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Citations from 1982

 

Apple, Michael W., "Educational and Cultural Reproduction: A Critical Assessment of Programs of Choice," pp. 503-541 in Robert B. Everhart, ed., The Public School Monopoly: A Critical Analysis of Education and the State in American Society . San Francisco: Pacific Institute for Public Policy Research, 1982.*, Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses proposals for choice in education in the context of a cultural reproduction critique.

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

 

Stake, Robert E., and Deborah J. Trumbull, "Naturalistic Generalizations," Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science, 7(Nos. 1 & 2, 1982), 1-12.*, Robert E. Stake and Deborah J. Trumbull

Annotation: Describes the nature of naturalistic generalizations as distinguished from formal generalizations.

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, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Beyer, Landon E., "Ideology, Social Efficiency and Curriculum Inquiry: An Essay Response to Franklin's 'The Social Efficiency Movement Reconsidered'," Curriculum Inquiry, 12(Fall, 1982), 305-316.*, Landon E. Beyer

Annotation: Takes issue with Franklin's view of the relation between curriculum theory and practice as stated in pp. 9-33, same volume of Curriculum Inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Historical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Knowledge Generation

 

Howard, Roy J., Three Faces of Hermeneutics: An Introduction to Current Theories of Understanding . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1982., Roy J. Howard

Annotation: Introduces analytic, psychosocial, and ontological hermeneutics.

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

 

Martin, Jane Roland, "Two Dogmas of Curriculum," Synthese, 51(April, 1982), 5-20. Reprinted pp. 187-199 in her Changing the Educational Landscape: Philosophy, Women, and Curriculum. New York: Routledge, 1994., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Describes and critiques the Dogma of God-Given Subjects and the Dogma of Immutable Basics.

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

 

Talmage, Harriet, "Evaluation of Programs," pp. 592-611 in Harold E. Mitzel, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, fifth edition. New York: Macmillan, 1982., Harriet Talmage

Annotation: Reviews the rise of program evaluation, defines its purposes and assumptions, its methodological and political issues, and classifies various evaluation models.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Program Audit/Evaluation

 

Roberts, Douglas A., "The Place of Qualitative Research in Science Education," Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 19(No. 4, 1982), 277-292.*, Douglas A. Roberts

Annotation: Discusses quantitative and qualitative arguement patterns against a backdrop of an analysis of Pepper's four world hypotheses-- formism, mechanism, contextualism, and organicism.

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, Qualitative Research

 

Kemmis, Stephen, and Robin McTaggart, The Action Research Planner. Geelong, Victoria, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1982., Stephen Kemmis and Robin McTaggart

Annotation: Describes briefly how to do action research with step-by-step guidelines.

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

 

Wexler, Philip, "Structure, Text, and Subject: A Critical Sociology of School Knowledge," pp. 275-303 in Michael W. Apple, ed., Cultural and Economic Reproduction in Education . Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982., Philip Wexler

Annotation: Discusses how critical sociology questions assumptions in all three areas of school knowledge.

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, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Power and Resistance in the New Sociology of Education: Beyond Theories of Social and Cultural Reproduction," Curriculum Perspectives, 2 (October, 1982), 1-12., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Discusses the sources of the new critical sociology and points to their weaknesses.

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: Curriculum and Politics

 

Anyon, Jean, "Adequate Social Science, Curriculum Investigations, and Theory," Theory into Practice, 21(Winter, 1982), 34-37., Jean Anyon

Annotation: Argues that social science should be empirically grounded, theoretically explanatory, and socially critical; sets criteria for adequate curriculum theory.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Huberman, A. Michael, and Colin Marsh, "Toward an Ecology of Knowledge Use in the Classroom," Curriculum Perspectives, 2(May, 1982), 35-47., A. Michael Huberman and Colin Marsh

Annotation: Presents a taxonomy of knowledge uses and a model of knowledge use contingencies and characteristics with implications for knowledge use; gives validation procedures.

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

 

Simon, Michael A., Understanding Human Action: Social Explanation and the Vision of Social Science . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1982., Michael A. Simon

Annotation: Makes the case for sociological inquiry, not as a science but as a set of humanistic disciplines that are normative in character.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Gergen, Kenneth J., Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge . New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982., Kenneth J. Gergen

Annotation: Presents a view of transforming studies in social psychology to take into account personal meaning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Psychology and Curriculum

 

Cherryholmes, Cleo H., "What is Curriculum Theory? A Special Problem in Social Theory," Theory into Practice, 21(Winter, 1982), 28-33., Cleo H. Cherryholmes

Annotation: Discusses the necessity of ethical criteria in doing theorizing about curriculum improvement.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

McCutcheon, Gail, "Qualitative Curriculum Evaluation," pp. 1503-1506 in Harold E. Mitzel, ed., Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Fifth Edition. New York: Macmillan Free Press, 1982.*, Gail McCutcheon

Annotation: Reviews several forms of qualitative curriculum evaluation, their similarities, and their differences.

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

 

Wolcott, Harry F., "Differing Styles of On-Site Research, or, 'If it Isn't Ethnography, What is it?' " Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science, 7(No. 1 & 2, 1982), 154-169.*, Harry F. Wolcott

Annotation: Explains different styles of on-site research and ethnography and lists fourteen types together with a select bibliography of each type.

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, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Schubert, William H., "Curriculum Research Controversy: A Special Case of a General Problem," Review Journal of Philosophy & Social Science, 7(Nos. 1 & 2, 1982), 216-235. Reprinted in Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1(Winter, 1986), 132-147.*, William H. Schubert

Annotation: Contrasts theoretic research with naturalistic research and describes procedures for practical inquiry.

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

 

Stehr, Nico, and Volker Meja, "The Classical Sociology of Knowledge Revisited," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 4(September, 1982), 33-50., Nico Stehr and Volker Meja

Annotation: Reviews the elements of classical sociology of knowledge that bear revisiting following the advent of the new sociology of knowledge.

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

 

Shapiro, H. Svi, "Shaping the Educational Imagination: Class, Culture, and the Contradiction of the Dominant Ideology," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 4(Summer, 1982), 153-165., H. Svi Shapiro

Annotation: Discusses education in the U. S. as the result of complex interactions among ideological perspectives; gives instances.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

May, Nick, "The Teacher-as-Researcher Movement in Britain," pp. 23-30 in William H. Schubert and Ann L. Schubert, eds., Conceptions of Curriculum Knowledge: Focus on Students and Teachers. University Park, PA: College of Education, Penn State University, 1982., Nick May

Annotation: Describes experiences of teachers who have become teacher-researchers.

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

 

Silverman, Robert J., "Marketing Scholarship: Strategies of Persuasion," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 3(June, 1982), 503-520., Robert J. Silverman

Annotation: Discusses how research finds its audience.

Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Literature of Curriculum, Knowledge Utilization

 

Apple, Michael W., "Common Curriculum and State Control," Discourse, 2(No. 2, 1982), 1-10., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Explores the role of state control of curriculum in relation to proposals for a common curriculum for all students.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling, Curriculum Differentiation

 

Feller, Irwin, "Innovation Processes: A Comparision in Public Schools and Other Public Sector Organizations," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 4(December, 1982), 272-291., Irwin Feller

Annotation: Reviews the research on the topic.

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

Citations from 1981

 

Strickland, Kate, "Research into the Curriculum, 1918-1938: Highlights of the Work of the First Generation," pp. 51-59 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981., Kate Strickland

Annotation: Points out significant curriculum research studies done during this period.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Violas, Paul C., "Progressives and Revisionist History," pp. 34-38 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History. University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981., Paul C. Violas

Annotation: Provides a revisionist historian's view of papers by progressives Butts, Caswell, and Leonard that precede this paper.

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

 

Beauchamp, George A., Curriculum Theory , 4th Edition. Itasca, IL: Peacock, 1981., George A. Beauchamp

Annotation: Provides an extended analysis of curriculum theory and theory building and offers a theory of his own; describes curriculum design, engineering, values in curriculum, and curriculum as a field of study.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Theorists,Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Heron, John, "Philosophical Basis for a New Paradigm," pp. 19-35 in Peter Reason and John Rowan, eds., Human Inquiry . New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981.*, John Heron

Annotation: Argues for shared cooperative inquiry with persons from five bases.

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

 

Fullan, Michael, "The Relationship Between Implementation and Evaluation," pp. 309-339 in Arieh Lewy and David Nevo, eds., Evaluation Roles in Education. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1981., Michael Fullan

Annotation: Discusses implementation processes in the context of using evaluative studies.

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

 

Tomkins, George S., "Stability and Change in Canadian Curriculum," pp. 135-158 in J. Donald Wilson, ed., Canadian Education in the 1980's . Calgary: Detselig Enterprises, Ltd., 1981., George S. Tomkins

Annotation: Highlights the factors contributing to change in the history of Canadian curriculum.

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, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics

 

Williams, C. Ray, Albert R. Neff, and James H. Finklestein, "Theory Into Practice: Reconsidering the Preposition," Theory into Practice, 20(Spring, 1981), 93-96.*, C. Ray Williams, Albert R. Neff, and James H. Finklestein

Annotation: Argues that putting theory into practice overlooks the fact that they are intertwined and should be studied as an interactive whole.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, In-service Teacher Development

 

Stenhouse, Lawrence, "What Counts as Research?" British Journal of Educational Studies, 29(June, 1981), 103-113.*, Lawrence Stenhouse

Annotation: Analyzes several types of research including teacher-researcher collaboration.

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Schooling and the Myth of Objectivity: Stalking the Politics of the Hidden Curriculum," McGill Journal of Education, 16(Fall, 1981), 282-304., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Describes the older approaches to the hidden curriculum and argues that certain elements needed to develop a critical pedagogy are missing.

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: Teaching/Learning Process, Curriculum and Politics

 

Huber, Margaret Ann, 'The Renewal of Curriculum Theory in the 1970's: An Historical Study," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 14-84., Margaret Ann Huber

Annotation: Presents a seven-chapter review of work in curriculum theory during the humanistic era of the 1970s; anlayzes the writings of Greene, Macdonald, Huebner, Pinar, Apple, among others; reviews eight curriculum theory conferences.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations

 

Leonard, J. Paul, "The Revisionist Historians and Educational Theory," pp. 31-33 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981., J. Paul Leonard

Annotation: Points out some limitations of revisionist historians' views of educational theory.

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

 

O'Keeffe, Dennis J., "Curricular Yogis and Cost-Benefit Commissars: Some Thoughts on an Economic Dimension in Curriculum Research and Policy-Making," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 13(July-September, 1981), 207-214., Dennis J. O'Keeffe

Annotation: Argues for research on economic efficiency of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Floden, Robert E., Andrew C. Porter, William H. Schmidt, Donald J. Freeman, and John R. Schiville, "Responses to Curriculum Pressures: A Policy Capturing Study of Teacher Decision About Content," Journal of Educational Psychology, 73(April, 1981), 129-141.*, Robert E. Floden, Andrew C. Porter, William H. Schmidt, Donald J. Freeman, and John R. Schiville

Annotation: Reports an empirical study of teachers' responses to several types of curriculum pressures.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Teacher Planning, Content Selection and Organization

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "The Social Contexts of Schooling, Change, and Educational Research," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 13(July-September, 1981), 189-206., Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Considers a reform program (IGE) within its social and ideological context.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Nixon, Jon, ed., A Teacher's Guide to Action Research . London: Grant McIntyre, 1981., Jon Nixon

Annotation: Gives views of several authors on doing action research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research

 

Elbaz, Freema, "The Teacher's 'Practical Knowledge': Report of a Case Study," Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Spring, 1981), 43-71., Freema Elbaz

Annotation: Analyzes the conceptualization of practical knowledge and reports a study that accounts for one teacher's practical knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Practical Knowledge, Teacher Planning

 

Sanders, Donald P., "Educational Inquiry as Developmental Research," Educational Researcher, 10(March, 1981), 8-13.*, Donald P. Sanders

Annotation: Presents the elements of developmental research in education.

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

 

Norris, Jr., Richard A., "Facing the Past," Union Seminary Quarterly Review, 36(Supplementary, 1981), 1-11.*, Richard A. Norris Jr.

Annotation: Explores what it means to have a past and to have historical inquiry contribute to this past.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization

 

Schubert, William H., and Ann Lynn Lopez Schubert, "Toward Curricula That Are of, by, and Therefore for Students," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 239-251., William H. Schubert and Ann Lynn Schubert

Annotation: Argues that schools should create curriculum that are of, by, and for students they serve (with case examples).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience

 

Martin, Jane Roland, "Needed: A New Paradigm for Liberal Education," pp. 37-60 in Jonas F. Soltis, ed., Philosophy and Education. Eightieth Yearbook of the Society for the Study of Education, Part I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981., Jane Roland Martin

Annotation: Critiques the traditional view of knowledge in the curriculum and advocates adding emotion and action to reason and thinking.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Liberal Education/General Education

 

Tamir, Pinchas, "The Potential of Evaluation in Curriculum Implementation," pp. 341-356 in Arieh Lewy and David Nevo, eds., Evaluation Roles in Education . London: Gordon and Breach, 1981., Pinchas Tamir

Annotation: Describes the uses of evaluation findings in curriculum implementation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Gray, James U., "Vintage Connoisseurship: A Practitioner's View of Educational Criticism," Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Winter, 1981), 343-358., James U. Gray

Annotation: Shows the limitations of Eisner's method of educational criticism in light of data from three case studies.

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

 

Anderson, Digby C., Evaluating Curriculum Proposals: A Critical Guide. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981., Digby C. Anderson

Annotation: Provides guidelines for the rhetorical analysis of curriculum proposals and suggests foci for curriculum inquiry; illustrates this by reference to four British curriculum projects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form,Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Generation

 

Christensen, James E., Curriculum, Education, and Educology . Sydney: Educology Research Associates, 1981., James E. Christensen

Annotation: Employs eleven critical categories to distinguish curriculum, education, and knowledge about education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions,Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Education as a Field of Study, Educology

 

Aronowitz, Stanley, "Preface," pp. 1-4 in Henry A. Giroux, ed., Ideology, Culture and the Process of Schooling . Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1981., Stanley Aronowitz

Annotation: Traces the development of critical research in American education, including Giroux's contribution.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Knowledge Generation

 

Bullough, Robert V., Jr., "Curriculum History: Flight to the Sidelines or Source of New Vitality? " pp. 39-42 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History, University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981. Reprinted pp. 32-39 as "Curriculum History: Flight to the Sidelines," in Craig Kridel, ed., Curriculum History . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989., Robert V. Bullough Jr.

Annotation: Provides a corrective on what is worth doing in curriculum history.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Stoughton, Charles R., ed., Issues in Curricululm Theory. Washington, DC: Univiersity Press of America, 1981., Charles R. Stoughton

Annotation: Presents 12 brief articles treating curriulum theory and several related topics as summarized in 1981.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Walker, Rob, "Getting Involved in Curriculum Research: A Personal History," pp. 193-213 in Martin Lawn and Len Barton, eds., Rethinking Curriculum Studies . New York: Halsted Press, 1981., Rob Walker

Annotation: Presents typologies of classroom research and illustrates by referring to a study of the SAFARI project in England.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Classroom Observation & Research, Comparative Curriculum, Teacher Research

 

Noddings, Nel, "An Ethic for Curriculum Theorizing," Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, April 13, 1981., Nel Noddings

Annotation: Proposes an ethical dimension to curriculum theorizing.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

King, Jean A., "Methodological Pluralism and Curriculum Inquiry," Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Summer, 1981), 167-174.*, Jean A. King

Annotation: Makes the case for methodogical pluralism in curriculum inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
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, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Wirth, Arthur G., "Educational Control for Crazy-Making: Notes Toward an Alternative," pp. 14-17 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1986., Arthur G. Wirth

Annotation: Discusses the historical social efficiency movement in education and contemporary alternatives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Historical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Gough, Noel, "School-based Curriculum Development: Whither Curriculum Theory?" Curriculum Perspectives, 2(October, 1981), 41-45.*, Noel Gough

Annotation: Gives a theory of school-based curriculum development.

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: Curriculum Development Strategies, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Walmsley, Sean A., "On the Purpose and Content of Secondary Reading Programs: An Educational Ideological Perspective," Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Spring, 1981), 73-93., Sean A. Walmsley

Annotation: Employs several specific ideological types and their related educational purposes to secondary reading programs.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Reading, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

 

Anyon, Jean, "Schools as Agencies of Social Legitimation," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Summer, 1981), 86-103. Reprinted pp. 175-200 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988., Jean Anyon

Annotation: Documents social and economic stratification in students' experiences of school and in the content of the curriculum; draws implications.

Broad Topical Focus: 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: Ideology and School Knowledge, Social Studies, Curriculum as Experience, Content Selection and Organization

 

Willis, George, "Democratization of Curriculum Evaluation," Educational Leadership, 38(May, 1981), 630-632., George Willis

Annotation: Discusses the process of curriculum criticism and its use in democratizing curriculum evaluation.

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

 

Heron, John, "Experiential Research Methodology," pp. 153-!66 in Peter Reason and John Rowan, eds., Human Inquiry . New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981.*, John Heron

Annotation: Sets forth methods of phenomenological mapping and intentional interaction.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., "Reproduction, Contestation, and Curriculum: An Essay in Self-Criticism," Interchange, 12(Nos. 2-3, 1981), 27-47., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Recaps Apple's own work and sets it in relation to the broader curriculum field.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Anyon, Jean, "Elementary Schooling and Distinctions of Social Class," Interchange, 12(Nos. 2/3, 1981), 118-132., Jean Anyon

Annotation: Notes social class distinctions in elementary classrooms.

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: Elementary School Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "Social Structure, Ideology, and Curriculum," pp. 131-159 in Martin Lawn and Len Barton, eds. Rethinking Curriculum Studies. New York: Halsted, 1981. Also in Interchange (2 & 3), 1981. Also Chapter 1 in his Education and Power, 1982., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Reviews the literature of curriculum and reproduction and the author's own related work; opens up the possibilities for political action in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Duncan, James K., "Purposive Action and Curriculum Research," The Educational Forum, 46(Fall, 1981), 97-112.*, James K. Duncan

Annotation: Argues for a theory of action in conceptualizing curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Nelson, Murry R., and H. Wells Singleton, "Richmond and Berkeley: Paradigms for Curriculum Innovation at the Turn of the Century," pp. 60-67 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . University ParK, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981., Murry R. Nelson and H. Wells Singleton

Annotation: Reports studies of the spread of curriculum innovations begun in these two junior high schools.

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, Middle School Curriculum, Curriculum Integration, Content Selection and Organization

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Dewey and the Herbartians: The Genesis of a Theory of Curriculum," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 154-161. Reprinted pp. 66-79 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988. Also reprinted pp. 68-81 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses: Twenty Years of JCT. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Presents a review of Dewey's early career and his curriculum theory as influenced by the Herbartians.

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

 

Benham, Barbara J., "Curriculum Theory in the 1970's: The Reconceptualist Movement," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 162-170., Barbara J. Benham

Annotation: Reviews the rise and development of the reconceptualist movement in curriculum theory; explains two positions within the movement--existentialist and structuralist-- and the movement's impact.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Wirth, Arthur G., "What We Can Learn from our Experience with the Deweyan Tradition," pp. 3-5 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers for the Society for the Study of Curriculum History . University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981., Arthur G. Wirth

Annotation: Draws lessons from Dewey for curriculum.

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

 

Macdonald, James B., "Theory-Practice and the Hermeneutic Circle,"The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Summer,1981), 130-138 . Reprinted pp. 101-113 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988.*, James B. Macdonald

Annotation: Traces the role of interpretive understanding in curriculum theory and practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Golby, Mike, "Practice and Theory," pp. 214-236 in Martin Lawn and Len Barton, eds., Rethinking Curriculum Studies: A Radical Approach. New York City: Halsted Press, 1981., Mike Golby

Annotation: Distinguishes theory from practice and points out dimensions of the former in relation to curriculum design and development (his 1976 book); shows institutional issues by reporting on the work in Timerton, England.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
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 Implementation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Ben-Peretz, Miriam, "Curriculum Analysis as a Tool of Evaluation," pp. 295-307 in Arieh Lewy, and David Nevo, eds., Evaluation Roles in Education . London: Gordon and Breach, 1981., Miriam Ben-Peretz

Annotation: Urges use of materials analysis techniques to evaluate curriculum.

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

 

Dearden, Robert F., "Balance and Coherence: Some Curricular Principles in Recent Reports," Cambridge Journal of Education, 11(No. 2, 1981), 107-118., Robert F. Dearden

Annotation: Analyzes some British curriculum policy documents for the presence or absence of curriculum balance and coherence.

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: Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

 

Reid, William A., "The Deliberative Approach to the Study of the Curriculum and Its Relation to Critical Pluralism," pp. 160-190 in Martin Lawn and Len Barton, eds., Rethinking Curriculum Studies . New York: Halsted Press, 1981., William A. Reid

Annotation: Distinguishes the deliberative perspective toward curriculum from three other perspectives and gives a detailed account of the deliberative perspective.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation

 

Greene, Maxine, "Excellence and the Educational Researcher," Educational Researcher, 10(October, 1981), 4; 30-31.*, Maxine Greene

Annotation: Treats briefly the relation between excellence and educational research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Nickles, Thomas, "What is a Problem that We Might Solve It?" Synthese, 47(1,1981), 85-118.*, Thomas Nickles

Annotation: Discusses criteria for an adequate theory of problems (33 divided into 3 categories), critiques Laudan's theory in light of these criteria, and offers his own account.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Wexler, Philip, "Change: Social, Cultural and Educational," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Summer, 1981), 157-164., Philip Wexler

Annotation: Gives three examples of educational change for which the reproduction model is incomplete.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, 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, Citizenship Education

 

Smithson, Alan, "Curriculum Policy-Making at the School Level: Two Approaches," Journal of Philosphy of Education (Britain), 15(No. 2, 1981), 215-228., Alan Smithson

Annotation: Discusses whether school head or board in Britian should have curriculum decision-making power.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Introduction," pp. 5-35 in his Ideology, Culture and the Process of Schooling . Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1981.*, Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Explains the concepts of ideology, hegemony, and culture in relation to schooling and pedagogy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
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

 

Kister, Joanna, "Application of Empirical/Rational and Hermeneutic Science Modes of Inquiry to a Study of Home and Family Life for Curriculum Development, " 1981. ERIC Document No. ED 209 342., Joanna Kister

Annotation: Reports a study using hermeneutic inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Apple, Michael W., "Curricular Form and the Logic of Technical Control," Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2(August, 1981), 293-319. Reprinted pp. 143-165 in Michael W. Apple and Lois Weis, eds., Ideology and Practice in Schooling . Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1983., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Argues that ideologies are embedded in our commonsense meanings and practices; examines curriculum form (not content) to reveal its use in service to ideology; describes the logic of technical control in curriculum and related issues.

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

 

Shaw, Beverly, "The Content of the Curiculum," pp.129-166 in her Educational Practice and Sociology: An Introduction . Oxford: Marten Robertson, 1981., Beverly Shaw

Annotation: Shows how the content of the curriculum is controlled by the policies set; discusses the common curriculum and the education of girls among other topics.

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, Content Selection and Organization

 

Bellah, Robert N., "The Ethical Aims of Social Inquiry," Teachers College Record, 83(Fall, 1981), 1-18., Robert N. Bellah

Annotation: Discusses ethical reflections in social science research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Ethical Issues in Curriculum

 

Ricoeur, Paul, "The Model of the Text: Meaningful Action Considered as Text," in J. B. Thompson, ed., Paul Ricoeur: Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981., Paul Ricoeur

Annotation: Explains basics of textual interpretation, considered broadly.

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

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Curriculum Development Since 1900," Educational Leadership , 38(May, 1981), 599-601.*, Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Gives a brief overview of curriculum development in the U. S. since 1960 and identifies lessons learned from this era.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Harrison, Marelle, "School-Based Curriculum Decision-Making: A Personal Viewpoint," Curriculum Perspectives, 2(October, 1981), 47-52.*, Marelle Harrison

Annotation: Conceptualizes school-based curriculum decision making within multiple contexts.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Hegemony, Resistance, and the Paradox of Educational Reform," Interchange, 12(Nos. 2-3, 1981), 3-26., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Points to evidence of these three elements in educational reform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Reason, Peter, and John Rowan, eds., Human Inquiry: A Sourcebook of New Paradigm Research . New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981., Peter Reason and John Rowan

Annotation: Presents papers on human inquiry regarding human experience.

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

 

Rowan, John, "A Dialectical Paradigm for Research," pp. 93-112 in Peter Reason and John Rowan, eds., Human Inquiry . New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1981.*, John Rowan

Annotation: Puts forth an approach to human inquiry that relies on multiple types of questions and multiple cycles of data gathering.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hermeneutic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Johnson, Earl S., "Framework and Philosophy for an Integrated Curriculum," The Social Studies, 72(January/February, 1981), 4-7. Reprinted pp. 183-191 in Earl S. Johnson, The Humanistic Teachings of Earl S. Johnson . Boulder: Westview Press, 1983., Earl S. Johnson

Annotation: Identifies structure and norms for an integrated curriculum.

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

 

McNeil, Linda M., "Negotiating Classroom Knowledge: Beyond Achievement and Socialization," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 13(October-December, 1981), 313-328.*, Linda M. McNeil

Annotation: Describes how knowledge control functions in three social studies classrooms with respect to economics information.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Social Studies, Classroom Observation & Research

 

Berlak, Ann, and Harold Berlak, "Engaging in Critical Inquiry," pp. 229-275 in their Dilemmas of Schooling: Teaching and Social Change. New York: Methuen, 1981., Ann Berlak and Harold Berlak

Annotation: Gives an overview of five realms of inquiry and the kinds of questions each deals with; shows how critical inquiry deals with such questions; suggests ways sixteen dilemmas (outlined in earlier section of the book) can serve critical inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Leithwood, Kenneth A., "Managing the Implementation of Curriculum Innovations," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 2(March, 1981), 341-360., Kenneth A. Leithwood

Annotation: Gives a summary of work done on managing the implementation of curriculum innovations.

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

 

Pinar, William F., "'Whole, Bright, Deep with Understanding': Issues in Qualitative Research and Autobiographical Method," Journal of Curriculum Studies , 13(July-September, 1981), 173-188. Reprinted pp. 134-153 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses . Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1988. Reprinted pp. 608-623 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Contrasts autobiographical method with ethnographic and aesthetic forms of qualitative research and sets forth its unique aspects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Ethnographic Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Self-Knowledge

 

Atkin, J. Myron, and Ernest R. House, "The Federal Role in Curriculum Development: 1950-1980," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 3(September-October, 1981), 5-36.*, J. Myron Atkin and Ernest R. House

Annotation: Traces the history of U. S. government support for curriculum development between 1950 and 1980.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Curriculum History

 

Pagano, Jo Anne, "The Curriculum Field: Emergence of a Discipline," Journal of Curriculum Theorzing, 3(Winter, 1981), 171-184. Reprinted pp. 82-105 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contemporary Curriculum Discourses: Twenty Years of JCT. New York: Peter Lang, 1999., Jo Anne Pagano

Annotation: Traces the beginnings of the curriculum field through key faculty at Teachers College (Columbia Universtiy), The University of Chicago, and the Ohio State University.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

 

Seguel, Mary Louise, "Conceptualizing Method: A History," pp. 6-13 in Laurel N. Tanner, ed., Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History. University Park, PA: The Society, College of Education, Penn State University, 1981., Mary Louise Seguel

Annotation: Draws an historical picture of teaching methodology from 1829-1977.

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

 

Pinar, William, and Madeleine Grumet, "Theory and Practice and the Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies," pp. 20-44 in Martin Lawn and Len Barton, eds., Rethinking Curriculum Studies . New York: Halsted Press, 1981., William Pinar and Madeleine Grumet

Annotation: Traces the effort to establish curriculum studies as a discipline; reviews work of the reconceptualists in this effort.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Pinar, William F., "Gender, Sexuality, and Curriculum Studies: The Beginning of the Debate," McGill Journal of Education, 16(Fall, 1981), 305-316., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Reviews work of Grumet, Taubman, and Hocquenghem concerning the relation of gender and sexuality to curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Anyon, Jean, "Social Class and School Knowledge," Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Spring, 1981), 3-42., Jean Anyon

Annotation: Reports a study of the stratification of school knowledge in five elementary schools in two districts in New Jersey.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Elementary School Curriculum, Content Selection and Organization

 

Ennis, Robert H., "Eight Fallacies in Bloom's Taxonomy," pp. 269-273 in C. J. B. Macmillan, ed., Philosophy of Education 1980, Proceedings of 36th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society (San Francisco, April 27-30, 1980). Normal, IL: Philosophy of Education Society, ISU, 1981., Robert H. Ennis

Annotation: Identifies logical fallacies in Bloom's Taxonomy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Evaluation of Instruction