Citations from 1986
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
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
Brady, Laurie, "Models for Curriculum Development," Curriculum and Teaching, l(Nos. 1 & 2, l986), 25-32.*, Laurie Brady
Annotation: Reviews models for curriculum development and reports an Australian study of teacher preferences for two alternative models.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Planning
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
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
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
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
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
Proctor, Nigel, "Matching the School Curriculum and Teacher Education," Journal of Education for Teaching, 12(No. 2, 1986), 141-153., Nigel Proctor
Annotation: Provides charts on aims and designs in DES and HMI papers in England and Wales; discusses teacher education's need to match these.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Teacher Education, 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: Sets forth processes and perspectives on doing naturalistic inquiry together with examples in physical education.
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, Physical Education
Greenfield, Thomas B., "Waiting for an Answer," Curriculum Inquiry, 16(Fall, 1986), 239-243., Thomas B. Greenfield
Annotation: Points up the centrality of values in educational inquiry.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
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, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes
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
Shulman, Lee S., "Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching," Educational Researcher, 15(February, 1986), 4-14., Lee S. Shulman
Annotation: Suggests that there are three forms of knowledge of interest to teachers: propositional, case, and strategic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization
Beyer, Landon E., "The Parameters of Educational Inquiry," Curriculum Inquiry, 16(Spring, 1986), 87-114., Landon E. Beyer
Annotation: Reviews Feinberg's Understanding Education and its multiple perspectives on educational inquiry.
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
Annotation: Identifies the studies of transfer of Thorndike, Dewey's writing on interest and effort, the 26th Yearbook of NSSE, the work in the 1930s of the Society for Curriculum Study, and the experiments in schools in the 1930s such as the Eight-Year Study.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature, American/International Curriculum Organizations
Annotation: Reports the meaning of curriculum implementation as understood by teachers.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation
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
Beattie, Catherine, "The Case for Teacher Directed Curriculum Evaluation," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 6(Spring, 1986), 56-73., Catherine Beattie
Annotation: Reviews the literature on the role of teachers in curriculum evaluation and discusses implications.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Research
Mirel, Jeffrey E., and David L. Angus, "The Rising Tide of Custodialism: Enrollment Increases and Curriculum Reform in Detroit, 1928-1940," Issues in Education, 4 (Fall, 1986), 101-120., Jeffrey E. Mirel and David L. Angus
Annotation: Reports a study of Detroit's pre-WW-II curriculum reform efforts.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Enrollment Changes-Implications, Curriculum History
Wegener, Charles, "Being Practical With Schwab," Curriculum Inquiry, 16 (Summer, 1986), 215-232., Charles Wegener
Annotation: Comments on Schwab's theory of the practical in "The Practical 4", 13(1983).
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Theorists,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Development Strategies
Annotation: Reviews various approaches to and categories of curriculum theorizing (system-oriented a priorists, system-opposing a priorists, system-indifferent explorers, and system-supportive explorers).
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
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
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
Doll, William E. Jr., "Prigogine: A New Sense of Order, A New Curriculum," Theory into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 10-16., William E. Doll Jr.
Annotation: Contrasts the measured curriculum (based on assumptions similar to Newtonian physics) with a transformative curriculum (based on notions of order, chaos, and change like that set forth by Prigogine and Stengers).
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,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization
Garrison, James W., "Some Principles of Postpositivistic Philosophy of Science," Educational Researcher, 15(November, 1986), 12-18., James W. Garrison
Annotation: Discusses six principles of this philosophy and urges pragmatic virtues of epistemological conservatism.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Beyer, Landon E., "The Reconstruction of Knowledge and Educational Studies," Journal of Education, 168(No. 2, 1986), 113-135.*, Landon E. Beyer
Annotation: Traces the epistemological foundations of educational theory and the current reorientation in inquiry in teacher education and curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Poynting, Scott, "Flies and Elephants: The Common Sense of Relevance," Curriculum Perspectives, 6(October, 1986), 17-22., Scott Poynting
Annotation: Provides a critique of the relevance trend.
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: Curriculum Differentiation
Kirk, David, and Stephen Smith, "How Objective are ROSBA Objectives: A Critique of Objectivism in Curriculum Design," Curriculum Perspectives, 6(October, 1986), 32-36., David Kirk and Stephen Smith
Annotation: Critiques a competency-based model of curriculum design and assesses it as objectivist, contradictory, confused, and incoherent.
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: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Chubin, Daryl, Alan Porter, Frederick Rossini, and Terry Connelly, eds., Interdisciplinary Analysis and Research: Theory and Practice of Problem-Focused Research and Development. Mt. Airy, MD: Lomond, 1986., Daryl Chubin, Alan Porter, Frederick Rossini, and Terry Connelly
Annotation: Presents 34 reprinted articles on the why, who, where, what, and how of interdisciplinary research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Kapferer, Judith L., "Curricula and the Reproduction of Structured Social Inequalities," Curriculum Inquiry, 16(Spring, 1986), 5-31., Judith L. Kapferer
Annotation: Shows that variations in inequities in public and private schools in Australia are reproduced in timetables, homework, and organizational arrangements.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparative Curriculum, Religious & Private Schooling
McNeil, Linda M., Contradictory Control: School Structure and School Knowledge . New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986., Linda M. McNeil
Annotation: Examines four high schools to discover ways management controls are exerted to achieve 'quality' and illustrates the resulting contradictions.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Secondary School Curriculum, Social Efficiency/Control
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
Ginsburg, Mark B., "Reproduction, Contradictions, and Conceptions of Curriculum in Preservice Teacher Education," Curriculum Inquiry, 16(Fall, 1986), 283-309., Mark B. Ginsburg
Annotation: Explores the contradictions in the conceptions of curriculum which preservice teachers encounter, their attempts to resolve these dilemmas, and the efforts to resist the separation of conceptualizing and executing the curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teacher Education, Ideology and School Knowledge
Tangerud, Hans, and Erik Wallin, "Values and Contextual Factors in School Improvement," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(January-March, 1986), 45-61., Hans Tangerud and Erik Wallin
Annotation: Analyzes several aspects and strategies of school improvement, including those with open-ended and/or closed-ended pedagogies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences,Curriculum Change,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process
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
Annotation: Discussed bases for the controversies on this topic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Literature, Ideology and School Knowledge, Materials Development and Evaluation
Cooper, Harris M., "Literature-Searching Strategies of Integrative Research Reviewers," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 8(December, 1986), 372-383., Harris M. Cooper
Annotation: Covers the strategies for locating studies to be integrated in research reviews.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: 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
Tammivaara, Julie, and D. Scott Enright, "But Where is the Hypothesis? A Guide to Reading and Evaluating Ethnographic Studies," Educational Foundations, 1(Fall, 1986), 106-125., Julie Tammivaara and D. Scott Enright
Annotation: Gives guidance on interpeting ethnographic studies in education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Tanner, Laurel N., "Contributions of the Eight-Year Study," Journal of Thought, 21 (Spring, 1986), 33-35., Laurel N. Tanner
Annotation: Highlights the value of the Eight-Year Study.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature
Common, Dianne L., "The Practice of Curriculum Fixing and the Governance of Canada's Public Schools," Curriculum Perspectives, 6(October, 1986), 23-26., Dianne L. Common
Annotation: Gives cases of curriculum-fixes in Canadian education and their role in centralizing control of the curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum
Annotation: Discusses the need for and use of practitioner-oriented handbooks in each curriculum subject area, their contents, and issues.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Practical Knowledge
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
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
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
Carson, Terrance R., "Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice: Conversation as a Mode of Doing Research," Phenomenology+Pedagogy, 4( No. 2, 1986), 73-85., Terrance R. Carson
Annotation: Describes "conversation" as a way of researching experience of the curriculum (with examples).
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Tyler, Ralph W., "What the Curriculum Field Needs to Learn From Its History," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 75-78., Ralph W. Tyler
Annotation: Comments upon what can be learned from curriculum history.
Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
Keiny, Shoshana, and Tzila Weiss, "A Case Study of a School-Based Curriculum Development as a Model for INSET," Journal of Education for Teaching, 12( No. 2, 1986), 155-166., Shoshana Keiny and Tzila Weiss
Annotation: Describes school-based curriculum development strategies used in one setting.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Science
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
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
Annotation: Reports a study of six aspects of social interaction in curriculum planning in a school system including the lived experience of participants.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Todd, Vivian Edmiston, "Contributions of Ralph W. Tyler to the Curriculum Field," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 61-69., Vivian Edmiston Todd
Annotation: Gives Tyler's contributions to the curriculum field.
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
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
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
Apple, Michael W., and Kenneth Teitelbaum, "Are Teachers Losing Control of their Skills and Curriculum?" Journal of Curriculum Studies, 18(April-June, 1986), 177-184., Michael W. Apple and Kenneth Teitelbaum
Annotation: Shows how teachers are losing control of their skills and the curriculum to outside authority.
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: Ideology and School Knowledge, Local Control of Schooling, Conceptions of Teaching, Authority of Teacher
Schubert, William H., and Ann Lynn Schubert, "A Dialogue with Ralph W. Tyler," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 91-118., William H. Schubert and Ann Lynn Schubert
Annotation: Reports on a conversation between the authors and Tyler ranging over a variety of subjects, both personal and professional.
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
Barritt, Loren S., "Human Science and the Human Image," Phenomenology +Pedagogy, 4(No. 3, 1986), 14-21.*, Loren S. Barritt
Annotation: Argues the case for human understanding of human experience through the tradition of human sciences rather than social sciences.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Elliott, David L., Kathleen Carter Nagel, and Arthur Woodward, "Scientific Illiteracy in Elementary Science Textbook Programmes," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 19(January-March, 1986), 73-76.*, David L. Elliott, Kathleen Carter Nagel, and Arthur Woodward
Annotation: Reports findings of a content analysis of ten elementary school science textbook series (1984-86) regarding their promotion of scientific literacy.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Textbooks, Science, Elementary School Curriculum
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
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
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
Mackenzie, Gordon, "Ralph W. Tyler in Retrospect: Contributions to the Curriculum Field," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 53-60., Gordon Mackenzie
Annotation: Provides an assessment of Tyler's work 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
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
Harris, Ilene B., "Communicating the Character of 'Deliberation'," Journal of Curriculum Studies , 18(April-June, 1986), 115-132.*, Ilene B. Harris
Annotation: Deals with the nature and uses of deliberation in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials,Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
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
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
Lazerson, Marvin, Judith Block McLaughlin, and Bruce McPherson, "New Curriculum, Old Issues," Teachers College Record, 86(Winter, 1984), 300-319.*, Marvin Lazerson, Judith Block McLaughlin, and Bruce McPherson
Annotation: Reviews history of SMSG, MACOS, and other reforms of the 1950s and 1960s.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies, Mathematics, Social Studies, Curriculum and the Disciplines
Brubaker, Dale L., and Gayle Brookbank, "James B. Macdonald: A Bibliography," Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1(Spring, 1986), 215-220., Dale L. Brubaker and Gayle Brookbank
Annotation: Gives a definitive bibliography of Macdonald's writings .
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Bibliographic Compilation
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Literature of Curriculum
Bloom, Benjamin, "Ralph Tyler's Impact on Evaluation Theory and Practice," Journal of Thought, 21(Spring, 1986), 36-46., Benjamin Bloom
Annotation: Describes Tyler's contributions to the field of evaluation theory and practice.
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: Evaluation of Instruction, Program Audit/Evaluation
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
Annotation: Ralph Tyler gives his personal views about his participation in major curriculum developments of the 20th century.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
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
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
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
Apple, Michael W., "The Politics of Teachers and Texts," pp. 3-28 in Michael W. Apple, Teachers and Texts. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986., Michael W. Apple
Annotation: Explains the research approach informing the author's study of teachers and texts; focuses on class, race, gender.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Textbooks, Ideology and School Knowledge
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
Carr, Wilfred, and Stephen Kemmis, "A Critical Approach to Theory and Practice," pp. 129-154 in Wilfred Carr and Stephen Kemmis, eds., Becoming Critical: Knowing through Action Research , Revised ed. Geelong, Victoria: Deakin University Press, 1986.*, Wilfred Carr and Stephen Kemmis
Annotation: Traces the origins of critical theory in Habermas and offers some criticism in the context of action 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
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
Clandinin, D. Jean, Classroom Practice: Teacher Images in Action . Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1986., D. Jean Clandinin
Annotation: Reports a study of teachers' images of classroom practice.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Self-Knowledge, Teacher Planning
Smith, Louis M., Paul F. Kleine, John J. Pounty, and David C. Dwyer, Educational Innovators: Then and Now. London: Falmer Press, 1986., Louis M. Smith, Paul F. Kleine, John J. Pounty, and David C. Dwyer
Annotation: Reports an ethnographic study of an innovative school which was previously studied in 1971.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation
McLaren, Peter, Schooling as a Ritual Performance, 1st Ed. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986. New York: Routledge, 2nd Ed., 1993., Peter McLaren
Annotation: Points up structures of conformity in a Toronto Catholic school; has new foreword in second edition.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Religious & Private Schooling, Comparative Curriculum
Tyler, Louise L., "Meaning and Schooling," Theory Into Practice, 25(Winter, 1986), 51-57., Louise L. Tyler
Annotation: Discusses psychoanalysis as a basis for curriculum and related implications.
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 Aims and Objectives, Psychology and Curriculum, Curriculum as Experience
Annotation: Reviews all facets of qualitative research methods, data collection and analysis, and interpretation in relation to research on teaching.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research
Citations from 1985
Short, Edmund C., "The Concept of Competence: Its Use and Misuse in Education," Journal of Teacher Education , 36(March-April, 1985), 2-6.*, Edmund C. Short
Annotation: Analyzes the concept of competence and draws implications for establishing objectives and determining evaluation policy.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Evaluation of Instruction, Curriculum Aims and Objectives
Sawand, Daiyo and Michael T. Caley, "Dissipative Structures: New Metaphors for Becoming in Education," Educational Researcher, 14(March, 1985), 13-19., Daiyo Sawand and Michael T. Caley
Annotation: Suggests the applicability of the metaphor of turbulance (destabilization and self-reorganization) to educational processes.
Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Goodson, Ivor F., ed., Social Histories of the Secondary Curriculum: Subjects for Study . London: Falmer, 1985., Ivor F. Goodson
Annotation: Presents studies of the histories of several secondary subjects.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: School Subjects, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum
Knitter, William, "Curriculum Deliberation: Pluralism and the Practical," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17(October-December, 1985), 383-395.*, William Knitter
Annotation: Analyzes the types of problems for which deliberation is appropriate.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation
Annotation: Presents several distinct kinds of inquiry within teacher education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Teacher Education
Fuller, Bruce, Margaret M. Noel, and David B. Malouf, "Polity and Competence: Can the State Change Teachers' Skills?" Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 7(Winter, 1985), 343-353.*, Bruce Fuller, Margaret M. Noel, and David B. Malouf
Annotation: Discusses the state as regulator and as illustrator and reports a staff development study with special education teachers.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Exceptional Education
Annotation: Critiques the dominant paradigm in curriculum research and suggests alternatives.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Examines a change in the middle years of the 20th century and social control influences.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control
Peterson, Paul E., "The Politics of Curriculum Change," pp. 52-71 in his The Politics of School Reform: 1870-1940 . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985., Paul E. Peterson
Annotation: Traces the conflicts among power groups that influenced foreign language, stratification, manual training, and vocational education.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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, School Subjects
Short, Edmund C., George H. Willis, and William H. Schubert, The Story of the AERA Special Interest Group on Creation and Utilization of Curriculum Knowledge --1970-1984: Toward Excellence in Curriculum Inquiry . March 1985. State College, PA: Nittany Press, 1985 . ERIC document number ED 256 730., Edmund C. Short, George H. Willis, and William H. Schubert
Annotation: Provides a detailed history of the SIG.
Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization
Annotation: Traces early 20th century reforms and their critics.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Change,Curriculum Theorists
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
Eisner, Elliot W., The Art of Educational Evaluation: A Personal View . London: Falmer, 1985., Elliot W. Eisner
Annotation: Includes 15 previously published articles on the topic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Reports a study of inquiry problems, methods, and solutions found in articles in five curiculum journals for 1981.
Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum, Knowledge Generation
Apple, Michael W., "Old Humanists and New Curricula: Politics and Culture in the Paideia Proposal," Curriculum Inquiry, 15(Spring, 1985), 93-106., Michael W. Apple
Annotation: Critiques Adler's Paideia Proposal and identifies who it is intended for even though Adler says it is for all students.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum Differentiation
Huebner, Dwayne, "The Redemption of Schooling: The Work of James B. Macdonald," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 6(Fall, 1985), 28-34., Dwayne Huebner
Annotation: Gives a personal glimpse of the intellectual work of Macdonald.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
Annotation: Shows how situational analysis undertaken to describe frame factors is necessary for school-level decision-making; gives an example.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum