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Citations from 1976

Brown, Stephen I., "Discovery and Teaching a Body of Knowledge," Curriculum Theory Network, 5(No. 3, 1976), 191-218., Stephen I. Brown

Annotation: Discusses the epistemological issues in knowing and teaching a body of disciplined knowledge.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Normative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Knowledge Linkage, Curriculum and the Disciplines

Banks, James A., "Pluralism, Ideology, and Curriculum Reform, The Social Studies, 67(1976), 99-106. Reprinted pp. 115-126 in James A. Banks, Race, Culture, and Education: The Selected Works of James A. Banks. New York: Routledge, 2006., James A. Banks

Annotation: Contrasts cultural pluralist and assimilationist ideologies and supports a combination pluralist-assimilationist position for curriculum reform.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Citizenship Education, Content Selection and Organization, Ideology and School Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Whitty, Geoff, and Michael Young, eds., Explorations in the Politics of School Knowledge. Nafferton, England: Nafferton Books, 1976., Geoff Whitty and Michael Young

Annotation: Provides an introduction to the politics of school knowledge involved in several school subjects.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, School Subjects

Petrie, Hugh, G., "Do You See What I See? The Epistemology of Interdisciplinary Inquiry," Educational Researcher, 5(February, 1976), 9-14. Also in Journal of Aesthetic Education, 10(1976), 29-43., Hugh G. Petrie

Annotation: Explores the characteristics of interdisciplinary inquiry, the interpretive use of disciplinary concepts in such inquiry, Polanlyi's idea of tacit knowledge, and the use of metaphor.

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

Ponder, Gerald A., "Schooling and Control: Some Interpretations of the Changing Social Function of Curriculum," pp. 139-167 in O. L. Davis, Jr., ed., Perspectives on Curriculum Development: 1776-1976 . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1976., Gerald A. Ponder

Annotation: Traces changes in function exhibited by the curriculum over time; treats issues such as social control, diversity, and conformity.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Social Efficiency/Control, Curriculum and Politics

Kliebard, Herbert M., "Curriculum Past and Curriculum Present," Educational Leadership, 33(January, 1976), 245-248., Herbert M. Kliebard

Annotation: Writes about the value of having and doing curriculum history.

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

Gadamer, Hans-Georg, Philosophical Hermeneutics . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1976., Hans-Georg Gadamer

Annotation: Includes thirteen articles by Gadamer illucidating various aspects of philosophical hermeneutics.

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

Elliott, John, "Developing Hypotheses About Classrooms from Teachers' Practical Constructs: An Account of the Work of the Ford Teaching Project," Interchange, 7(No. 2, 1976-77), 2-22.*, John Elliott

Annotation: Decribes how project teachers understood teaching; reports six general and 43 second-order hypotheses that emerged from the study.

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

Davis, O. L., Jr., ed., Perspectives on Curriculum Development: 1776-1976. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1976., O. L. Davis Jr.

Annotation: Contains six major essays on historical subjects related to curriculum: professionalism, influences on curriculum, control of curriculum, curriculum diversity and conformity, current realities, and a source bibliography.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Literature of Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics

Dreeben, Robert, "The Unwritten Curriculum and its Relation to Values," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 8(November, 1976), 111-124.*, Robert Dreeben

Annotation: Describes the unwritten or hidden curriculum and describes how it works.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Hidden Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Hosford, Philip L., "Curriculum Inquiry: Toward What End?" Educational Leadership, 33(April, 1976), 483-486.*, Philip L. Hosford

Annotation: Provides an essay on the nature and purposes of curriculum inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Evaluation of Instruction, Student Assessment

Hunkins, Francis P., "Building Curriculum: Influences and Mechanisms," pp. 83-129 in O. L. Davis, Jr., ed., Perspectives on Curriculum Development: 1776-1976 . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1976., Francis P. Hunkins

Annotation: Discusses some of the influences on curriculum development historically (as well as the experience of minorities and women) and some of the emergent mechanisms of curriculum development.

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: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

Apple, Michael W., "Making Curriculum Problematic," The Review of Education, 1(January-February, 1976)., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Reviews a series of current curriculum books including ones by Eisner & Vallance, Payne, and Young.

Broad Topical Focus: 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: Literature of Curriculum, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Wax, Rosalie, "How Does One Find and Work on a Problem?" pp. 157-177 in Edward Rose, ed., Forms and Formulations of Education . Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Curriculum Development Center, University of Nebraska, 1976., Rosalie Wax

Annotation: Explains the field work process and gives illustrations.

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

Schaffarzick, Jon, "How Can We Know What is Best? Procedural Alternatives in Curriculum Development," Educational Leadership, 33(May, 1976), 571-576., Jon Schaffarzick

Annotation: Analyzes procedures used and recommended by nine curriculum developers; related to the author's last chapter in Strategies for Curriculum Devlopment, 1975.

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: Curriculum Development Strategies

Tyler, Ralph W., ed., Prospects for Research and Development in Education . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1976., Ralph W. Tyler

Annotation: Assembles, excerpts, and comments on more than 15 writers' statements on many aspects of research and development (on definitions, history, political problems, mistakes, improving quality, implementing development activities, and future alternatives).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Government Role in Educational Research & Development

Wise, Robert I., "The Use of Objectives in Curriculum Planning: A Critique of Planning by Objectives," Curriculum Theory Network, 5( No. 4, 1976), 280-289.*, Robert I. Wise

Annotation: Examines the claim that "Planning by Objectives" makes for better plans by clarifying what stating objectives may or may not do for someone planning instruction.

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

Bussis, Anne M., Edward A. Chittenden, and Marianne Amarel, Beyond Surface Curriculum: An Interview Study of Teachers' Understandings . Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1976., Anne M. Bussis, Edward A. Chittenden, and Marianne Amarel

Annotation: Reports a phenomenological study of teachers' understanding of curriculum.

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

Rose, Edward, and David Hawkins, "The Schooling Machine and Mechanisms of Education," pp. 78-89 in Edward Rose, ed., Forms and Formulations of Education. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska Curriculum Development Center, University of Nebraska, 1976., Edward Rose and David Hawkins

Annotation: Argues for research on knowing and coming to know in the classroom.

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

Nelson, Margaret and Sam D. Sieber, "Innovations in Urban Secondary Schools," School Review, 84(February, 1976), 213-231., Margaret Nelson and Sam D. Sieber

Annotation: Describes a study of innovation in schools.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Secondary School Curriculum

Glaser, Robert, "Components of a Psychology of Instruction: Toward a Science of Design," Review of Educational Research, 46(Winter, 1976), 1-24., Robert Glaser

Annotation: Elaborates a theory of instructional design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Conceptions of Teaching, Teaching/Learning Process, Psychology and Curriculum, Materials Development and Evaluation, Teacher Planning

Sieber, Sam D., "The Organizational Dilemma of Educational Change Models: Toward a Solution," Interchange, 7(No. 2, 1976-77), 39-49., Sam D. Sieber

Annotation: Explores problems with educational change models and suggests possible ways to deal with them.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation

Reynolds, John and Malcolm Skilbeck, Culture and the Classroom . London: Open Books, 1976., John Reynolds and Malcolm Skilbeck

Annotation: Gives an overview of schools within the culture and implications for curriculum design.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Environment

Overholt, George E., and William M. Stallings, "Ethnographic and Experimental Hypotheses in Educational Research," Educational Researcher, 5(September, 1976), 12-19., George E. Overholt and William M. Stallings

Annotation: Argues for employing hypotheses in ethonographic research.

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

Mann, Dale, "The Politics of Training Teachers in Schools," Teachers College Record, 77(February, 1976), 323-338., Dale Mann

Annotation: Reports a project to change schools through teacher change; describes the stages in the process.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: In-service Teacher Development, Curriculum and Politics

Turney, David, "Sisyphus Revisited," pp. 223-239 in O. L. Davis, ed., Perspectives on Curriculum Development: 1776-1976 . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1976., David Turney

Annotation: Reflects on preceding chapters in this book highlighting a number of issues of continuing importance.

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

Franklin, Barry M., "Technological Models and the Curriculum Field," Educational Forum, 40(March, 1976), 303-312.*, Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Examines the history of technological models of curriculum.

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

Citations from 1975

Macdonald, James B., "Curriculum and Human Interests," pp. 283-298 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., James B. Macdonald

Annotation: Presents an interpretation of Habermas' human interests (technical, hermenuetic, and critical) and applies them to various curriculum development models and value orientations.

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

Conran, Patricia C., and George A. Beauchamp, "A Causal Model in Curriculum Research: An Aid to Theory Building," Educational Leadership, 32(March, 1975), 392-397., Patricia C. Conran and George A. Beauchamp

Annotation: Describes the role of causal investigations in building curriculum theory.

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

Hampton, David H., "Curriculum Change at the Local Level: A Case Study," pp. 355-377 in J. Victor Baldridge and Terrance E. Deal, eds., Managing Change in Educational Organizations, Sociological Perspectives, Strategies, and Case Studies. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., David H. Hampton

Annotation: Presents a report of change strategies in social studies in Palo Alto, CA.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Case Study
Narrow Topic: Social Studies

Tanner, Daniel, and Laurel N. Tanner, Curriculum Development: Theory into Practice. New York: Macmillan, 1975. Second Edition, 1980. Third Edition, 1995. Fourth Edition, 2007., Daniel Tanner and Laurel N. Tanner

Annotation: Provides a comprehensive text on curriculum development; chapters 4 through 8 in the 1975 edition and chapters 6 through 10 in the 1980 edition are historical in nature.

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

Pring, Richard, "The Language of Curriculum Analysis," pp. 54-69 in The Curriculum: The Doris Lee Lectures, 1975. London: University of London Institute of Education, 1975., Richard Pring

Annotation: Critiques the way of conceiving of curriculum planning by Hirst, following the lead of Young and Bernstein; advances some proposals for new language for curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research,Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
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 Development Strategies, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Sharp, Rachel, and Anthony G. Green, Education and Social Control. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975., Rachel Sharp and Anthony G. Green

Annotation: Presents a study of an English progressive primary school and the constraints of ideology at work in it.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Social Efficiency/Control, Comparative Curriculum

Pilder, William F., and William J. Murphy, "Alternative Organizational Forms, Cultural Revolution, and Education," pp. 341-358 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., William F. Pilder and William J. Murphy

Annotation: Identifies a variety of organizational methods to advance curriculum change.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Organization Theory, Curriculum and Politics

Apple, Michael W., "Ivan Illich and Deschooling Society : The Politics of Slogan Systems," pp. 337-360 in Nobuo Kenneth Shimahara and Aslam Scrupski, eds., Social Forces and Schooling: An Anthropological and Sociological Perspective . New York: David McKay Co., 1975., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Discusses Illich's book and the political slogans at work in it.

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

MacDonald, Frances, "The Hidden Curriculum: Its Impact on Learning," Bulletin: Canadian Society for the Study of Education, 3(January, 1975), 9-12., Frances MacDonald

Annotation: Discusses the impact of the hidden curriculum on learning.

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: Hidden Curriculum, Student Assessment

Schaffarzick, Jon, "Questions and Requirements for the Comparative Study of Curriculum Development Procedures," pp. 211-256 in Jon Schaffarzick and David H. Hampson, eds., Strategies for Curriculum Development . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Jon Schaffarzick

Annotation: Gives an approach to comparing various ways of developing curriculum based on the work of ten authorities; includes nine common characteristics, ten types of variations, and five problem areas.

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

Huebner, Dwayne, "Poetry and Power: The Politics of Curricular Development," pp. 271-282 in William F. Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Illustrates the political aspects of curriculum development in this 1973 speech to ASCD.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics

Foshay, Arthur W., "What Have Been the Contributions of Curriculum Research?" Speech at ASCD, March 17, 1975. Pp. 172-185 in Arthur Foshay, ed., Essays on Curriculum . Rowe, MA: The Author, 1975., Arthur W. Foshay

Annotation: Summarizes the author's views on curriculum research and its significance.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Theorists,Defining Curriculum Research Questions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

Stake, Robert E., "To Evaluate an Arts Program," pp. 13-38 in Robert E. Stake, ed., Evaluating the Arts in Education: A Responsive Approach . Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill, 1975.*, Robert E. Stake

Annotation: Spells out the attributes and procedures related to doing "responsive evaluation," and includes an interview with its originator.

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

Stenhouse, Lawrence, "Behavioral Objectives and Curriculum Development," pp. 57-69 in his An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development. London: Heinemann, 1975.*, Lawrence Stenhouse

Annotation: Reviews various analyses of behavioral objectives in curriculum development.

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: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Mann, John S., "On Contradictions in Schools," pp. 95-115 in James B. Macdonald and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975., John S. Mann

Annotation: Indicates evidence of class ideology in schooling and the effects of this controlling ideology.

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

Weingarten, Ira, "Conceptualizing the Reconceptualists," Paper given at AERA, 1975, ERIC Document No. ED 106 180., Ira Weingarten

Annotation: Summarizes contributions of artistic and other approaches to curriculum inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Kallos, Daniel, and Ulf P. Lundgren, "Educational Psychology: Its Scope and Limits," British Journal of Educational Psychology, 45(1975), 111-121., Daniel Kallos and Ulf P. Lundgren

Annotation: Describes the nature of psychological research in education in relation to curriculum.

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

Daniels, Le Roi B., "What is the Language of the Practical?" Curriculum Theory Network, 4(No. 4, 1975), 239-261., Le Roi B. Daniels

Annotation: Discusses the analysis of ordinary language as used in practical curriculum discourse.

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

Kelly, Edward F., "Curriculum Evaluation and Literary Criticism: Comments on the Analogy," Curriculum Theory Network, 5(No. 2, 1975), 87-105. Reprinted pp. 112-139 in George Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978.*, Edward F. Kelly

Annotation: Applies the forms and methods of literary criticisms to the study of curriculum.

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

Lewy, Arieh, "Theory and Practice in Curriculum Evaluation: The Lack of Balance Between Two Types of Studies," Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1(Spring, 1975), 1-4., Arieh Lewy

Annotation: Distinguishes between studies presenting evaluative theory and those describing empirical evaluations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

Apple, Michael W., "Commonsense Categories and Curriculum Thought," pp. 116-148 in James B. Macdonald and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975. Reprinted in Roger Dale, et al., eds., Schooling and Capitalism: A Sociological Reader. London: Routledge & Kagan Paul, 1976., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Examines the history of reforms in education and asks "Are things as they seem?" ; exposes "labeling" for its hidden ideology.

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

Van Manen, M. J. Max, "An Exploration of Alternative Research Orientations in Social Education," Theory and Research in Social Education, 3(No. 1, 1975), 1-28., Manen Van and M. J. Max

Annotation: Treats traditional, interpretive, and critical forms of research in social education.

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, Social Studies, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Botel, Morton, and Neil Botel, A Critical Analysis of the Taxomony of Educational Objectives . Washington, DC: Curriculum Development Associates, 1975.*, Morton Botel and Neil Botel

Annotation: Critiques Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives from a number of psychological perspectives and from a practical perspective.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Criticism of Schooling, Psychology and Curriculum

Kliebard, Herbert, "The Rise of Scientific Curriculum Making and its Aftermath," Curriculum Theory Network, 5(No. 1, 1975), 27-38.* Reprinted pp. 83-96 in Herbert M. Kliebard, Forging the American Curriculum: Essays in Curriculum History and Theory. New York: Routledge, 1992., Herbert Kliebard

Annotation: Reviews in detail the work of Bobbitt and Charters in scientific curriculum making and the criticism of this work by Bode.

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

Walker, Decker, "The Curriculum Field in Formation: A Review of the Twenty-Sixth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education," Curriculum Theory Network, 4(No. 4, 1975), 263-280.*, Decker Walker

Annotation: Reviews the 26th NSSE Yearbook in its historical context.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Classics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum History, Professionalization in Curriculum

Goodlad, John I., The Dynamics of Educational Change: Toward Responsive Schools . New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975., John I. Goodlad

Annotation: Presents a study of school change across numerous districts.

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

Hirst, Paul H., "The Curriculum and Its Objectives--A Defense of Piecemeal Rational Planning," pp. 9-21 in The Curriculum: The Doris Lee Lectures, 1975. London: University of London, Institute of Education, 1975., Paul H. Hirst

Annotation: Argues for rational curriculum planning--not as practiced by early enthusiasts nor by certain de-schoolers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum Deliberation

Pinar, William, "Sanity, Madness, and the School," pp. 359-383 in his Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., William Pinar

Annotation: Discusses the loss of self-love and alienation and the role of schooling in these.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Psychology and Curriculum

Stenhouse, Lawrence, "Towards a Research Model," pp. 123-141 in his An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development . London: Heinemann, 1975.*, Lawrence Stenhouse

Annotation: Discusses and illustrates research by teachers on a curriculum project in race relations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, Comparative Curriculum, Social Studies

Macdonald, James B., and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975., James B. Macdonald and Esther Zaret

Annotation: Provides a radical critique of schooling by six authors; provides a context and an agenda for action by the authors.

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

Inglis, Fred, Ideology and the Imagination . London: Cambridge University Press, 1975., Fred Inglis

Annotation: Describes education for critical consciousness, and in chapter two, ideology and the curriculum.

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

Schwab, Joseph J., "On Reviving Liberal Education--in the Seventies," pp. 37-48 in Sidney Hooks, Paul Kurtz and Miro Fodorovich, eds., The Philosophy of the Curriculum: The Need for General Education. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1975., Joseph J. Schwab

Annotation: Discusses the arts of access, of communication, of inquiry, of the practical, of the eclectic, of the practical per se (problemation, weighing alternative formulations of the problem, generating and choosing alternative solutions).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,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: Liberal Education/General Education, Curriculum Deliberation

Mann, John Steven, and Alex Molnar, "On Student Rights," pp. 167-174 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., John Steven Mann and Alex Molnar

Annotation: Expresses a view of student rights as a form of social struggle within democratic procedures.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Democratic Education

Reid, William A., "The Changing Curriculum: Theory and Practice," pp. 240-259 in William A. Reid and Decker F. Walker, eds., Case Studies in Curriculum Change: Great Britain and the United States. Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975.*, William A. Reid

Annotation: Presents results of analysis of case studies in curriculum change in relation to several theoretical and practical categories of analysis.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Eisner, Elliot W., "Curriculum Development in Stanford University's Kettering Project: Recollections and Ruminations," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 7(May, 1975), 26-41., Elliot W. Eisner

Annotation: Describes an art education project and the decision-making process involved in it.

Broad Topical Focus: 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: Art Education

Unruh, Glenys, G., "Toward a Theory of Responsible Curriculum Development," pp. 277-292 in her Responsive Curriculum Development: Theory and Action . Berkeley: McCutchan, 1975., Glenys G. Unruh

Annotation: Provides a scientific curriculum theory of responsive curriculum development with a series of propositions and constructs.

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

Pring, Richard, "The Language of Curriculum Analysis," pp. 54-69 in Paul Hirst, et al., The Curriculum: The Doris Lee Lectures. London: University of London, Institute of Education, 1975. Reprinted pp. 163-179 in Richard Pring, Philosophy of Education: Aims, Theory, Common Sense, and Research. New York: Continuum, 2004., Richard Pring

Annotation: Argues for curriculum theorists to ground their theoretical work in curriculum practice; analyzes the work of Hirst, Young, and Bernstein; suggests that practical matters in curriculum have elements related to practical reasoning rather than to concepts describing the curriculum itself.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Professors

Stenhouse, Lawrence, "A Critique of the Objectives Model," pp. 70-83 in his An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development . London: Heinemann, 1975.*, Lawrence Stenhouse

Annotation: Provides a summary of critiques of basing curriculum planning on objectives.

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

Walker, Decker F., "Straining to Lift Ourselves: A Critique of the Foundations of the Curriculum Field." Curriculum Theory Network, 5(No. 1, 1975), 3-25., Decker F. Walker

Annotation: Examines underlying assumptions about curriculum policy found in the 1927 NSSE yearbook on curriculum-making and draws current implications.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making,Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay,Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Professionalization in Curriculum, Classics of Curriculum Literature, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Franklin, Barry M., "George Herbert Mead, Curriculum Theorist: The Curriculum Field and the Problem of Social Control," Paper presented at annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, "Historical Studies within the Curriculum Field," Washington, DC: March 30-April 3, 1975. ERIC Document ED 103 976, Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Describes Mead's views as they related to social control of curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Social Efficiency/Control

Pinar, William F., ed., Curriculum Theorizing: The Reconceptualists . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975. Republished under title, Curriculum Studies: The Reconceptualization. Troy, NY: Educator's International Press, 2000., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Includes 26 writings by curriculum theorists using historical, political, critical, literary (educational criticism), and postcritical (reconceptualist) forms of inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Multiple/Mixed Forms of Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Qualitative Research, Literature of Curriculum

Shaw, Francine Shuchat, "Congruence," pp. 445-452 in William F. Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Francine Shuchat Shaw

Annotation: Writes an educational criticism of teaching a film course.

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

Hirst, Paul H., John White, Michael F. D. Young, Richard Pring, and J. G. Owen, The Curriculum: The Doris Lee Lectures, 1975. London: University of London, Institute of Education, 1975. The White lecture is reprinted pp. 77-90 in John White, The Curriculum and the Child: The Selected Works of John White. London: Routledge, 2005. The Pring lecture is reprinted pp.163-179 in Richard Pring, Philosophy of Education: Aims, Theory, Common Sense, and Research. New York: Continuum, 2004., Paul H. Hirst, John White, Michael F. D. Young, Richard Pring, and J. G. Owen

Annotation: Presents a series of lectures by Hirst, White, Young, Pring, and Owen on various aspects of the curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Cremin, Lawrence A., "Curriculum-Making in the United States," Teachers College Record, 73(December, 1971), 207-220. Reprinted pp. 19-38 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Lawrence A. Cremin

Annotation: Starts with the work of W. T. Harris, moves on to the progessive era, and compares these with curriculum-making in the 1950s and 1960s.

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

Woods, Ronald G., and Robin Barrow, "Curriculum," pp. 23-46 in Ronald G. Woods and Robin Barrow, An Introduction to Philosophy of Education. London: Methuen, 1975., Ronald G. Woods and Robin Barrow

Annotation: Analyzes the nature of knowledge and its relation to curriculum.

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

Pinar, William F., "The Analysis of Educational Experience," pp. 384-395 in his Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., William F. Pinar

Annotation: Describes the methodology of studying educational experience and some of the difficulties with using it.

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

Ben-Peretz, Miriam, "The Concept of Curriculum Potential," Curriculum Theory Network, 5(No. 2, 1975), 151-159., Miriam Ben-Peretz

Annotation: Explores the idea of intentions in curriculum development and the potential of curriculum material; analyzes the factors that shape the potential of curriculum materials and their use in curriculum implementation and evaluation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation,Defining Curriculum Research Questions,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Evaluative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Potential, Materials Development and Evaluation, Curriculum Implementation

Huebner, Dwayne, "The Contradiction Between the Recreative and the Established," pp. 27-37 in James Macdonald and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning . Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975., Dwayne Huebner

Annotation: Discusses the problem of reducing the gap between actuality and possibility, order and educating individuals in schools, past and future, and creating possibilities in an institutional setting.

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

Conran, Patricia C., and George A. Beauchamp, "The Scientific-Aesthetic Evaluation Model Interface," Educational Leadership, 32(October, 1975), 35-40., Patricia C. Conran and George A. Beauchamp

Annotation: Discusses the connoisseur/critical model with the scientific/causal model of evaluation.

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

Reid, William A., and Decker F. Walker, eds., Case Studies in Curriculum Change: Great Britain and the United States . Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975., William A. Reid and Decker F. Walker

Annotation: Presents six studies of curriculum change; concludes with a summary chapter.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum

Schaffarzick, Jon, and David H. Hampson, eds., Strategies of Curriculum Development . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Jon Schaffarzick and David H. Hampson

Annotation: Presents 11 articles by persons involved in curriculum development projects of the 1950s and 1960s; emphasis in each article is on strategies used in developing the curriculum.

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

Connelly, F. Michael, "Curriculum Decision Making By Teachers," Bulletin: Canadian Society for the Study of Education, 3(January, 1975), 1-5., F. Michael Connelly

Annotation: Discusses the role of teachers in curriculum decision-making.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teacher Knowledge, Practical Knowledge

Popp, Jerome A., "Paradigms in Educational Inquiry," Educational Theory, 25 (Winter, 1975), 28-39., Jerome A. Popp

Annotation: Discusses solutions to practical problems and the place of philosophical inquiry in this; urges choice among paradigms of educational inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General,Curriculum Research Domains and Structure,Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
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, Knowledge Generation, Practical Knowledge

Apple, Michael W., "Scientific Interests and the Nature of Educational Institutions," pp. 120-132 in William Pinar, ed., Curriculum Theorizing . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1975., Michael W. Apple

Annotation: Argues that the curriculum field follows an outmoded positivist method of science, thinking it is interest-free, and needs to follow other forms of rationality.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General,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

Stenhouse, Lawrence, "The Content of Education," pp. 6-23 in his An Introduction to Curriculum Research and Development. London: Heinemann, 1975.*, Lawrence Stenhouse

Annotation: Reviews various classifications of curriculum content and their relative merits.

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

Stenhouse, Lawrence, "Defining the Curriculum Problem," Cambridge Journal of Education, 5(February, 1975), 104-108. Reprinted pp. 25-28 in Nigel Norris, ed, Curriculum and the Teacher: 35 Years of the Cambridge Journal of Education. NEw York: Routledge, 2008., Lawrence Stenhouse

Annotation: Defines curriculum as a specification which can be worked toward and modified in practice.

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

Young, Michael F. D., "Curriculum Change: Limits and Possibilities," pp. 40-53 in The Curriculum: The Doris Lee Lectures, 1975. London: University of London, Institute of Education, 1975., Michael F. D. Young

Annotation: Contrasts curriculum as fact with curriculum as practice and discusses the problems and possibilities of curriculum change within the latter.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Change
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation

Selden, Steven, "Curricular Metaphors: From Scientism to Symbolism," Educational Theory, 25(Summer, 1975), 243-262., Steven Selden

Annotation: Contrasts scientism and symbolization as bases for orienting thought and language in curriculum, drawing on philosophers such as Cassier and Langer.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories,Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Analysis,Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Ideology and School Knowledge, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Macdonald, James B., "The Quality of Everyday Life in School," pp. 78-94 in James B. Macdonald and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975., James B. Macdonald

Annotation: Identifies various norms that permeate schooling and contradict the work of students' gaining personal meaning (in economics, politics, and culture).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design,Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry,Critical Inquiry,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience, Curriculum as Environment, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Willis, George H., "Curriculum Criticism and Literary Criticism," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 7(May, 1975), 3-17. Reprinted pp. 91-111 in George H. Willis, ed., Qualitative Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978.*, George H. Willis

Annotation: Describes the parallel between literary criticism and criticism of curriculum together with analysis of examples.

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

Zaret, Esther, "Women/Schooling/Society," pp. 38-50 in James B. Macdonald and Esther Zaret, eds., Schools in Search of Meaning. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1975., Esther Zaret

Annotation: Describes the repressive force of schooling on women's consciousness and the role of the teacher as a liberating force.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Conceptions of Teaching

Wolf, W. C., Jr., "Beyond the Contributions of Research and Development," Teachers College Record, 77(December, 1975), 247-254., W. C. Wolf Jr.

Annotation: Describes the gaps in a needed system for using research and development in practice.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Research and Inquiry-General, Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization

Citations from 1974

Deats, Tom, "Moving and Using Information," Teachers College Record, 75(February, 1974), 383-393., Tom Deats

Annotation: Discusses communication problems and competencies needed in an education information system such as ERIC.

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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

Starratt, Robert J., "Curriculum Theory: Controversy, Challenge, and Future Concerns," pp. 16-35 in William Pinar, ed., Heightened Consciousness, Cultural Revolution, and Curriculum Theory. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1974.*, Robert J. Starratt

Annotation: Comments on the conflicts among curriculum theorists, on the challenge posed by Schwab, and on future concerns.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists,Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry,Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Macdonald, James B., "A Transcendental Developmental Ideology of Education," pp. 85-116 in William F. Pinar, ed., Heightened Consciousness, Cultural Revolution, and Curriculum Theory . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1974. Reprinted pp. 169-198 in James R. Gress, ed., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1988.*, James B. Macdonald

Annotation: Defines a transcendental developmental ideology that should underlie curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Normative Inquiry, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Warwick, Dennis, "Ideologies, Integration, and Conflicts of Meaning," pp. 86-111 in Michael Flude and John Ahier, eds., Educability, Schools, and Ideology . New York: Halstead Press, 1974., Dennis Warwick

Annotation: Explains the contradictions in school ideologies and their implications.

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

Dahllof, Urban S., "Trends in Process-Related Research on Curriculum and Teaching at Different Problem Levels in Educational Sciences," Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 19(1974), 55-77., Urban S. Dahllof

Annotation: Summarizes research on classroom behavior, teacher effectiveness, apptitude-treatment interactions, and frame conditions.

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

Pearson, Allen T., "Some Reflections on Curriculum, Knowledge, and the Sociology of the Curriculum," Perspectives on Curriculum (University of Alberta), 3(1974), 87-97., Allen T. Pearson

Annotation: Analyzes several kinds of knowledge and relates these to the new sociology of knowledge for curriculum.

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

Ponder, Gerald A., "The Curriculum: Field Without a Past?" Educational Leadership, 31(February, 1974), 461-464., Gerald A. Ponder

Annotation: Discusses the need for a history of the curriculum field.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Research Domains and Structure, 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: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum History

Franklin, Barry M., "American Curriculum Theory and the Problem of Social Control, 1918-1938." Paper presented at AERA, Chicago, 1974. ERIC Document No. ED 092 419., Barry M. Franklin

Annotation: Reviews history of social control in U. S. curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Social Efficiency/Control

Moore, Arnold J., and M. Don Carriker, "The Futility of Educational Research in Curriculum Development," Phi Delta Kappan, 55(March, 1974), 492., Arnold J. Moore and M. Don Carriker

Annotation: Suggests that researchers have erred in not making research more functional for application in education.

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

Greene, Maxine, "Cognition, Consciousness, and Curriculum," pp. 69-84 in William F. Pinar, ed., Heightened Consciousness, Cultural Revolution, and Curriculum Theory . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1974., Maxine Greene

Annotation: Discusses how Freire's views can take us beyond traditional curriculum thinking to new consciousness.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Phenomenological Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Curriculum as Experience

Gartner, Alan, and Frank Riessman, "Strategies for Large-Scale Educational Reform," Teachers College Record, 75(February, 1974), 349-355., Alan Gartner and Frank Riessman

Annotation: Observes that moving a program to large-scale application involves organization and system change, not merely idea dissemination.

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