CIRS: Curriculum Inquiry and Related Studies from Educational Research: A Searchable Bibliography of Selected Studies
Citations from 1981
McCutcheon, Gail, "On the Interpretation of Classroom Observations," Educational Researcher, 10(May, 1981), 5-10.*, Gail McCutcheon
Annotation: Describes roles that interpretation plays in qualitative inquiry, distinguishes three types of interpretation, and identifies several related issues.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Classroom Observation & Research
Annotation: Gives an analysis of various perspectives on the hidden curriculum's place in serving a latent function of schooling.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Curriculum Aims and Objectives
Apple, Michael W., "Some Aspects of the Relationship Between Economic and Cultural Reproduction," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 130-142., Michael W. Apple
Annotation: Discusses the literature on the topic from France, England, and the U. S. and reviews leading issues involved.
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, Comparative Curriculum
Ward, Spencer A., "The Philosopher as Synthesizer," Educational Theory, 31(Winter, 1981), 51-72., Spencer A. Ward
Annotation: Discusses issues in synthesizing knowledge and the processes involved.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Eckhardt, William, "Limits to Knowledge," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 3(September, 1981), 61-81., William Eckhardt
Annotation: Discusses the phenomenology of kwowledge and related epistemological issues.
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
Richards, Robert E., and Edmund C. Short, "Curriculum Inquiry From a Religious Perspective: Two Views," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Summer, 1981), 209-222., Robert E. Richards and Edmund C. Short
Annotation: Gives two perspectives on what religious inquiry is; discusses curriculum inquiry in relation to religious inquiry.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Religious Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Offers some reservations on the application of curriculum criticism to curriculum practice.
Broad Topical Focus: 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
Annotation: Identifies and discusses criteria for trustworthiness of naturalistic studies.
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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Qualitative Research
Brown, Theodore M., "How Fields Change: A Critique of the 'Kuhnian' View," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 5-13., Theodore M. Brown
Annotation: Critiques Thomas S. Kuhn's view of paradigm and its application in curriculum theorizing.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Lehming, Rolf, and Michael Kane, eds., Improving Schools: Using What We Know. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1981., Rolf Lehming and Michael Kane
Annotation: Describes the use of research knowledge to improve schools.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization
Annotation: Argues against revisionist historians' views of education and its treatment of progressive educaiton.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History
Willis, George H., "A Reconceptualist Perspective on Curriculum Evaluation," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 185-192.*, George H. Willis
Annotation: Describes the processes used in reconceptualist curriculum evaluation and contrasts them with those of the dominant (scientific) form.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis, Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Mitrano, Barbara S., "Feminism and Curriculum Theory: Implications for Teacher Education," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Summer, 1981), 5-77., Barbara S. Mitrano
Annotation: Discusses regressive, progressive, analytic, and synthetic stages in teacher education curriculum from the perspective of feminist critique.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Teacher Education
Nadler, Gerald, The Planning and Design Approach. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1981., Gerald Nadler
Annotation: Sets forth, explains, and details a theory of planning and design that is general enough to embrace many types of personal and professional planning; outlines a five- phase process involving five dimensions of a total P & D approach; provides concrete illustrations--including ones pertinent to curriculum planning and design.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies
Grumet, Madeleine R., "Conception, Contradiction and Curriculum," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 287-298., Madeleine R. Grumet
Annotation: Ventures into feminist social theory and draws implications for curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum
Leithwood, Kenneth A., "What is Appropriate Curriculum Research?" Curriculum Perspectives, 2(October, 1981), 17-22., Kenneth A. Leithwood
Annotation: Posits a matrix of criteria for identifying problems for curriculum research involving both description and action.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Wolf, W. C., Jr., "Selected Knowledge Diffusion/Utilization Know-How," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 2(March, 1981), 331-340., W. C. Wolf Jr.
Annotation: Presents a summary of techniques.
Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization
Annotation: Tries to correct errors about curriculum history made by revisionist historians.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
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
Iverson, Barbara K., and Hersholt C. Waxman, "Perspectives on Mentorship," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 193-201., Barbara K. Iverson and Hersholt C. Waxman
Annotation: Explores the phenomenological perspective in mentorship with data.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Planning
Annotation: Critiques work of Lawton in Britain from the perspective of the new sociology of knowledge.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Ideology and School Knowledge, Comparative Curriculum
Eisner, Elliot W., "On the Difference Between Scientific and Artistic Approaches to Qualitative Research," Educational Researcher, 10(April, 1981), 5-9.*, Elliot W. Eisner
Annotation: Compares scientific and artistic approaches to qualitative research on ten dimensions.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research
Littleford, Michael S., "Self Reflection, Social Action, and Curriculum Theory: Part Two," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 3(Winter, 1981), 211-221., Michael S. Littleford
Annotation: Gives a cultural psychoanalytic view on curriculum as experience.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Self-Knowledge
Annotation: Critiques the correspondence theory of reproduction and suggests evidence that supports the challenge.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
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
Shulman, Lee S., "Disciplines of Inquiry in Education: An Overview," Educational Researcher, 10(June/July, 1981), 5-12; 23.*, Lee S. Shulman
Annotation: Discusses various methods of inquiry in education and related issues involved in choosing among them.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Elbaz, Freema, and Robert Elbaz, "Literature and Curriculum: Toward a View of Curriculum as Discursive Practice," Curriculum Inquiry, 11(Summer, 1981), 105-122.*, Freema Elbaz and Robert Elbaz
Annotation: Critiques the idea of curriculum as literary work, some of the attendent confusions left by theorists espousing this view, and offers three practical difficulties that follow from the conceptual confusions.
Broad Topical Focus: 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
Schubert, William H., "Knowledge About Out-of-School Curriculum," The Educational Forum, 45(January, 1981), 185-198.*, William H. Schubert
Annotation: Makes the case for why knowledge of out-of-school curriculum pursued by students is important; makes recommendations on how to use such knowledge in planning in-school curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, 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: Content Selection and Organization, Criticism of Schooling, Curriculum Deliberation
Giroux, Henry A., "Pedagogy, Pessimism, and the Politics of Conformity: A Reply to Linda McNeil," Curriculum Inquiry, 1(Fall, 1981), 211-222., Henry A. Giroux
Annotation: Replies to McNeil's critique of his article in this journal 10(4), 1980.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Citizenship Education, Hidden Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process, Ideology and School Knowledge, Criticism of Schooling
Annotation: Describes collaborative inquiry approaches and assumptions.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Elliott, John, et al, School Accountability . London: Grant McIntyre, 1981., John Elliott and .
Annotation: Gives a perspective on school accountability and the means of accomplishing it.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation
Carson, A. S., "Community Participation and Curriculum Decisions," Educational Philosophy and Theory, 13(March, 1981), 39-53., A. S. Carson
Annotation: Analyzes the expectations and problems involved in community participation and curriculum decisions.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
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, Local Control of Schooling
Nelson, Murry R., and H. Wells Singleton, "FBI Surveillance of Three Progressive Educators: Curricular Aspects," pp. 18-22 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 what was found in FBI files on Rugg, Counts, and Dewey.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
Annotation: Examines the persistence of coersive authority in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum
Huberman, A. Michael, Nanette S. Levinson, Ronald G. Havelock, and Pat L. Cox, "Interorganizational Arrangements: An Approach to Educational Practice Improvement," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 3(September, 1981), 5-22., A. Michael Huberman, Nanette S. Levinson, Ronald G. Havelock, and Pat L. Cox
Annotation: Describes how knowledge organizations are linked in attempts to improve educational practice.
Broad Topical Focus: 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 Utilization, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Generation
Giroux, Henry A., Ideology, Culture, and the Process of Schooling . Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1981., Henry A. Giroux
Annotation: Contains six reprinted articles by the author with an introduction on the theoretical sources of his work.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Sanders, Donald P., and Marian Schwab, "Schooling and the Development of Education," The Educational Forum, 45(March, 1981), 265-289.*, Donald P. Sanders and Marian Schwab
Annotation: Critiques the R & D model of curriculum development in terms of practical stumbling blocks to school improvement.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Leithwood, Kenneth A., "The Dimensions of Curriculum Innovation," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 13(January-March, 1981), 25-36.*, Kenneth A. Leithwood
Annotation: Identifies and relates several dimensions of curriculum innovation into a model.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation
Annotation: Describes value and process of using the autobiographical method of inquiry in curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Self-Knowledge
Annotation: Suggests value of oral history projects in curriculum history.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History
Henchey, Norman, "Curriculum as Myth," McGill Journal of Education, 16(Fall, 1981), 257-266.*, Norman Henchey
Annotation: Defines curriculum and curriculum study as myth and critiques this view.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Lawn, Martin, and Len Barton, "Curriculum Politics and Emancipation," pp. 237-247 in Martin Lawn and Len Barton, Rethinking Curriculum Studies . New York: Halsted Press, 1981., Martin Lawn and Len Barton
Annotation: Takes stock of current research in curriculum studies and challenges researchers not to act as unwitting agents of the state.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum and Politics, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Knowledge Generation
Citations from 1980
Annotation: Describes a responsive evaluation model as it applies to program evaluation.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Program Audit/Evaluation
Ferrara, Steven F., and Stephen J. Thornton, "Using NAEP for Interstate Comparisons: The Beginnings of a 'National Acheivement Test' and 'National Curriculum'," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 10(Fall, 1980), 202-211., Steven F. Ferrara and Stephen J. Thornton
Annotation: Discusses technical issues related to using national test data in making interstate comparisons.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Student Assessment, Curriculum Standards and Testing
Reid, William A., "Rationalism or Humanism? The Future of Curriculum Studies," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 93-108., William A. Reid
Annotation: Contrasts rationalism and humanism; places curriculum studies as a humanistic discipline; this is a revised version of chapter six in his Thinking About the Curriculum, 1978.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Philosophical Schools, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Schubert, William H., Curriculum Books: The First Eighty Years: Content, Commentary, Bibliography . Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1980., William H. Schubert
Annotation: Provides decade-by-decade listings of books published in the curriculum field, placed into introductory essays on the historical events of each decade and comments on the significance of the publications.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Bibliographic Compilation
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Literature, Literature of Curriculum
Annotation: Analyzes radical approaches to educational reform and argues that radical critiques can show the limits of these reforms; explains critical theory and its use.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Hidden Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Annotation: Describes the role of curriculum theory as a vehicle for critique and vision and the use of the concept of dialectic in renewing its power; discusses totality, mediation, appropriation, and transcendence as categories of dialectic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Deliberation
Jackson, Gregg B., "Methods for Integrative Reviews," Review of Educational Research, 50(Fall, 1980), 438-460., Gregg B. Jackson
Annotation: Examines the process of creating integrative reviews intended to infer generalizations about substantive issues from a set of studies bearing on those issues.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Larsen, Judith K., "Knowledge Utilization: What is It?" Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(March, 1980), 421-442., Judith K. Larsen
Annotation: Provides a summary of research on knowledge utilization.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, 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 Utilization
Giroux, Henry A., "Critical Theory and Rationality in Citizenship Education," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Winter, 1980), 329-366., Henry A. Giroux
Annotation: Contrasts three modes of rationality (technical, hermeneutic, and emancipatory) in relation to citizenship education; proposes a theory of citizenship education involving actual experiences engaged in by students.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Citizenship Education, Teaching/Learning Process, Hidden Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge
Werner, Walter, "Editorial Criticism in Curricular Analysis," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Summer, 1980), 143-154.*, Walter Werner
Annotation: Describes a method of inquiry using techniques of editorial criticism; a response by Vallance follows.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Doll, William E., Jr., "Play and Mastery: A Structuralist View," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 209-226., William E. Doll Jr.
Annotation: Shows the advantages of the knowledge-construct view of knowing vs those of a knowledge-copy view of knowing.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process
Banks, Philip, "Herbert Spencer: Victorian Curriculum Theorist," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 12(April-June, 1980), 123-135., Philip Banks
Annotation: Reviews British philosopher Spencer's views of the theory of knowledge and curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Generation
Dockrell, W. B., and David Hamilton, eds., Rethinking Educational Research . London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980., W. B. Dockrell and David Hamilton
Annotation: Includes a series of essays on new approaches to educational research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Presents a critique of technological consciousness in education from the perspective of philosophical conservatism.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Jackson, Philip W., "Curriculum and its Discontents," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Summer, 1980), 159-72. Responses 172-175, 175-177., Philip W. Jackson
Annotation: Appraises a recurring theme (that the curriculum field is moribund) and responds with humor to the "discontents"; additional related articles follow.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
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
Annotation: Explains the application of the traditions of the "New Journalism" to curriculum experienced by students with examples from works of literary non-fiction.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry, Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience
Annotation: Describes what is known on the topic.
Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Utilization
Reason, Peter, and John Rowan, "Afterword," pp. 485-492 in Peter Reason and John Rowan, eds., Human Inquiry . New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1980.*, Peter Reason and John Rowan
Annotation: Distinguishes between old and new paradigm research in both character and procedure.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Reports a study of the frequency of citations for articles in the Journal of Curriculum Studies in Social Sciences Citation Index (1972-1978).
Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum
Shaw, Francine Shuchat, "The Meanings of Congruence," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 178-202., Francine Shuchat Shaw
Annotation: Discusses need for congruence between content and the form of educational experience provided.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum as Experience
Hartoonian, H. Michael, "Ethics and Education: Toward an Epistemology for Quality," BSCS Journal, 3(February, 1980), 15-20.*, H. Michael Hartoonian
Annotation: Analyzes the nature of quality and how we can know quality.
Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Lawn, Martin, and Len Barton, "Curriculum Studies: Reconceptualism or Reconstruction?" The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 47-56., Martin Lawn and Len Barton
Annotation: Summarizes and contrasts the curriculum literature based on technical, humanistic, and political paradigms.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Literature of Curriculum
Stufflebeam, Daniel L., and William J. Webster, "An Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Evaluation," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2(May-June, 1980), 5-20.*, Daniel L. Stufflebeam and William J. Webster
Annotation: Distinguishes 13 types of evaluation studies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Defining Curriculum Research Questions,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Describes district -wide curriculum development, curriculum management, and curriculum mapping.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Organization Theory
Schubert, William H., "Recalibrating Educational Research: Toward a Focus on Practice," Educational Researcher, 9(January, 1980), 17-31.*, William H. Schubert
Annotation: Describes practical inquiry and its various forms.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Practical Knowledge
Vallance, Elizabeth, "Backward-Looking Criticism as a Forward-Looking Concept: Response to Walter Werner," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Summer, 1980), 143-154., Elizabeth Vallance
Annotation: Contrasts reductive criticism with artistic criticism.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Vallance, Elizabeth, "A Deadpan Look at Humor in Curriculum Discourse (Or, the Serious Versus the Solemn in Education)," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Summer, 1980), 179-189., Elizabeth Vallance
Annotation: Discusses the value of humor in overly serious AERA presentations.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Discourse Analysis
Vallance, Elizabeth, "The Hidden Curriculum and Qualitative Inquiry as States of Mind," Journal of Education (Boston University), 162(Winter, 1980), 138-151.*, Elizabeth Vallance
Annotation: Shows how quanlitative inquiry can be used to study the hidden curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Curriculum as Experience
Scriven, Michael, "Self-referent Research," Educational Researcher, 9(April, 1980), 7-11.*, Michael Scriven
Annotation: Discusses the need to examine the results of research and related approaches in order to rethink what should be researched and how; related article in June, 1980, issue.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Cherryholmes, Cleo H., "Social Knowledge and Citizenship Education: Two Views of Truth and Criticism, "Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Summer, 1980), 115-141., Cleo H. Cherryholmes
Annotation: Analyzes assumptions behind citizenship education, including positivist assumptions.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Citizenship Education, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Kilbourn, Brent, "World Views and Curriculum," Interchange, 11(No. 2, 1980-81), 1-10., Brent Kilbourn
Annotation: Uses Pepper's analysis of six world views (animism, mysticism, formism, mechanism, contextualism, and organicism) to provide a conceptual framework for inquiry into the contributions the curriculum might make to the study of social problems.
Broad Topical Focus: Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools, Social Studies
Pinar, William F., "Notes on the Relationship Between a Field and Its Journals," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Winter, 1980), 7-11., William F. Pinar
Annotation: Describes the publishing goals of JCT and discusses the relationship between the curriculum field and the related journals.
Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum
Annotation: Explores how research is interpreted by practitioners.
Broad Topical Focus: 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 Utilization
Annotation: Traces the French, U. S., and British influences on Canadian curriculum.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, 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
Annotation: Writes of Schwab's views of liberal education in the context of others' views on the topic.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Education
Atkin, J. Myron, "The Government in the Classroom," Daedulus , 109(Summer, 1980), 85-97., J. Myron Atkin
Annotation: Traces the involvement of government in curriculum and teaching and observes some of the negative effects of this involvement.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Local Control of Schooling, Government Role in Educational Research & Development
Ladas, Harold, "Summarizing Research: A Case Study," Review of Educational Research, 50(Winter, 1980), 597-624., Harold Ladas
Annotation: Provides a discussion of a case study in summarizing experimental research on note taking; ends with recommendations based on analyses of the case study.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Discusses problems with decision making using research knowledge.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, 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 Generation
Annotation: Presents ten articles on the culture of school, aspects of curriculum theory, and realities of curriculum development, change, and classroom curriculum work; chapter 6 by Connelly and Elbaz is on "Conceptual Bases for Curriculum Thought;" chapter 7 by Gay is on "Conceptual Models in the Curriculum-Planning Process."
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Teacher Planning, Curriculum Deliberation
Dunn, William N., "The Two Communities Metaphor and Models of Knowledge Use," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(June, 1980), 515-536., William N. Dunn
Annotation: Summarizes models of knowledge use.
Broad Topical Focus: 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 Utilization
Stenhouse, Lawrence, ed., Curriculum Research and Development in Action . London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1980., Lawrence Stenhouse
Annotation: Treats various dimensions of research and development undertaken in curriculum by teachers and others in action research settings in England.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Teacher Research, Comparative Curriculum
Klohr, Paul R., "The Curriculum Theory Field --Gritty and Ragged," Curriculum Perspectives, 1(October, 1980), 1-7., Paul R. Klohr
Annotation: Gives summaries of literature reviews in curriculum from 1960-1971, of the reconceptualist movement from 1973-1980, of new inquiry approaches, and of implications for Australia.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Annotation: Describes ways of doing research on goal achievement.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, 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: Program Audit/Evaluation, Knowledge Generation
Pagano, Jo Anne, and Lawrence Dolan, "Foundations for a Unified Approach to Evaluation Research," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Winter, 1980), 367-381.*, Jo Anne Pagano and Lawrence Dolan
Annotation: Argues for utilizing qualitative approaches to curriculum evaluation along with scientific or statistical approaches.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation
Silverman, Robert J., "Commitments of Editors in Education," The Educational Forum, 44(January, 1980), 231-242., Robert J. Silverman
Annotation: Reports a study of journal types and editor types in education.
Broad Topical Focus: Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum, Knowledge Linkage
Annotation: Details the artistic model of educational evaluation, its value, and its problems (time, personal description, metaphor, plot, distance, logistics, the theory-practice gap).
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
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
Annotation: Discusses the tasks of educational research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Kennedy, Kerry J., "The Policy Context of Curriculum Reform in Australia in the 1980's," Australian Journal of Education, 32 (No. 3, 1988), 357-374.*, Kerry J. Kennedy
Annotation: Reviews the move to adapt an instrument approach to curriculum determination in Australia in the 1980s in order to meet new material needs but which failed to take local teachers and students into account in implementing the new policies.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum History, Curriculum Implementation, Core Mandates
Annotation: Discusses the hidden curriculum and the norms of the workplace, including women's work, and how schools can take action.
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: Hidden Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics
Annotation: Gives an overview of various types of curriculum literature and offers some criticisms on such writings.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Guides, Plans, Documents, Materials
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Literature of Curriculum, Knowledge Generation
Annotation: Discusses action reseach as a process of research as well as a process of teacher development.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Action Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Classroom Observation & Research, Knowledge Generation, In-service Teacher Development, Teacher Knowledge
Pinar, William F., "Reply to My Critics," Curriculum Inquiry, 10(Summer, 1980), 199-205., William F. Pinar
Annotation: Responds to articles by the Tanners and by Jackson which were crtical of Pinar's reconceptualist approaches.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History
Cook, Thomas D., Judith Levinson-Rose, and William E. Pollard, "The Misutilization of Evaluation Research," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(June, 1980), 477-498., Thomas D. Cook, Judith Levinson-Rose, and William E. Pollard
Annotation: Discusses the problem of utilizing evaluation research to alter policy and practice.
Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization
Goodlad, John I., et al, "What We Don't Know About Schooling," Phi Delta Kappan, 61(May, 1980), 591-606., John I. Goodlad
Annotation: Introduces a series of articles about what we don't know about teaching various school subjects; identifies leading questions that should be answered.
Broad Topical Focus: Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Environment, Curriculum as Experience, School Subjects
Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Paradigms in Educational Science: Different Meanings and Purpose to Theory," Journal of Education (Boston University), 162(Winter, 1980), 28-46.*, Thomas S. Popkewitz
Annotation: Compares the empirical-analytic, the symbolic science, and the critical science paradigms of educational research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
Hamm, Russell L., and Kenneth T. Henson, "Philosophy: Curriculum Source and Guide," Contemporary Education, 51(Spring, 1980), 147-150., Russell L. Hamm and Kenneth T. Henson
Annotation: Points out how philosophy contributes to curriculum theory by helping it to escape parochialism, dogmatism, fads, misunderstandings of meanings, and an unquestioning attitude.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
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: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses
Benham, Barbara J., Phil Giesen, and Jeannie Oakes, "A Study of Schooling: Students' Experiences in Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, 61(January, 1980), 337-340., Barbara J. Benham, Phil Giesen, and Jeannie Oakes
Annotation: Reports on the portion of Goodlad's study that reveals the nature of students' experiences in school.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience
Annotation: Applies the concepts of power, culture, ideology, and hegemony to the form and content of teacher education; advises the use of theories not based exclusively in prediction and control.
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, Teacher Education, Social Efficiency/Control
Rice, Ronald E., and Everett M. Rogers, "Reinvention in the Innovation Process," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(June, 1980), 499-514., Ronald E. Rice and Everett M. Rogers
Annotation: Discusses the aspect of innovation in which reinvention of the innovation occurs.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Knowledge Utilization
Pinar, William F., "Life History and Educational Experience," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2(Summer, 1980), 159-222., William F. Pinar
Annotation: Presents an extended treatment of life history research together with an illlustration.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience