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Citations from 1985

 

Cooper, Harris M.,"A Taxonomy of Literature Reviews." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 1985. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 254541., Harris M. Cooper

Annotation: Posits components of a literature review (focus, goals, prespective, coverage, organization, audience) and uses them to analyze examples; suggests other uses for the taxonomy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Elliott, John, "Educational Action-Research," pp. 231-250 in John Nisbet, Jacquetta Megarry, and Stanley Nisbet, eds., Research, Policy and Practice: World Yearbook of Education, 1985 . London: Kogan Page; New York; Nichols, 1985.*, John Elliott

Annotation: Covers the relation of educative-action to educational knowledge, professional knowledge from action-reasearch, research and practice, and the institutionalization of action research.

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: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Alexander, William M., "Hollis L. Caswell," Kappa Delta Pi Record, 22(Fall, 1985), 11-13., William M. Alexander

Annotation: Gives a personal view of Caswell's contributions to education.

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

 

Pereira, Peter, and Thomas W. Roby, eds., Conceptions of Curriculum Knowledge: Focus on Historical Movements . Chicago: The Mid-West Center for Curriculum Studies, 1985., Peter Pereira and Thomas W. Roby

Annotation: Contains essays by Dunkel on educational innovation and by Connell, Posner, and Schubert on science curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Science

 

Barone, Thomas, E., "'What's My Paradigm?' or, How I Dreamt about a Post-Revolutionary Harmony Among Literary Analysts of Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry , 15(Summer, 1985), 187-200., Thomas E. Barone

Annotation: Consists of imaginary dialogue between representatives of three approaches to literary analysis of curriculum; an article follows responding to this article.

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

 

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

 

Stake, Robert E., "Case Study," pp. 275-285 in John Nisbet, Jacquetta Megarny and Stanley Nisbet, eds., Research, Policy, and Practice: World Yearbook of Education 1985 . London: Kogan Page, 1985., Robert E. Stake

Annotation: Presents the case for doing case studies and describes the features of case study inquiries.

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

 

Rudduck, Jean, "A Case for Case Records?: A Discussion of Some Aspects of Lawrence Stenhouse's Work in Case Study Methodology," pp. 101-119 in Robert G. Burgess, ed., Strategies of Educational Research: Qualitative Methods. Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1985., Jean Rudduck

Annotation: Sets forth a thorough treatment of the topic.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Lincoln, Yvonna, and Egon Guba, "Postpositivism and the Naturalist Paradigm," pp. 14-46 in Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba, Naturalistic Inquiry . Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1985.*, Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba

Annotation: Reviews the assumptions and criticisms associated with the positivist paradigm of inquiry and sets forth the axioms of the postpositivist naturalistic paradigm.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Connelly, F. Michael, and D. Jean Clandinin, "Personal Practical Knowledge and the Modes of Knowing: Relevance for Teaching and Learning," pp. 174-198 in Elliot W. Eisner, ed., Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, 84th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1985., F. Michael Connelly and D. Jean Clandinin

Annotation: Stresses learning the modes of knowing within narrative unities; gives special attention to teachers' experiential modes of knowing and meaning-making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Knowledge

 

Carr, Wilfred, "Philosophy, Values, and Educational Science," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17(April-June, 1985), 119-132.*, Wilfred Carr

Annotation: Examines the contention that values should be eliminated from educational research and argues that their inclusion does not make research impossible.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "The Culture and Commerce of the Textbook," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17(April-June, 1985), 147-162. Reprinted pp. 223-242 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale,AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Describes textbook publishing in the U. S.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Textbooks, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Kennedy, Kerry J., and Nitza Shafriri, "Knowledge Utilization and the Process of Curriculum Development: A Report," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 17 (January-March, 1985), 103-106., Kerry J. Kennedy and Nitza Shafriri

Annotation: Reports the use of Walker's model in a series of studies of curriculum development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Utilization

 

Atkin, J. Myron, "Changing Our Thinking About Educational Change," pp. 47-60 in John H. Bunzel, ed., Challenge to American Schools: The Case for Standards and Values . New York: Oxford University Press, 1985., J. Myron Atkin

Annotation: Asserts that laws are not the way to get educational change.

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

 

Bruner, Jerome, "Narrative and Paradigmatic Modes of Thought," pp. 97-115 in Elliot W. Eisner, ed., Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, 84th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985., Jerome Bruner

Annotation: Contrasts two modes of thought by various constituent elements.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization, Knowledge Generation

 

Dillon, J. T., "Categories of Inquiry in Curriculum Perspectives and Other Journals," Curriculum Perspectives, 5(May, 1985), 1-5., J. T. Dillon

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

 

Michell, Douglas E., "Research Impact on Educational Policy and Practice in the USA," pp. 19-41 in John Nisbet, ed. Research, Policy, and Practice. World Yearbook of Education,1985. London: Kogan Page, 1985., Douglas E. Michell

Annotation: Reveiws size, topics addressed, impact, and design problems related to policy research done in USA over three decades.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Knowledge Utilization

 

Huebner, Dwayne E., "Spirituality and Knowing," pp. 159-173 in Elliot W. Eisner , ed., Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, Eighty-fourth Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985., Dwayne E. Huebner

Annotation: Discusses an appropriate definition of spirituality for use in education and asks whether there are spiritual modes of knowing; explains an affirmative answer.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Values in the Classroom, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Rogers, Vincent, "Ways of Knowing: Their Meaning for Teacher Education," pp. 250-264 in Elliot W. Eisner,ed., Learning and Teaching the Ways of Knowing, 84th Yearbook of the NSSE, Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985., Vincent Rogers

Annotation: Suggests ways of fostering intellectual growth in teachers such as doing naturalistic research.

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: Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Education

 

Tittle, Carol Kehr, "Research on Sex Equity in Education: An Agenda for the Divisions, SIG's and AERA," Educational Researcher, 14(November, 1985), 10-18., Carol Kehr Tittle

Annotation: Examines the research on sex equity in education and recommends actions in AERA based upon her findings.

Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Committee on Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, Mathematics, Science, and Technology of Education: A Research Agenda . Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1985., Committee on Research

Annotation: Provides a research agenda on these subjects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Mathematics, Science, Computers and Technology as Subjects

 

Bolin, Frances, "Dialogue or Anti-Dialogue? William Torrey Harris as seen through Paulo Freire's Theory of Dialogical and Anti-Dialogical Actions," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Summer, 1985), 80-116.*, Frances Bolin

Annotation: Contrasts Harris's and Freire's views of instructional change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

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

 

Levine, Harold G., "Principles of Data Storage and Retrieval for Use in Qualitative Evaluations," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 7(Summer, 1985), 169-186.*, Harold G. Levine

Annotation: Describes procedures for data formatting, cross-referral, indexing, abstracting, and pagination for use in qualitative evaluation studies.

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

 

Lincoln, Yvonna, and Egon Guba, "Designing a Naturalistic Inquiry," pp. 221-249 in Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba, Naturalistic Inquiry. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1985.*, Yvonna Lincoln and Egon Guba

Annotation: Defines 10 elements to be confronted in designing a naturalistic inquiry.

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

 

Otto, Wayne, "The Ethnography of Schooling," Journal of Reading, 28(February, 1985), 476-479.*, Wayne Otto

Annotation: Discusses briefly general considerations concerning doing ethnography in schools.

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

 

Joseph, Ellis A., "Epilogue," pp. 87-92 in Hendrik D. Gideonse and Ellis A. Joseph, eds., Increasing Research Capacity in Schools of Education: A Policy Inquiry and Dialogue . Dayton, OH: School of Education, University of Dayton, 1985., Ellis A. Joseph

Annotation: Envisions inquiry-based teacher education curricula.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education

Citations from 1984

 

White, John, "Compulsion and the Curriculum," British Journal of Educational Studies, 32(June, 1984), 148-157., John White

Annotation: Discusses the issues surrounding deciding what curriculum activities or objectives are to be compulsory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience

 

Gilbert, Rob, The Impotent Image: Reflections of Ideology in the Secondary Curriculum . Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis, 1984., Rob Gilbert

Annotation: Reports a dissertation study of the ideologies embedded in the areas of the social studies curriculum.

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: Ideology and School Knowledge, Social Studies

 

Baker, Eva, "Curriculum Packages," pp. 1235-1238 in T. Husen, and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon Press, 1984., Eva Baker

Annotation: Describes characteristics and trends in using curriculum packages.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Kyle, Diane W., and Gail McCutcheon, "Collaborative Research: Development and Issues," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16 (April-June, 1984), 173-179.*, Diane W. Kyle and Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Reports results of interviews with teachers doing collaborative research projects on problems they encountered.

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

 

Grobman, Arnold B., "Curriculum Adaptation," pp. 1135-1138 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Arnold B. Grobman

Annotation: Discusses issues in curriculum adaptation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Tripp, David H., and A. John Watt, "Core Curriculum: What It Is and Why We Don't Need One," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(April-June, 1984), 131-141., David H. Tripp and A. John Watt

Annotation: Critiques the Australian mandate for a core curriculum (1980).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Core Mandates, Comparative Curriculum

 

Bullough, Robert V. Jr., Andrew D. Gitlin, and Stanley L. Goldstein. "Ideology, Teacher Role, and Resistance," Teachers College Record, 86(Winter, 1984), 339-358.*, Robert V. Bullough Jr., Andrew D. Gitlin, and Stanley L. Goldstein.

Annotation: Critiques the technical nature of teachers' work and of the curriculum, noting their dissatisfaction and resistance.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Conceptions of Teaching, Authority of Teacher

 

Buchmann, Margret, "The Use of Research Knowledge in Teacher Education and Teaching," American Journal of Education, 92(August, 1984), 421-439., Margret Buchmann

Annotation: Analyzes knowledge utilization in the curriculum of schools and of teacher education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
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: Knowledge Utilization, Teaching/Learning Process, Teacher Education, Practical Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization

 

Dillon, J. T., "The Classification of Research Questions," Review of Educational Research, 54(Fall, 1984), 327-361.*, J. T. Dillon

Annotation: Analyzes the differing characteristics of 12 schemes for classifying research questions and raises issues regarding their application in understanding and doing inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "No Easy Answers: Joseph Schwab's Contributions to Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 14(Summer, 1984), 201-210., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Describes the effects of Schwab's ideas of the practical on curriculum theory and inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Deliberation, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Fullan, Michael, "Curriculum Implementation," pp. 1208-1215 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Michael Fullan

Annotation: Describes approaches to defining implementation, its components, the factors affecting it, and evaluation and planning for it.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Kerr, Donna H., Barriers to Integrity: Modern Modes of Knowledge Utilization . Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1984., Donna H. Kerr

Annotation: Identifies barriers to the integration of knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Lather, Patti, "Critical Theory, Curricular Transformation and Feminist Mainstreaming," Journal of Education, 166(No. 1, 1984), 49-62., Patti Lather

Annotation: Discusses the relation of critical theory to curriculum transformation and feminist mainstreaming.

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

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Curriculum Resources," pp. 1263-1265 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Gives helpful resources for deciding on objectives, learning experiences, and their organization.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Schubert, William H., George H. Willis, and Edmund C. Short, "Curriculum Theorizing: An Emergent Form of Curriculum Studies in the United States," Curriculum Perspectives, 4(May, 1984), 69-74., William H. Schubert, George H. Willis, and Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Summarizes the changing views of curriculum theorizing in the United States to date.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Maxwell, T. W., "Curriculum Consultant," pp. 1150-1151 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., T. W. Maxwell

Annotation: Discusses duties, attributes, and impact of curriculum consultants.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Professionalization in Curriculum, Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Schubert, William H., "Curriculum Validation," pp. 1274-1275 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite. eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., William H. Schubert

Annotation: Explores what is involved in validating curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Oberg, Antoinette A., "Curriculum Decision," pp. 1154-1155 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Antoinette A. Oberg

Annotation: Presents a brief overview of the nature of curriculum decisions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Marsh, Colin J., "Outside-In Curriculum Development: Promises and Problems," British Journal of Educational Studies, 32(February, 1984), 18-26., Colin J. Marsh

Annotation: Provides a case study of curriculum development initiated outside the local setting.

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Comparative Curriculum

 

Hughes, Andrew S., "Curriculum Policies," pp. 1243-1245 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Andrew S. Hughes

Annotation: Distinguishes policies on policy-making from those that prescribe the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Miles, Matthew B., and A. Michael Huberman, Qualitative Data Analysis: A Sourcebook of New Methods . Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1984., Matthew B. Miles and A. Michael Huberman

Annotation: Provides numerous methods of analyzing qualitative research data.

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

 

McClure, Robert, "Curriculum Balance," pp. 1144-1145 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Robert McClure

Annotation: Discusses criteria for determining balance in the curriculum.

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

 

Armbuster, Bonnie B., and Thomas H. Anderson, "Structures of Explanations in History Textbooks or So What if Governor Stanford Missed the Spike and Hit the Rail?" Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(April-June, 1984), 181-194., Bonnie B. Armbuster and Thomas H. Anderson

Annotation: Examines explanations of historical events in textbooks in terms of four frame questions (goal, plan, action, outcome) in order to locate weaknesses that may hinder learning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation, Social Studies, Textbooks

 

Marsh, Colin, and Michael Huberman, "Disseminating Curricula: A Look from the Top Down," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(January-March, 1984), 53-66., Colin Marsh and Michael Huberman

Annotation: Distinguishes several models of curriculum dissemination.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Knowledge Utilization

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Motion as Educational Change: The Misuse and Irrelevancy of Two Research Paradigms," pp. 129-155 in his Paradigm and Ideology in Educational Research . London: Falmer Press, 1984., Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Critiques the center-to-periphery model of change and the democratic problem-solving model of change and discusses related issues.

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

 

Common, Dianne L., "Curriculum Language," The Educational Forum, 48(Spring, 1984), 343-352., Dianne L. Common

Annotation: Shows the significance and place of assertive language (curriculum as imitation) and of emotive language (curriculum as imagination) in curriculum enactment.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process

 

Hameyer, Uwe, "Curriculum Theory," pp. 1265-1272 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Uwe Hameyer

Annotation: Notes in international contexts various conceptual models of curriculum, theories of curriculum legitimation, process theories of curriculum, structural curriculum theories, and theories of curriculum implementation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "Can Educational Research Inform Educational Practice?" Phi Delta Kappan, 65(March, 1984), 447-552.*, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Argues for expanded forms of educational research done in school settings as a basis for theory building, criticism, and informed practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Glasman, Naftaly, Robert H. Koff, and Heather Spiers, "Preface," Review of Educational Research, 54(Winter, 1984), 461-471., Naftaly Glasman, Robert H. Koff, and Heather Spiers

Annotation: Describes the intersection of disciplinary inquiry and the problems of practice as interdisciplinary in character with unique kinds of questions to be answered; states four phases of the process: question development, theme definition, sharing on the topic, and presenting the papers that follow this article.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Raven, John, Competence in Modern Society: Its Identification, Development and Release. London: H. K. Lewis, 1984., John Raven

Annotation: Gives a full treatise on competence and its measurement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry,Normative Inquiry,Ethnographic Inquiry,Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Skovira, Robert, "Cremin's Conception of Curriculum," Journal of Thought, 19 (Spring, 1984), 71-79., Robert Skovira

Annotation: Discusses Cremin's conception of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Wood, George H., "Schooling in a Democracy: Transformation or Reproduction?" Educational Theory, 34(Summer, 1984), 219-239., George H. Wood

Annotation: Analyzes democratic schooling in a corporate environment and calls for schooling that provides for participatory democracy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Democratic Education, Citizenship Education

 

de la Orden, A., "Curriculum History: Spain," pp. 1199-1200 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon Press, 1984., A. de la Orden

Annotation: Summarizes briefly curriculum in Spanish schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study,Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

 

Carr, David, "Knowledge, Mind and the Curriculum," Educational Philosophy and Theory, 16(March, 1984), 12-22., David Carr

Annotation: Tries to show that learning of practical skills such as gymnastics and pottery cannot be conceived of by aligning them with epistemological categories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Practical Knowledge, Knowledge Generation, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Goodlad, John I., "Curriculum as a Field of Study," pp. 1141-1144 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., John I. Goodlad

Annotation: Sums up curriculum as a field of study and its limited contributions to date.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Loucks, Susan F., "Curriculum Adoption," pp. 1138-1139 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Susan F. Loucks

Annotation: Discusses curriculum adoption as a phase of curriculum decision-making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation

 

Cohen, David K., "Curriculum Contract," pp. 1152-1154 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon Press, 1984., David K. Cohen

Annotation: Describes uses and advantages of curriculum contracts negotiated with students.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Dialogue II. Personal Reflections on the Practical Four," Curriculum Inquiry, 14(Spring, 1984), 97-102., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Comments on Schwab's "Practical 4" in relation to the author's work on the Eight Year Study.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, 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, Curriculum History, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Hall, Gene E., and Shirley M. Hord, "Analyzing What Change Facilitators Do: The Intervention Taxonomy," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 5(March, 1984), 275-305., Gene E. Hall and Shirley M. Hord

Annotation: Poses a way of conceptualizing what change facilitators do.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Specialists in Schools

 

Gay, Geneva, "Curriculum Development," pp. 1170-1179 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Geneva Gay

Annotation: Writes about the characteristics of the curriculum development process, who participates in it, and the forces that influence it at the local, regional, and national levels.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Comparative Curriculum

 

Hawes, H. W. R., "Curriculum History: Third World Countries," pp. 1200-1202 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., H. W. R. Hawes

Annotation: Provides brief look at recent curriculum in third world countries.

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: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Steffy, Betty E., "Curriculum Decision Making: Parental Involvement," pp. 1115-1157 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Betty E. Steffy

Annotation: Discusses several facets of parent participation in curriculum decision-making.

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: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Curriculum Development and Research," pp. 29-41 in Philip L. Hosford, ed., Using What We Know About Teaching . Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1984., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Discusses Eight Year Study, action research, and how communication and utilization between research and practice can be improved.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Theorists, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Curriculum History

 

Cusick, Philip A., The Egalitarian Ideal and the American High School: Studies of Three Schools . New York: Longman, 1984., Philip A. Cusick

Annotation: Reports studies of three high schools' curricula (Factory High, Suburban High, and Urban High).

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: Secondary School Curriculum

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Curriculum Movements in the United States," pp. 1227-1229 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon,1984., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Discusses briefly two curriculum movements of the post-WW-II era.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum History

 

Cooper, Harris M., The Integrative Research Review: A Systematic Approach . Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1984., Harris M. Cooper

Annotation: Describes the process of preparing integrative reviews in five stages (problem formulation, data collection, data evaluation, analysis and interpretation, and presentation).

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

 

Ben-Peretz, Miriam, "Curriculum Theory and Practice in Teacher Education Programs," pp. 9-27 in Lilian G. Katz and James D. Raths, eds., Advances in Teacher Education: Volume I . Norwood, NJ: ABLEX, 1984., Miriam Ben-Peretz

Annotation: Presents components of curriculum theory and practice for teachers in preparation programs.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education, Programs of Study in Curriculum and Instruction

 

Thayer, William R., and W. C. Wolf Jr., "The Generalizability of Selected Knowledge Diffusion/Utilization Know-How," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 5(June, 1984), 447-467., William R. Thayer and W. C. Wolf Jr.

Annotation: Questions the generalizability of some knowledge about the diffusion-utilization process.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Deliberative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Kenny, W. Robert, and Arden D. Grotelueschen, "Making the Case for Case Study," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(January-March, 1984), 37-51.*, W. Robert Kenny and Arden D. Grotelueschen

Annotation: Anayzes four epistemological arguments for the case study in educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Johnson, Mauritz, "Curriculum Areas," pp. 1139-1141 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., Mauritz Johnson

Annotation: Identifies subjects, courses, and topics common in schools and colleges.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization

 

Knoll, J. H., "Curriculum in Adult Education," pp. 1215-1221 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., J. H. Knoll

Annotation: Gives an overview of curriculum in adult education in various countries, factors determining curriculum, legitimation and justification of curriculum, and examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

 

Rulcker, T., "Curriculum Reform," pp. 1248-1257 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., T. Rulcker

Annotation: Discusses the curriculum reform system in various national contexts; reviews various models of curriculum development (RDD, democratic interaction) and problems associated with implementing curriculum reforms.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Sanders, James R., "Curriculum Evaluation," pp. 1185-1188 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., James R. Sanders

Annotation: Sums up issues related to curriculum evaluation: need for, who should do it, organization for doing it, and limitations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Pinar, William F., "Death in a Tenured Position," Curriculum Perspectives, 4(May, 1984), 74-76., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Discusses impact of economics on publishing JCT.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum, Curriculum Professors

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Soviet Pedagogic Science: Visions and Contradictions," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(April-June, 1984), 111-130. Rewritten for chapter three in his Paradigm & Ideology in Educational Research. London: Falmer Press, 1984., Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Describes pedagogical research in the Soviet Union and its commitments to dialectical materialism; reviews inquiry procedures in this research; describes educational psychology and didactics.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Comparative Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process, Curriculum and Politics, Teacher Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Rogers, Vincent R., "Qualitative Research-Another Way of Knowing," pp. 85-111 in Philip L. Hosford, ed., Using What We Know About Teaching . Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1984., Vincent R. Rogers

Annotation: Explores the use of qualitative research approaches in studying teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Qualitative Research

 

Glatthorn, Alan A., and Arthur Wells Foshay, "Curriculum Integration," pp. 1221-1223 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., Alan A. Glatthorn and Arthur Wells Foshay

Annotation: Discusses types of integrated curriculum and arguments for and against them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Integration

 

Bowers, C. A., The Promise of Theory: Education and the Politics of Cultural Change . New York: Longman, 1984., C. A. Bowers

Annotation: Gives a critical sociology of knowledge approach to curriculum development and reviews the theoretical background of this approach.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Bullough, Robert V., Jr., and Stanley L. Goldstein, "Technical Curriculum Form and American Elementary School Art Education," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16 (April-June, 1984), 143-154., Robert V. Bullough Jr. and Stanley L. Goldstein

Annotation: Shows how a particular art program that inadequately deals with the arts is linked to technical purposes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Critical Inquiry, Content Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Art Education

 

Boyd, Robert D., "Solving Problems of Practice in Education," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 6(September, 1984), 59-74., Robert D. Boyd

Annotation: Explains how choices of courses of action can be made in education based on informed problem-solving.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Practical Knowledge

 

Posner, George J., "Curriculum Knowledge," pp. 1223-1227 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., George J. Posner

Annotation: Discusses knowledge as curriculum content and knowledge of curriculum development (means-end, naturalistic, epistemological, analysis of experiences and preconceptions, approaches).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Klein, M. Frances, "Curriculum Design," pp. 1163-1170 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Pergamon, 1984., M. Frances Klein

Annotation: Gives characteristics and data sources for developing curriculum designs.

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

 

Hopkins, David, and Marvin Wideen, eds., Alternative Perspectives on School Improvement . Philadelphia: Falmer, 1984., David Hopkins and Marvin Wideen

Annotation: Presents a phenomenological and critical perspective on school improvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
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

 

Gough, Noel, "Practical Curriculum Theorizing," Curriculum Perspectives, 4(May, 1984), 65-69., Noel Gough

Annotation: Calls for including paradoxes in our conceptions of curriculum ; examines issues related to practical curriculum theorizing (Schwab) in context of Victorian (Australia) policy on curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

 

Beyer, Landon E., "Field Experience, Ideology, and the Development of Critical Reflectivity," Journal of Teacher Education, 35(May-June, 1984), 36-41., Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Describes the Knox College elementary teacher preparation program that involves critical reflection and a different kind of field experience.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Education

 

Byrd-Bredbenner, Carol, Lily Hair O'Connell, Barbara Shannon, and James M Eddy, "A Nutrition Curriculum for Health Education: Its Effect on Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior," Journal of School Health, 4(November, 1984), 385-388.*, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Lily Hair O'Connell, Barbara Shannon, and James M. Eddy

Annotation: Reports an evaluation study of junior and senior high school nutrition education programs.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction

 

Plueddemann, James E., "Dilemmas of an Evangelical Curriculum Educator," Religious Education, 79(Winter, 1984), 122-134., James E. Plueddemann

Annotation: Includes an analysis of curriculum definitions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Religious & Private Schooling

 

Smith, Joe M., "Taking Humpty Dumpty Out of the Curriculum," NASSP Bulletin, 68 (December, 1984), 103-107., Joe M. Smith

Annotation: Describes what curriculum is and is not.

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

 

Brady, Patrick, "Chasing Ghosts out of the Machine: A Deconstruction of Some Curriculum Theory," Curriculum Perspectives, 4(October, 1984), 64-67., Patrick Brady

Annotation: Responds to articles in May 1984 issue on curriculum theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Hultgren, Francine, et al, Curriculum Inquiry as Being: Reflections on a Study Group Encountering Each Other Through Interpretive Inquiry . Symposium Given at Session 24.06, AERA, New Orleans, April, 1984., Francine Hultgren

Annotation: Reports a phenomenological study of persons encountering each other as persons.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience, Self-Knowledge

 

Apple, Michael W., "The Political Economy of Text Publishing," Educational Theory, 34(Fall, 1984), 307-319. A version appears pp. 81-105 in his Teachers and Texts. New York: Routledge & Kagan Paul, 1986., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Describes the economics of textbook publishing and the resulting ideological hegemony.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Textbooks, Hidden Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Tournier, M., "Curriculum History: France," pp. 1195-1197 in T. Husen and T. N. Postlethwaite, eds., International Encyclopedia of Education . New York: Pergamon, 1984., M. Tournier

Annotation: Gives a brief overview of curriculum history in France.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum

 

Harris, Ilene B., "Reflections on Communication for Curriculum Improvement: An Essay Review of the 1980 Yearbook of the ASCD," Curriculum Inquiry, 14(Summer, 1984), 217-233., Ilene B. Harris

Annotation: Critiques this yearbook in light of Schwab's notion of deliberation; examines the problem of effective communication in guiding teachers with practical theories.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Practical Knowledge, Curriculum Implementation, Materials Development and Evaluation