland
Annotation: Gives a summation of the articles on Tyler in this special issue of the journal.
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
Firestone, William A., and Gretchen B. Rossman, "Exploring Organizational Approaches to Dissemination and Training," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 7(March, 1986), 303-330., William A. Firestone and Gretchen B. Rossman
Annotation: Reports how schools disseminate changes and provide related training.
Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Organization Theory, In-service Teacher Development
Fensham, Peter, Colin Power, David Tripp, and Stephen Kemmis, A Study of Three Cases: A Review of "Alienation from Schooling ." London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986., Peter Fensham, Colin Power, David Tripp, and Stephen Kemmis
Annotation: Presents three cases from Australia on the topic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum
Wolf, Fredric M., Meta-Analysis: Quantitative Methods for Research Synthesis. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1986.*, Fredric M. Wolf
Annotation: Summarizes methods used in doing meta-analyses of quantitative research studies, cites illustrative studies, and sets forth criticisms of these methods.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Allender, Jerome S., "Educational Research: A Personal and Social Process," Review of Educational Research, 56(Summer, 1986), 173-193.*, Jerome S. Allender
Annotation: Reviews literature sources related to new paradigms of research in education viewed both as a personal and as a social process.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Cooley, William, and William Bickel, Decision-Oriented Educational Research, Hingham, MA: Kluwer-Nijoff, 1986., William Cooley and William Bickel
Annotation: Provides an overview of decision-oriented educational research (formative evaluation) in the context of a University of Pittsburgh study; includes 11 case histories.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Discusses Caswell's relation to social control tendencies in curriculum.
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, Social Efficiency/Control
Annotation: Discusses standards for judging evaluations, criteria for judging naturalistic inquiry, and the conflicts between these.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Program Audit/Evaluation
Vallance, Elizabeth, "A Second Look at Conflicting Conceptions of Curriculum," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 24-30., Elizabeth Vallance
Annotation: Reviews and critiques the 1973 categories of curriculum conceptions (Eisner and Vallance, 1973) and adds two new conceptions.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Writes about the history of educational measurement and its current prospects.
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, Student Assessment, Evaluation of Instruction
Macdonald, James B., "The Domain of Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1(Spring, 1986), 205-214.*, James B. Macdonald
Annotation: Presents fundamental concepts and relationships that define curriculum: boundaries, units of discourse (acts and events), subsystem and ethical variables.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Values in the Classroom
Annotation: Idenitifies the similarities and differences between curriculum analysis and curriculum evaluation regarding purposes, method, addressees, the task, and the role--both analytically and historically.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Knitter, William, "Aesthetic Experience as a Model for Curricular Thought and Action," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(July-September, 1986), 257-266., William Knitter
Annotation: Draws on Dewey and Schwab for an aesthetic model of curriculum thought and action.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Aesthetics and Curriculum
Sirotnik, Kenneth A., and Jeannie Oakes, eds., Critical Perspectives on the Organization and Improvement of Schooling . Hingham, MA: Kluwer-Nijoff, 1986., Kenneth A. Sirotnik and Jeannie Oakes
Annotation: Presents a series of articles on several aspects of school reform and improvement written from a critical perspective.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Reviews arguments regarding tracking based on research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiation, Ideology and School Knowledge
Danner, Helmut, "Human Science is Responsible," Phenomenology +Pedagogy, 4(No. 1, 1986), 32-40., Helmut Danner
Annotation: Discusses various aspects of responsibility as it impinges upon studies in human sciences.
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
Kickbusch, Kenneth W., "Curriculum-in-Use and the Emergence of Practical Ideology: A Comparative Study of Secondary Classrooms," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 6(Spring, 1986), 98-143., Kenneth W. Kickbusch
Annotation: Reports a study of the message system of two teachers with different epistemologies (traditional and humanistic), the meanings or practical ideologies of students, and the dialectic struggle by which they create meanings.
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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teacher Knowledge
Annotation: Describes a five phase critical approach to curriculum design taught to preservice teachers in a methods course; set in a treatment of the literature and practice of progressive and critical pedagogy; describes the benefits of the course.
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: Ideology and School Knowledge, Teacher Education, Social Studies
Annotation: Tyler gives his personal assessment of the value of the Eight Year Study 1934-1942.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, 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, Classics of Curriculum Literature
Berman, Louise M., "Perception, Paradox, and Passion: Curriculum for Community," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 41-45., Louise M. Berman
Annotation: Mentions norms like paradox, freedom, dialetic (related to settings) and judgment, self as chooser, reasonableness, compassion, commitment (related to qualities of persons).
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Oakes, Jeannie, Sharon E. Hare, and Kenneth A. Sirotnik, "Collaborative Inquiry: A Paradigm in a Cantankerous World," Teachers College Record, 87(Summer, 1986), 545-561., Jeannie Oakes, Sharon E. Hare, and Kenneth A. Sirotnik
Annotation: Explores the use of collaborative action research and illustrates it with a project report done at UCLA with two school districts.
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
Ross, E. Wayne, and Lynne M. Hannay, "Towards a Critical Theory of Reflective Inquiry," Journal of Teacher Education, 37(July-August, 1986), 9-15., E. Wayne Ross and Lynne M. Hannay
Annotation: Advocates a laboratory approach where practices can be modeled, experienced, and reflected upon.
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: Teacher Education, Conceptions of Teaching
Cornbleth, Catherine, ed., Invitation to Research in Social Education, Bulletin No. 77. Washington, DC: National Council for the Social Studies, 1986., Catherine Cornbleth
Annotation: Describes several approaches to research in social education.
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, Social Studies
Annotation: Critiques teacher education from the perspective of inequality.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Teacher Education
Kliebard, Herbert M., "Bestor Agonistes," Educational Studies, 17(Winter, 1986), 542-549.*, Herbert M. Kliebard
Annotation: Reviews 1985 reissue of Arthur Bestor's Educational Wastelands.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
Beyer, Landon E., and George H. Wood, "Critical Inquiry and Moral Action in Education," Educational Theory, 36(Winter, 1986), 1-14., Landon E. Beyer and George H. Wood
Annotation: Addresses equality, democracy, and autonomy as key norms in education for moral action.
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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Ethical Issues in Curriculum
Annotation: Conceptualizes a view of evaluation and educational improvement that honors naturalistic generalizations formed from the experiencing done by practitioners.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' using lessons as "moving objects."
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Practical Knowledge
Lindblom, Charles E., "Who Needs What Social Research for Policy-Making?" Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 7(June, 1986), 345-366., Charles E. Lindblom
Annotation: Discusses four principles of policy research aimed at meeting critical needs of citizens and others.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization
Schubert, William H., and Ann Lynn Lopez Schubert, "Ralph W. Tyler in Review: An Interview and Antecedent Reflections," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 7-14., William H. Schubert and Ann Lynn Schubert
Annotation: Gives an overview of reflections on the work of Tyler in education.
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
Zaret, Esther, "The Uncertainty Principle in Curriculum Planning," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 46-52., Esther Zaret
Annotation: Discusses improving the quality of school life through phenomenological planning.
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: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum Development Strategies
Martin, David S., Philip S. Saif, and Linda Thiel, "Curriculum Development: Who Is Involved and How?" Educational Leadership, 44(December 1986-January 1987), 40-48.*, David S. Martin, Philip S. Saif, and Linda Thiel
Annotation: Reports the results of a survey of curriculum administrators to discover to what extent high level involement in curriculum development is carried out in U. S. public schools; the questionnaire used is included.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Implementation
Van Lohuizen, and C. W. Wali, "Knowledge Management and Policy-Making," Knowlege: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 8(September, 1986), 12-38., Lohuizen Van and C. W. Wali
Annotation: Discusses policy making and the role knowledge plays in it.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Knowledge Utilization
Ben-Peretz, Miriam , and Pinchas Tamir, "What Do Curricular Developers Do?" Curriculum Perspectives, 6(October, 1986), 8-15., Miriam Ben-Peretz and Pinchas Tamir
Annotation: Reports a study of what Israeli curriculum developers in different subject areas do; describes their personal practical knowledge.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Practical Knowledge
Riegle, Rodney P., Dent M. Rhodes, and Thomas W. Nelson, The Language and Logic of Educational Policy . Lexington, MA: Ginn, 1986., Rodney P. Riegle, Dent M. Rhodes, and Thomas W. Nelson
Annotation: Analyzes words, statements, arguments, issues in educational policy.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Strickland, Kate, ed., "Ralph W. Tyler: A Special Topic Edition," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 1-118., Kate Strickland
Annotation: Introduces an entire issue of the journal devoted to Tyler.
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
Clark, David L., and Terry A. Astuto, "The Significance and Permanence of Changes in Federal Education Policy," Educational Researcher, 15(October, 1986), 4-13., David L. Clark and Terry A. Astuto
Annotation: Argues that federal educational policy changed significantly during the Reagan administration and will continue along these lines in the future; analyzes curriculum content, character education, and choice.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Sirotnik, Kenneth A., and Jeannie Oakes, "Critical Inquiry for School Renewal: Liberating Theory and Practice," pp. 3-93 in Kenneth A. Sirotnik and Jeannie Oakes, eds., Critical Perspectives on the Organization and Improvement of Schooling . Boston: Kluwer/Nijhoff, 1986.*, Kenneth A. Sirotnik and Jeannie Oakes
Annotation: Traces the origins and educational application of critical inquiry methods.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Weber, Sandra J., "The Nature of Interviewing," Phenomenology +Pedagogy, 4(No. 2, 1986), 65-72., Sandra J. Weber
Annotation: Describes keys to appropriate interviewing.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Ryan, Kevin, "The New Moral Education," Phi Delta Kappan, 68(November, 1986), 228-233.*, Kevin Ryan
Annotation: Shows how moral education has changed from the 1940s to the present.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Values in the Classroom, Curriculum as Environment, Hidden Curriculum
Annotation: Discusses technical, situational interpretive, and critical theoretic evaluation in the context of an evaluation of British Columbia Social Studies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum
Frymier, Jack, "Legislating Centralization," Phi Delta Kappan, 67(May, 1986), 646-648., Jack Frymier
Annotation: Argues that the detailed curriculum specifications set forth in Texas by the legislature are dangerous.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum Development Strategies
Fetterman, David M., and M. A. Pitman, eds., Educational Evaluation: Ethnography in Theory, Practice, and Politics . Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1986., David M. Fetterman and M. A. Pitman
Annotation: Provides readings on various aspects of doing ethnographic evaluation studies in education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Identifies issues in problem formulation, in data collection and evaluation, and in data analysis and interpretation.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Reports a Canadian study on the topic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction, Comparative Curriculum