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Holzner, Burkart, and Evelyn Fisher, "Knowledge in Use," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(December, 1979), 219-244., Burkart Holzner and Evelyn Fisher

Annotation: Gives an overview of the topic from the perspective of research on it.

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

 

Tomkins, George S., ed., The Curriculum in Canada in Historical Perspective . 1979 Yearbook of Canadian Society for the Study of Education. Vancouver, BC: CSSE, 1979., George S. Tomkins

Annotation: Provides a history of various aspects of Canadian curriculum.

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Schooling and the Culture of Positivism: Notes on the Death of History," Educational Theory, 29(Fall, 1979), 263-284. Reprinted pp. 37-62 in his Ideology, Culture, and the Process of Schooling . Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1981., Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Describes how the culture of positivism has influenced the process of schooling and laments the absence of critical reasoning in education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Social Studies, Content Selection and Organization, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Reid, William A., "Schools, Teachers, and Curriculum Change: The Moral Dimension of Theory-Building," Educational Theory, 29(Fall, 1979), 325-336.*, William A. Reid

Annotation: Identifies and critiques some theories of curriculum change from a moral perspective.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Deliberation

 

Burrell, Gibson, and Gareth Morgan, Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis: Elements of the Sociology of Corporate Life . London: Heinemann, 1979. ., Gibson Burrell and Gareth Morgan

Annotation: Distinguishes several paradigms of sociological research.

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Toward a New Sociology of Curriculum," Educational Leadership, 37(December, 1979), 248-253. Reprinted pp. 11-20 in his Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning . Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988.*, Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Describes the role of critical sociology in curriculum studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Pinar, William F., "The Abstract and the Concrete in Curriculum Theorizing," Foundation Studies, 8(Nos. 1-2, 1979), 3-15., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Discusses methodological issues relating to understanding the experience of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience

 

Selden, Steven, "Biological Determinism and the Normal School Curriculum: Helen Putnam and the NEA Committee on Racial Welfare, 1910-1922," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1(Winter, 1979), 105-122., Steven Selden

Annotation: Examines the ideology underlying the work of this committee.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Ideology and School Knowledge, Teacher Education

 

Reid, William A., "Practical Reasoning and Curriculum Theory: In Search of a New Paradigm," Curriculum Inquiry, 9(Fall, 1979), 187-207.*, William A. Reid

Annotation: Describes a conception of curriculum where practical reasoning is used to deal with uncertain problems.

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

 

Van Manen, Max, "Objective Inquiry Into Structures of Subjectivity," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1(Winter, 1979), 44-64.*, Manen Max Van

Annotation: Demonstrates the use of situation analysis of life-world phenomena and implications for curriculum and teaching.

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

 

Carson, A. S., "Experts and Control of Curriculum," Journal of Educational Thought, 13(August, 1979), 129-139., A. S. Carson

Annotation: Argues that educational theorists can contribute to curriculum decision making but control of curriculum should be left to local decision makers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum Decision-making Processes,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Local Control of Schooling

 

Padgham, Ronald E., "Correspondences: Contemporary Curriculum Theory and Twentieth Century Art ," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1(Winter, 1979), 155-179. Reprinted pp. 359-379 in William F. Pinar, ed., Contenporary Curriculum Discourses. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick Publishers, 1988., Ronald E. Padgham

Annotation: Examines correspondence between certain elements in contemporary curriculum theory and ideas associated with movements in 20th Century painting.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Aesthetics and Curriculum, Art Education

 

Tyler, Ralph W., "Educational Improvements Best Served by Curriculum Development," pp. 237-262 in Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1979.*, Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Demonstrates how national change projects overlook teacher's role in learning by pupils.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Teaching/Learning Process, Content Selection and Organization

 

Feller, Irwin, "Three Coigns on Diffusion Research," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(December, 1979), 293-312., Irwin Feller

Annotation: Analyzes the research on the process of diffusion of knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
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

 

Sanders, Donald P., and Marian Schwab, "Science and the Educating Process," Theory into Practice, 18(December, 1979), 349-356.*, Donald P. Sanders and Marian Schwab

Annotation: Contrasts conventional scientific inquiry and the developmental research process as employed in educational inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

 

Apple, Michael W., and Barry W. Franklin, "Curricular History and Social Control," pp. 176-201 in Carl A. Grant, ed., Community Participation in Education . Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1979., Michael W. Apple and Barry W. Franklin

Annotation: Traces the effort to base curriculum on the concept of social contract.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum and Politics, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Systematic Curriculum Development, 1890-1959," pp. 197-236 in Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience . Berkeley: McCutchan, 1979.*, Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Includes a broad definition of curriculum; reviews early reform efforts, the emergence of the curriculum field, and the school survey movement; and describes the reemergence of the social efficiency ideology.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Definitions, 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, Literature of Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Hammond, Kenneth R., and Jeryl Mumpower, "Formation of Social Policy," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1(December, 1979), 245-258., Kenneth R. Hammond and Jeryl Mumpower

Annotation: Describes the dynamics of forming social policy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Field other than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Educational Reform and the Problem of Institutional Life," Educational Researcher, 8(March, 1979), 3-8.*, Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Critques educational reform in terms of favored knowledge, students, and professional groups.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Professionalization in Curriculum

 

Apple, Michael W., "Beyond Ideological Reproduction," pp. 154-166; 193-195 in his Ideology and Curriculum , 1st ed. Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979. 2nd ed., New York; Routledge, 1990., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses the sociology and economics of school knowledge and argues for a critical examination of the relation between ideology and curriculum needs; uses the language of distribution and reproduction in the analysis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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, Curriculum and Politics

 

Lindblom, Charles E., and David K. Cohen, Usable Knowledge: Social Science and Social Problem Solving . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1979., Charles E. Lindblom and David K. Cohen

Annotation: Addresses the use of social science knowledge to solve social problems.

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: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Anyon, Jean, "Ideology and United States History Textbooks," Harvard Educational Review, 49(August, 1979), 361-386., Jean Anyon

Annotation: Examines seventeen secondary level history textbooks and finds an ideology that serves the interests of only particular groups in society.

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

 

Klein, M. Frances, Kenneth A. Tye, and Joyce E. Wright, "A Study of Schooling: Curriculum," Phi Delta Kappan, 61(December, 1979), 244-248.*, M. Frances Klein, Kenneth A. Tye, and Joyce E. Wright

Annotation: Provides the conceptual framework and examples of data gathered in the curriculum section of Goodlad's "A Study of Schooling."

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Classics of Curriculum Literature

 

Goodlad, John I., M. Frances Klein, and Kenneth A. Tye, "The Domains of Curriculum and Their Study," pp. 43-76 in John I. Goodlad and Associates, Curriculum Inquiry: The Study of Curriculum Practice . New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.*, John I. Goodlad, M. Frances Klein, and Kenneth A. Tye

Annotation: Describes the process and substantive domains of curriculum inquiry and gives an example of studying them.

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

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "The Curriculum Field Today: Where We Are, Where We Were, and Where We Are Going," pp. 1-20 in his The Educational Imagination . New York: Macmillan, 1979.*, Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Reviews the state of curriculum including testing, theorizing, evaluation, and new models for these and other curriculum thinking.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

 

Simon, Roger I., "Time, Authority, and the Modification of Student Roles," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(January-March, 1979), 69-86., Roger I. Simon

Annotation: Reports a study of a theater program and the students' understanding of authority and their role in relation to that of the teacher.

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

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., B. Robert Tabachnick, and Kenneth M. Zeichner, "Dulling the Senses: Research in Teacher Education," Journal of Teacher Education, 30 (September-October, 1979), 52-60., Thomas S. Popkewitz, B. Robert Tabachnick, and Kenneth M. Zeichner

Annotation: Discusses the dominant research paradigm used in teacher education research, its effects and limitations, and suggests an alternative critical research stance.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Education

 

Osborn, Robert L., "The Validation of Private-Subjective Knowledge Claims," The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1(Summer, 1979), 26-36., Robert L. Osborn

Annotation: Argues the case for deriving knowledge claims from subjective reports by informants.

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

 

van Geel, Tyll, "The New Law of the Curriculum," pp. 25-71 in Jon Schaffarizick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1979., Geel Tyll van

Annotation: Shows how both federal courts and Congress legislate curriculum and how agencies interpret these laws; discusses similar actions at the state level; shows how local control has been altered.

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

 

Fisher, Charles W., and David C. Berliner, "Clinical Inquiry in Research on Classroom Teaching and Learning," Journal of Teacher Education, 30 (November-December, 1979), 42-48., Charles W. Fisher and David C. Berliner

Annotation: Describes inquiry done in clinical settings to identify knowledge about teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Defining Curriculum Research Questions, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Education, Teacher Knowledge, Practical Knowledge

 

Young, Jean Helen, "Teacher Participation in Curriculum Decision-Making: An Organizational Dilemna," Curriculum Inquiry, 9(Summer, 1979), 113-127., Jean Helen Young

Annotation: Discusses using central office committees for making curriculum decisions and suggests an alternative of making decisions at the building level.

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

 

Lundgren, Ulf P., and Sten Pettersson, eds., Code, Content, and Curriculum Processes . Stockholm: C. W. K. Gleenup, 1979., Ulf P. Lundgren and Sten Pettersson

Annotation: Reports Swedish studies of curriculum processes based on categories derived from Bernstein.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

Citations from 1978

 

Apple, Michael W., and Philip Wexler, "Cultural Capital and Educational Transmissions: An Essay on Basil Bernstein, Class, Codes and Control, Vol. III: Towards a Theory of Educational Transmissions," Educational Theory, 28(Winter, 1978), 34-44., Michael W. Apple and Philip Wexler

Annotation: Critiques and comments on the content of the Bernstein book.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences,Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Content Selection and Organization, Comparative Curriculum

 

Guba, Egon G., and David L. Clark, "Levels of Research and Development Productivity in Schools of Education," Educational Researcher, 7(May, 1978), 3-9., Egon G. Guba and David L. Clark

Annotation: Reports a study of faculty productivity evidenced by journal articles and books published, conventions addressed, and grants received.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry, Publication Outlets for Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Professors

 

Rosario, Jose, "On the Child's Acquisition of Aesthetic Meaning: The Contribution of Schooling," pp. 206-226 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Education. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Jose Rosario

Annotation: Describes and critiques a project on this topic in Rochester City Schools.

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: Aesthetics and Curriculum, Art Education

 

Apple, Michael W., "The New Sociology of Education: Analyzing Cultural and Economic Reproduction," Harvard Educational Review, 48(November, 1978), 495-503., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Reviews two books in the sociology of education appearing in 1977 by Bernbaum and by Woods & Hammersley.

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

 

Jenkins, David, "Business as Unusual: The 'Skills of Bargaining' Course at LBS,"pp. 343-369 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., David Jenkins

Annotation: Presents a qualitative evaluation of a business course.

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

 

Willis, George, ed., Qualitative Evaluation : Concepts and Cases in Curriculum Criticism. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., George Willis

Annotation: Contains six articles on the nature of qualitative evaluation in curriculum; 13 reports of such studies are included; comments on this approach are presented in three final chapters.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research

 

Selden, Steven, "Eugenics and Curriculum: 1860-1929," The Educational Forum, 43(November, 1978), 67-82., Steven Selden

Annotation: Examines the history of the eugenics movement and its impact on the curriculum, especially the education of the gifted.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Ideology and School Knowledge, Exceptional Education

 

Phillips, J. Arch, Jr., and Richard Hawthorne, "Political Dimensions of Curriculum Decision Making," Educational Leadership, 35(February, 1978), 363-366., J. Arch Phillips Jr. and Richard Hawthorne

Annotation: Examines implications of political realities on curriculum decision-making.

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

 

Taylor, William, "Power and the Curriculum," pp. 7-21 in Colin Richards, ed., Power and the Curriculum: Issues in Curriculum Studies . Nafferton, England: Nafferton Books, 1978 / Walkergate Press, 1979.*, William Taylor

Annotation: Relates the new criticism to the politics of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, 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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Willis, George, and Anthony J. Allen, "Patterns of Phenomenological Response to Curricula: Implications," pp. 32-71 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978.*, George Willis and Anthony J. Allen

Annotation: Describes phenomenological inquiry procedures and offers an example.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum as Experience

 

Grace, Gerald, "Curriculum and Pedagogy," pp. 190-213 in his Teachers, Ideology, and Control: A Study of Urban Education . London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978., Gerald Grace

Annotation: Explores the ideology of control present in teachers' use of curriculum and pedagogy in Britain.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Comparative Curriculum, Social Efficiency/Control

 

Popkewitz, Thomas, "The Social Structure of School and Reform: A Case Study of IGE/S," pp. 411-441 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Thomas Popkewitz

Annotation: Describes effects of change processes related to the project, Individually Guided Education/Secondary.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Evaluative Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

 

Roby, Thomas W., "Problem Situations and Curricular Resources at Central College: An Exemplification of Curricular Arts," Curriculum Inquiry, 8(Summer, 1978), 95-117., Thomas W. Roby

Annotation: Reports a study of deliberation by the faculty of a college arts curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Higher Education Curriculum

 

Popkewitz, Thomas S., "Educational Research: Values and Visions of Social Order," Theory and Research in Social Education, 6(December, 1978), 20-39., Thomas S. Popkewitz

Annotation: Asserts that theory and research methods contain social and political values and can have ideological implications.

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, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Van Manen, Max, "An Experiment in Educational Theorizing: The Utrecht School," Interchange, 10(No. 1, 1978/1979), 48-66., Manen Max Van

Annotation: Describes the contributions of the Utrecht School of theorizing in education and their use in the curriculum field.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum

 

Klohr, Paul R., "Emerging Foundations for Curriculum Theory," Educational Considerations, 6(Fall, 1978), 17-19., Paul R. Klohr

Annotation: Gives state-of-the-art review of curriculum theory.

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

 

Musgrave, Frank, "Curriculum, Culture, and Ideology," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 10(April-June, 1978), 99-111., Frank Musgrave

Annotation: Discusses hegemony, ideology, and legitimacy in relation to the neo-Marxist perspective in curriculum.

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

 

Edson, C. H., "Curriculum Change During the Progressive Era," Educational Leadership, 36(October, 1978), 64-66., C. H. Edson

Annotation: Discusses briefly the role scientific ideology and rising diverse school populations had in the curriculum of the early 20th century.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., "Ideology, Reproduction, and Educational Reform," Comparative Education Review, 22(October, 1978), 367-387., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Describes the sociology and economics of school knowledge, the problem of high status knowledge, and their relation to reproduction theory.

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, Content Selection and Organization

 

Miel, Alice, "Crystallization in Education," pp. 1-14 in Alice Miel, Changing the Curriculum: A Social Process. New York: Appleton, 1946. Reprinted pp. 452-467 in James R. Gress and David E. Purpel, eds., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978. Reprinted pp. 527-539 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field, 2nd ed. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988., Alice Miel

Annotation: Shows how certain practices in curriculum and instruction become crystalized; critiques these procedures to show how to prevent crystalization.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Organization Theory

 

Schwab, Joseph J., "Education and the Structure of the Disciplines," pp. 229-272 in Ian Westbury and Neil J. Wilkof, eds., Joseph J. Schwab: Science, Curriculum and Liberal Education: Selected Essays. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978., Joseph J. Schwab

Annotation: Discusses how the structure of the disciplines is relevant for curriculums, shows how it is relevant to the imparting of arts and skills and to the curriculum maker; reviews the Comtean analysis of discipline structure and a revised (recent) version; discusses the places of structure in the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Beauchamp, George A., "A Hard Look at Curriculum," Educational Leadership, 35 (February, 1978), 404-409., George A. Beauchamp

Annotation: Examines curriculum design, planning, development, improvement, implementation, and evaluation as they relate to curriculum theory and definitions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,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

 

Richards, Colin, ed., Power and the Curriculum: Issues in Curriculum Studies. England: Nafferton Books, 1978., Colin Richards

Annotation: Presents 13 conference papers on curriculum change, the new criticism, teachers' decision-making, and other curriculum issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

 

Lindsey, Duncan, The Scientific Publication System in Social Science . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1978., Duncan Lindsey

Annotation: Gives an overview of social science publication processes.

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: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic:

 

Aoki, Ted T., "Toward Curriculum Inquiry in a New Key," Presentations on Art Education Research, (No. 2, 1978), 47-69. Reprinted in J. J. Victoria and E. J. Sacca, eds., Phenomenlogical Description: Potential for Research in Art Education . Montreal: Concordia University, 1978. Reprinted pp. 89-110 in William F. Pinar and Rita L. Irwin, eds., Curriculum in a New Key: The Collected Works of Ted T. Aoki. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005.*, Ted T. Aoki

Annotation: Describes three curriculum inquiry orientations--empirical analytic, situational interpretive, and critical theoretical.

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

 

Apple, Michael W., "Ideology and Form in Curriculum Evaluation," pp. 495-521 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Critiques evaluation case studies and the value of phenomenological studies of individuals' responses to schooling.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Coulson, John M., "Theoretical Antecedents of Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization Tradition," Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 54(April, 1978), 39-56., John M. Coulson

Annotation: Identifies assumptions behind this tradition.

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

 

Fox, Thomas G., "Generating Knowledge from Field Experience: Two Competing Conclusions about Teacher Center Support," High School Journal, 61(January, 1978), 186-209., Thomas G. Fox

Annotation: Shows how teachers' research can generate knowledge on the topic.

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

 

Pinar, William F., "The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 10(July-September, 1978), 205-214.*, William F. Pinar

Annotation: Contrasts the traditionalists, the conceptual empiricists, and the reconceptionalists in curriculum studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Phenomenological Inquiry, Critical Inquiry, Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Knowledge Generation

 

Gowin, D. Bob, and Jason Millman, "Meta-Evaluation and a Direction for Research on Evaluation," CEDR Quarterly , 11 (Winter, 1978), 3-6.*, D. Bob Gowin and Jason Millman

Annotation: Addresses value and epistemological issues in evaluative studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Vallance, Elizabeth, "Scanning Horizons and Looking at Weeds: A Critical Description of 'The Great Plains Experience'," pp. 140-160 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Elizabeth Vallance

Annotation: Presents an educational criticism of a distance learning course in which the author portrays its qualities.

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

 

Emrick, John A., and Rekha Agarwala-Rogers, "National Diffusion Network: An Emerging Strategy for Directed Change," Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 54(April, 1978), 90-113., John A. Emrick and Rekha Agarwala-Rogers

Annotation: Describes the National Diffusion Network for disseminating ideal programs.

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

 

Boyd, William L., "The Changing Politics of Curriculum Policy-Making for American Schools," Review of Educational Research, 48(Fall, 1978), 577-628. Reprinted pp. 73-137 in Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1979., William L. Boyd

Annotation: Reviews incremental and non-incremental approaches to curriculum policy making, the change role of professionals and the authority structure in this process, and centralizing vs representative forces on the process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Van Manen, Max, "Language of Deep Structure in Curriculum Inquiry," pp. 43-59 in Kenneth Reeder and Donald Wilson, eds., Language, Culture, and Curriculum . Vancouver: Center for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction, University of British Columbia, 1978., Manen Max Van

Annotation: Explains how to do phenomenological inquiry into the deep structure of curricular experience.

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

 

Kallos, Daniel, "Notes on Schooling, Curriculum, and Teaching," pp. 471-491 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Daniel Kallos

Annotation: Explores the use of critical and ideological views in curriculum evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Evaluative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Tikunoff, William J., Beatrice A. Ward, and Franklin D. Stacy, "Toward Ecology -Based Curriculum: A Model for Professional Growth Through Participatory Research and Development," pp. 61-80 in Roy A. Edelfelt and E. Brooks Smith, eds., Breakaway to Multidimensional Approaches: Integrating Curriculum Development and Inservice Education . Washington, DC: Association for Teacher Education, 1978.*, William J. Tikunoff, Beatrice A. Ward, and Franklin D. Stacy

Annotation: Sets forth an interactive model for curriculum development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Teacher Research, In-service Teacher Development

 

Osborn, Robert L., "Radical Inquiry and the Study of Education," Foundational Studies, 7(Winter, 1978), 2-19., Robert L. Osborn

Annotation: Describes and critiques traditional inquiry and radical inquiry in education; draws implications of radical inquiry for educational studies.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes, Knowledge Generation

 

Boughton, Douglas, "Response to Ted T. Aoki's Paper, 'Toward Curriculum Inquiry in a New Key'," Presentations in Art Education Research, 2(1978), 77-89., Douglas Boughton

Annotation: Responds to a 1978 conference paper by Aoki on several orientations to inquiry, featuring critically reflective inquiry.

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

 

LeCompte, Margaret, "Learning to Work: The Hidden Curriculum of the Classroom," Anthropology and Educational Quarterly, 9(February, 1978), 22-37.*, Margaret LeCompte

Annotation: Reports a study of the hidden curriculum in a New Mexico classroom related to teacher autonomy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Classroom Observation & Research, Conceptions of Teaching, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum

 

McKinney, W. Lynn, "Governance and the Development of an Alternative School," pp. 370-386 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan,1978., W. Lynn McKinney

Annotation: Describes an alternative school's governance and development.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Alternatives in Education

 

Grumet, Madeleine R., "Songs and Situations: The Figure/Ground Relation in a Case Study of Currere," pp. 274-315 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Madeleine R. Grumet

Annotation: Describes currere as an analysis of students' experiences and their use of it; presents a case study from a Rochester Theatre Festival.

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

 

Patton, Michael Quinn, "Utilization-Focused Evaluation: A Flexible Approach," pp. 284-291 in his Utilization-Focused Evaluation . Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1978.*, Michael Quinn Patton

Annotation: Identifies evaluation questions and methods of research that exemplify utilization-focused evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Evaluation, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Caswell, Hollis L., "Persistent Curriculum Problems," Educational Forum, 43(November, 1978), 99-110.*, Hollis L. Caswell

Annotation: Identifies three problems encountered during the author's years of work in curriculum that still persist: the definition of the basics, procedures to improve the curriculum, and general education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Change, Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Specialization vs General Education, Curriculum History

 

Greene, Maxine, "A Perspectival View of Consciousness: Against Dualism," pp. 55-68 in Arthur W. Foshay and Irving Morrisett, eds., Beyond the Scientific: A Comprehensive View of Consciousness . Boulder, CO: Social Science Education Consortium, 1978., Maxine Greene

Annotation: Deals with the many modes of consciousness and the pursuit of meaning.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, 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, Knowledge Generation

 

Bleich, David, Subjective Criticism . Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978., David Bleich

Annotation: Challenges the assumption of objectivity in literary and aesthetic criticism and analyzes a number of related issues; reveiwed in Curriculum Inquiry 9(4), 1979.

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

 

Bowers, C. A., "Educational Critics and Technocratic Consciousness: Looking into Future Through a Rearview Mirror," Teachers College Record, 80(December, 1978), 273-286., C. A. Bowers

Annotation: Critiques the views of revisionists and neo-romantic educators and calls for a way for sociologists of knowledge to confront technocratic consciousness.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge

 

Bramwell, R. D., "Education and the Two Traditions of Science," Educational Theory, 48(Summer, 1978), 223-230., R. D. Bramwell

Annotation: Contrasts the logico-empirical and the human sciences traditions in scientific inquiry; discusses their implications for educational inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Kemmis, Stephen, "Nomothetic and Idiographic Approaches to the Evaluation of Learning," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 10(January-March, 1978), 45-59., Stephen Kemmis

Annotation: Contrasts approaches intended to establish laws and intended to understand a situation; illustrates the latter.

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

 

Egan, Kieran, "Some Presuppositions that Determine Curriculum Decisions," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 10(April-June, 1978), 123-133.*, Kieran Egan

Annotation: Distinguishes several catagories and subcatagories of normative presuppositions that affect curriculum decisions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies,Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Deliberation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Posner, George J., "Tools for Curriculum Research and Development: Potential Contributions from Cognitive Science," Curriculum Inquiry, 8(Winter, 1978), 311-340., George J. Posner

Annotation: Explores cognitive science as an approach to research in curriculum, including use of semantic networking, content analysis, and changing conceptual states of learners.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Pinar, William F., "Life History and Curriculum Theorizing: A Case Study," Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science, 3(No. 1, 1978), 92-118., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Presents a study exploring life history methods of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

 

Nelson, Murry R., "Rugg on Rugg: His Theories and His Curriculum," Curriculum Inquiry, 8(Summer, 1978), 119-132.*, Murry R. Nelson

Annotation: Reviews the curriculum developed by Harold Rugg in the 1930s and 1940s and the ideas on which it was based.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Studies, Materials Development and Evaluation

 

Grumet, Madeleine, R., "Curriculum as Theater: Merely Players," Curriculum Inquiry, 8(Spring, 1978), 37-64., Madeleine R. Grumet

Annotation: Describes use of theater to free students to see their experience; relies on the performance of "scores".

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: Curriculum as Experience

 

Greer, W. Dwaine, "A Model for the Art of Teaching and A Critique of Teaching," pp. 161-185 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., W. Dwaine Greer

Annotation: Gives a non-technique oriented model for teaching; does a crtique of one segment of classroom teaching.

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: Conceptions of Teaching

 

Jenkins, David, and Bridget O'Toole, "Curriculum Evaluation, Literary Criticism, and the Paracurriculum," pp. 522-554 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., David Jenkins and Bridget O'Toole

Annotation: Critiques the use of literary criticism in curriculum evaluation; draws parallels with illuminative evaluation.

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: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparative Curriculum

 

Werner, Walter, "Evaluation: Sense-Making of School Programs," pp. 5-24 in Ted T. Aoki, ed., Curriculum Evaluation in a New Key . Vancouver, BC: Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, 1978.*, Walter Werner

Annotation: Analyzes the assumptions, processes, and uses of three kinds of interpretative sense-making in program evaluation: means-ends, situational, and critical.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Evaluation, Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Evaluative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry, Phenomenological Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

 

Kaufman, B. A., "Piaget, Marx and the Political Ideology of Schooling," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 10(January-March, 1978), 19-44., B. A. Kaufman

Annotation: Contrasts theories of behavioral psychology and capitalism which emanate from a materialist model with theories of constructivism and socialism which emanate from a dialectical model.

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

 

Mayer, William V., "The BSCS Past," The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Journal, 4(November, 1978), 5-9., William V. Mayer

Annotation: Gives some history of BSSC biology.

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, Science

 

Davis, O. L., Jr., "Symbol of a Shift from Status to Function: Formation of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development," Educational Leadership, 35 (May, 1978), 609-614.*, O. L. Davis Jr.

Annotation: Reviews the history of the merger in 1943 into ASCD of the NEA Department of Supervisors and Directors of Instruction and of the Society for Curriculum Study.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations, Professionalization in Curriculum, Supervision of Instruction

 

Suppes, Patrick, ed., Impact of Research on Educaiton: Some Case Studies, Washington, DC: National Academy of Education, 1978., Patrick Suppes

Annotation: Gives examples of educational research that has had significant impact on education.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

 

Davidman, Leonard, "Formative Evaluation of the Unified Science and Mathematics in the Elementary Schools: Summary and Extension of Findings and Recommendations," pp. 387-410 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Leonard Davidman

Annotation: Reports a qualitative evaluation study of a curriculum project and offers recommendations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: All Fields
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism, Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Elementary School Curriculum, Mathematics, Science

 

Shaw, Ken E., "Understanding the Curriculum: The Approach through Case Studies," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 10(January-March, 1978), 1-17., Ken E. Shaw

Annotation: Reviews a selection of case studies of curriculum (descriptive, analytic, deliberative) and argues for the contribution case studies can make.

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

 

Giroux, Henry A., "Overcoming Behavioral and Humanistic Objectives," The Educational Forum , 43(May, 1979), 409-419. Reprinted pp. 43-53 in Henry A. Giroux, Teachers as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning. Granby, MA: Bergin and Garvey, 1988.*, Henry A. Giroux

Annotation: Argues the case for humanistic curriculum objectives and the limits of behavioral objectives.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Content Selection and Organization, Hidden Curriculum, Curriculum and the Disciplines

 

Carr, David, "Practical Pursuits and the Curriculum," Journal of Philosophy of Education, 12(1978), 69-80., David Carr

Annotation: Asks whether there are forms of practical knowledge (creative, physical, etc.) that do not fall within forms of formal discourse and inquiry such as those set forth by Hirst, White, etc.

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

 

Milner, Edward W., "The Amphibious Musician," pp. 250-273 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978., Edward W. Milner

Annotation: Presents a curriculum criticism of a musician and analyzes related evaluative issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Art Education

 

Glass, Bentley, "The BSCS Retrospect and Prospect," The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Journal, 1(November, 1978), 2-4., Bentley Glass

Annotation: Gives a brief history of BSCS biology.

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: Science, Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies

 

Eisner, Elliot W., "Humanistic Trends and the Curriculum Field," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 10(July-September, 1978), 197-204., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Summarizes the advantages of qualitative methods of inquiry in curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Qualitative Research

 

Pinar, William F., "Notes on the Curriculum Field 1978," Educational Researcher, 7(September, 1978), 5-12.*, William F. Pinar

Annotation: Reviews the state of curriculum theorizing and distinguishes between modes and types needing to be generated.

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