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Monem, Ruba, and Elizabeth D. Cramer, "Utilizing Action Research to Integrate Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Middle School Classrooms," Middle School Journal, 53(3, 2022), 5-14., Ruba Monem and Elizabeth D. Cramer

Annotation: Lays out step-by-step procedures for doing action research in the context of middle school classrooms.

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

Bridges, David, "Cambridge Journal of Education at 50: An Educational Retrospective," Cambridge Journal of Education, 51(1, 2021), 1-17., David Bridges

Annotation: Traces the coverage of CJE over its first 50 years; treats topics and developments pertaining to teacher education, higher education,curriculum, and research.

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

Uhrmacher, P. Bruce, Caitlin Lindquist, and Bradley Conrad, "The Apposing Curriculum," Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 23(1-2, 2021)., P. Bruce Uhrmacher, caitlin Lindquist, and Bradley Conrad

Annotation: Posits the term, an appposing curriculum, to designate what actually is experienced as the curriculum diverges from the official curriculum in its enactment; illustrations are given.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience

Green, Bill, "Understanding Curriculum as Practice or On the PracticeTurn(s) in Curriculum Inquiry," Curriculum Perspectives 42(2022), 77-83., Bill Green

Annotation: Explains the idea of curriculum as practice as related to the work of curriculum scholarship of recent years; urges further inquiry in this vain.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophcal Inquiry--Specuative Essay
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

Watson, Sandy White, Stacie Austin, and Jeremy Bell, eds., Conceptual Analysis of Curriculum Inquiry Methodologies. IGI Global, 2022., Sandy White Watson, Stacie Austin, and Jeremy Bell

Annotation: Contains 13 chapters describing a variety of inquiry methods useful in doing research in curriculum and teaching; provides introductory information on these 13 modes of inquiry suitable for introducing doctoral students to these methods; provides updated treatment of methods not presented side-by-side for several decades and including some newly formulated methods.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophcal Inquiry--Specuative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Comparisons Among Inquiry Modes

Osberg, Deborah, and Gert Biesta, "Beyond Curriculum: Groundwork for a Non-Instrumental Theory of Eudcation," Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53(1, 2021), 57-70., Deborah Osberg and Gert Biesta

Annotation: Challenges the view that the curriculum should be instrumental to external purposes for education and argues for an emergent view of what the purposes or ends of education should be.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophcal Inquiry--Specuative Essay
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Priestley, Mark , et al., "Curriculum Making: A Conceptual Framing," pp. 1-27 in Mark Priestley, et al., eds., Curriculum Making in Europe: Policy and Practice Within and Across Diverse Contexts. Emerald Publishing, 2021., Mark Priestley

Annotation: Reviews scholarly work on curriculum making (levels, layers, and sites) (macro and meso) as an introduction to the book that gives examples from 9 European national educational systems.

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

Green, Bill, "Re-negotiating the Curriculum?" Curriculum Perspectives, 4(2021), 213-225., Bill Green

Annotation: Discusses the continuing relevance of curriculum negotiation as described by Garth Boomer,1982.

Broad Topical Focus: Currricuum Decision-Making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophcal Inquiry--Specuative Essay
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

Cahapay, Michael B.,"A Systemtic Review of Concepts in Understanding Null Curriculum," International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 13(3, 2021), 1987-1999., Michael B. Cahapay

Annotation: Provides a review of the literature on the concept of null curriculum and analyzes facets of this research.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Alnaji, Abdulssalam Omar, "Curriculum Planning Model in General Education," Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 11(5, 2022), 275-288., Abdulssalam Omar Alnaji

Annotation: Creates a new curriculum planning model based on an analysis of existing models; recommends its use in planning general education in Saudi Arabia.

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

Hirst, Paul H., and Patricia White, "The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy of Education: An Historical Perspective," pp. 1-12 in Paul H. Hirst and Patricia White, eds., Philosophy of Education: Major Issues in the Analytic Tradtion: Volume I. Routledge, 1998., Paul H. Hirst and Patricia White

Annotation: Describes the rise and development of the analytic tradition in philosophy of education in the 20th century and its relation to academic philosophy.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry--Conceptual Analysis, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Discourse Analysis

Farrell, Caitlin C., and Cynthia E. Coburn, "Absorptive Capacity: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding District Central Office Learning," Journal of Educational Change, 18(2, 2017), 135-159., Caitlin C. Farrell and Cynthia E. Coburn

Annotation: Posits a conceptualization of absorptive capacity for central office staff learning in relation to external partners; includes prior knowledge, pathways, leadership, and resources.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of CUrriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

Blumenfeld-Jones, Donald S., "Self-Critique in the Field of Curriculum Studies," pp. 21-29 in Donald S. Blumfield-Jones, Reimagining Curriculum Stdies: A Mosaic of Inclusion. Springer, 2022., Donald S. Blumenfeld-Jones

Annotation: Traces the history of critique of curriculum by scholars of the twentieth century; this section of a longer chapter in the book lays out the procedures for analysis of what it means "to be critical" in a "dialectical of unlearning;" relates to the Epilogue of the entire book (pp. 229-237).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophcal Inquiry--Specuative Essay
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Evaniuck, Jayson,"Turning the Wheel: A Perrenialist's Answer to the 1970s Curricular Debates," Curriculum History, No. 1, 2022,11-22., Jayson Evaniuck

Annotation: Shows responses of Harry S. Broudy to the curricular debates of the 1960s and 1970s; surveys work of other curriculum theorists of the period; notes Broudy's critique of the reconceptualists.

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

Garcia, David P., Teach Truth to Power: How to Engage in Educational Policy. MIT Press, 2022., David P. Garcia

Annotation: Explains how politicians use research (and other) knowledge in making policy decisions with special focus on educational policy decisions; provides guidelines on how academics and educational researchers can bring their research to bear on their policy-makers most effectively; a how-to-manual.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policy and Policy Making, Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophcal Inquiry--Specuative Essay
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Curriculum and Politics, Government Role in Educational Reserach and Development, Knowledge Utilization, Practical Knowledge

Hirst, Paul H., and R. S. Peters, "Philosophy," pp. 1-16 in their The Logic of Education. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970/ Routledge, 2012., Paul H. Hirst and R. S. Peters

Annotation: Explains the nature an use of conceptual analysis in the literature of philosophical inquiry.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry--Conceptual Analysis, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Sudy
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Philosophical Schools

Les, Tomasz, "The Role of Philosophical Analysis in Educatronal Research" Educatiomal Philosophy and Theory, 53(2, 2021), 140-150., Tomasz Les

Annotation: Indicates how this method is used to elucidate descriptive concepts and their relationships in any form of research; also in the analysis of assumptions, systems, and values behind these concepts; it is ultmately critical in its purpose; its limitations are also discuessed.

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

Lewis, Arthur J., and Alice Miel, "A Designing Process for Improved Curriculum and Instruction," pp. 139-163 in Arthuur J. Lewis and Alice Miel, Supervision for improved Instruction: New Challenges, New Responses. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth , 1972., Arthur J. Lewis and Alice Miel

Annotation: Summarizes the current status of experts' thinking on curriculum designing; points out strengths and weaknesses of this approach; offers some new directions.

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

Deng, Zongyi, "Constructing 'Powerful' Curriculum Theory," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 53(2, 2021), 179-196., Zongyi Deng

Annotation: Examines the theories of content in Schwab (1973) and in Klafki (2000) and posits that a combination of both conceptions of content can powerfully embrace our planning and classroom teaching; also explicates how this approach to theory construction meets practical needs of educators for a powerful discipline of educational knowledge.

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

Schneider, Jack, and Derek Gottlieb, "In Praise of Ordinary Measures: The Present Limits and Future Possibiliites of Educational Accountabillity," Educational Theory, 71(No. 4, 2021),455-473., Jack Schneider and Derek Gottlieb

Annotation: Discusses the limitations of present accounttabilty measures and argues for the use of less formal measures such as teacher observations and surveys, as well as formal tests, etc.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction, Program Audit/Evauation, Student Assessment

Lee, Carol D., "A Curriculum that Promotes Civic Ends and Meets Developmental Needs," Phi Delta Kappan, 103(November, 2021), 54-57., Carol D. Lee

Annotation: Argues for a curriculum that promotes democratic engagement of tits citizens who learn disciplinary content and acquire intellectual dispositions through responsible pedagogy and learning behaviors; relates to the National Academy of Education's 2021 "Educating for Civic Reasoning and Discourse."

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Ciitzentship Education, Democratic Education

Huebner, Dwayne, and Joao M. Paraskeva, "Curriculum Aferward: The Dialogue: Dwayne Huebner and Joao M. Paraskeva," pp. 215-262 in Joao M. Paraskeva, Conficts in Curriculum Theory, 2nd Ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021., Dwayne Huebner and Joao M. Paraskeva

Annotation: Presents an overview of Huebner's professional ans scholarly journey; identifies criticisms of the direction curriculum thought has taken over the past 70 years; shows points of agreement with work being done by Paraskeva; needed new directions are to be found throughout this fascinating dialogue.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists, Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theorists, Clssics of Curriculum Literature, Curriculum Thoery Creation and USes, Content Selection and Organization, Literature of Curriculum, Vaue Assmptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Paraskeva, Joao M., "What Happens WIth Critical Curriculum Theory?" pp. 114-173 in Joao M. Paraskeva, Curriculum and the Generation of Utopia: Interrogating the Current State of Critical Curriculum Theory. New York: Routledge, 2021., Joao M. Paraskeva

Annotation: Traces the development and decline of the utopian vision of radical critical theory; diagnoses the failures in our times; later in pp. 240-275 explores why in 14 points.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry GuidelineC
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Knowledge Generation

Smith, Liesa Griffin, "Reimagining Curiculum as Community Building," pp. 189-207 in Liesa Griffin Smith, Curriculum as Community Building: The Poetics of Dfference, Emergence, and Relationality. New York: Peter Lang, 2021., Liesa Griffin Smith

Annotation: Offers a vision of educating all persons for community regardless of their uniqueness and their differences; this is the book's final chapter; previous chapters give a full exploration of the ideas embedded in this vision.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Prorposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum as Experience; Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Paraskeva, Joao M.,"To Be Continued," pp. 283-306 In Joao M. Paraskeva, Curriculum and the Generation of Utoopia: Interrogating the Current State of Critical Curriculum Theory. New York: Routledge, 2021., Joao M. Paraskeva

Annotation: Presents a range of arguments for believing Itinerant Curriculum Theory (ICT) can overcome the beliefs of a flawed Radical Critical Curriculum as applied to education and curriculum; pulls together the characteristics of ICT.

Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry; Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay, Critical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Knowledge Generation

Wong, Yew Leong,"Curriculum Making as Design Activity," pp. 141-158 in Bill Green, Philip Robberts, and Marie Brennan, eds., Curriculu Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World: Transnational Perspectives in Curriculum Inquiry. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021., Yew Leong Wong

Annotation: Describes the design process and its practical uses in planning curriculum; gives examples form Chinese education.

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

Burlbaw, Lynn M., "Curriculum Journal Index: 1929-1943," Curriculum History, 2021 (1). https://journals.tdl.org/ch/index.php/ch/issue/current, Lynn M. Burlbaw

Annotation: Gives an alphabetical index of titles and authors of articles appearing in the Curriculum Journal for its entire existence.

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

Gottlieb, Derek, "Accountability as Interpersonal Responsibility," pp. 143-158 in Derek Gottlieb, A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountabiliity: From Test-based Assessment to Interpersonal Responsibility. Routledge, 2020., Derek Gottlieb

Annotation: Presents the author's conclusions to arguments throughout the book showing the inevitable shortcomings of the technical/measured methods of determining accountability in education and the necessity of preserving the place of responsible judgments in reaching authentic accountability; gives elaborate philosophical treatment of the issues involved.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay, Philosophical Inquiry - Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Evaluation of Instruction, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Program Audit/Evaluation, Student Assessment, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Green, BIll, Philip Roberts, and Marie Brennan, eds., Currciulum Chalenges and Opportunities in a Changing World. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021., Bill Green, Philip Roberts, and Marie Brennan

Annotation: Contains 20 articles related to presentations at the 2018 IAACS conference in Melbourne; treats topics such as colonialization of curriculum, knowledge in curriculum, and other contemporary issues in Curriculum Studies by international authors.

Broad Topical Focus: Currriculum as a Field of Practice and Stuidy
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collectionof Studies
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Literature of Curriculum

Tienken, Christopher H., "The Social Reform Landscape Reloaded: More Fraud, Myths, and LIes, 2nd Ed. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021., Christopher H. Tienken

Annotation: Critiques a wide range of policies and practices that dominate current education reforms by corporate elites; challenges numerous myths supporting these reforms; argues for return to democratic and localized policies and practices that support true education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Ampliative Criticism, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry, Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Criticisms of Schooling, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum and Poitics, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Ideology and School Knowledge, Local Control of Schooling, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Gough, David, and James Thomas, "Community and Diversity in Reviews," pp. 43-70 in David Gough , Sandy Oiiver, and James Thomas, An Introduction to Systematic Reviews, 2nd Ed. London: Sage, 2017., David Gough and James Thomas

Annotation: Describes features of research reviews in the social sciences by which such reviews vary (extent, breadth, depth, problem addressed,and methods); includes illustrative examples; describes types and structures of reviews, their conceptualization and interpretation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Field Other Than Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation

Sidorkin, Alexander M., "Disruptive Innovation and the Relattional Novelty," Educational Theory, 71(No.4, 2021), 519-533., Alexander M. Sidorkin

Annotation: Argues that human relationships are the essence of education and that technologies intended to replace the teacher are doomed to failure in view of the reality.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies, Curriculum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process, Alternatives in Education, Conceptions or Teaching, Media and Computers in Curriculum Development

DePaor, Cathal, "The Curriculum in an Era of Global Reform: Bobbitt's Ideas on Efficiency and Teacher Knowledge," Journal of Curriclum Studies: 53(3, 2021), 270-278., Cathal de Paor

Annotation: Notes Bobbitt's concern for a more humanizing education through the selected application of scientific management principles in curriculum planning, a somewhat more Deweyan view than is commonly understood.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry - Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: SIngle Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Develpment Strategies, Literature of Curriculum

Citations from 2021

Coburn, Cynthia E., William R. Penuel, and Caitlin C. Farrell, "Fostering Educational Improvement with Research-Practice Partnerships," Phi Delta Kappan, 102(April, 2021), 14-19., Cynthia E. Coburn, William R. Penuel, and Caitlin C. Farrell

Annotation: Points out examples of several research-practice partnerships and the various types of collaborative work they are doing; traces the development of these types of research-practice partnerships.

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: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

Ming, Norma C., and Lauren B. Goldenberg, "Research Worth Using: (Re)Framing Research Evidence Quality for Educational Policymaking and Practice," Review of Research in Education, March 2021. Vol. 45, pp. 129-169., Norma C. Ming and Lauren B. Goldenberg

Annotation: Introduces a "Research Worth Using Framework" for designing and using educational research that focuses on the quality of evidence most helpful to policymakers and practitioners; the framework includes five dimensions (with several sub-dimensions): 1) relevance of question, 2) theoretical credibility, 3) methodological credibility, 4) evidentiary credibility, and 5) relevance of answer.

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: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generartion, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

Gordon, Nora, and Carrie Conaway, Common-Sense Evidence: The Education Leader's Guide to Using Data and Research. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2020., Nora Gordon and Carrie Conaway

Annotation: Provides a step-by step guide for identifying a problem of practice, finding relevant research on the problem, and determining how relevant and convincing the research is; identifies the limitations to the "evidence-based" requirement in ESSA 2015; discusses how to build evidence from your own data, how to communicate and interpret your evidence, and how to organize to use evidence; particular examples are given throughout.

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: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

Welsh, Richard O., "Assessing the Quality of Education Research Through Its Relevance to Practice: An Integrative Review of Research-Practice Partnerships," Review of Research in Education, March 2021. Vol 45, pp. 170-194., Richard O. Welsh

Annotation: Reviews the literature between 2010 and 2020 on research-practice partnerships (RPPs) in education on five topics: 1) partnering up, 2) funding, 3) working together, 4) engaging stakeholders, and 5) effectiveness; analyzes these findings in terms of the quality and use of educational research; reviews the concept of RPPs and their growth during this period.

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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generartion, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

Crain-Dorough, Mindy, and Adam C. Elder, "Absorptive Capacity as a Means of Undersatanding and Addressing the Disconnects Between Research and Practice," Review of Research in Education. March 2021. Vo. 45, pp. 67-100., Mindy Crain-Dorough and Adam C. Elder

Annotation: Reviews the research on the disconnects between research and practice, including 1) prior knowledge, 2) the view of the value that both communities place on research, 3) their methods of acquisition of new knowledge, 4) their ability to assimilate/transform new knowledge, and 5) contingent factors such as power relationships and social integration mechanisms; discusses ways that future research can deal with these disconnects and improve research use; employs an "absorptive capacity" framework derived from Todorova and Durisin, 2007.

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: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generartion, Knowledge Linkage, Knowledge Utilization

Gough, David, "Appraising Evidence Claims," Review of Research in Education, March, 2021. Vol. 45, pp. 1-26., David Gough

Annotation: Summarizes the task of, and the tools used in, appraising the quality and fitness-to-purpose of research evidence claims; sets forth a framework for doing this that addresses 1) the nature of an evidence claim, 2) the basis for making such claims, and 3) the standards used to judge these claims, as well as 4) the communication of these claims to policy makers, practitioners, and others using the research in their educational decision-making; focuses on doing reviews of research that aim to match user contexts.

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

Chang-Bacon, Chris K., "Generation Interrupted: Rethinking 'Schools with Interrupted Formal Education' (SIFE) in the Wake of a Pandemic," Educational Researcher, 50 (3, 2021), 187-196., Chris K. Chang-Bacon

Annotation: Examines options for responding to educational needs of students whose education has been interrupted by the pandemic of 2020-2021 in light of studies of this issue previously undertaken regarding interruptions in education due to political instability, national disasters, refugee migration, etc.; discusses curriculum adaptations, socio-emotional support, community action, as well as the possibility of rethinking such terms as "SIFE,"' "interruption," and "formal education."

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Differentiaion, Enrollment Changes, Needs Assessment

Mulcahy, D. G., "Tradition and Change in the Curriculum of Liberal or General Education." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Online 23 February 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1066, D. G. Mulcahy

Annotation: Reviews the history of liberal education from Newman, Adler, and Hirst's to Nussbaum, Martin, and AAC&U's versions; mostly with reference to higher education.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Liberal Education/General Eduation, Curriculum History

Miller, John P., "Key Instances of Holistic Curriculum as an Alternative to National Curriculum," in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Online 19 November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1144, John P. Miller

Annotation: Describes the principles central to holistic education and its associated pedagogy; gives examples.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives; Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Hendry, Petra Munro, "Narrative and Curriculum Theorizing,." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Eduation. Online 24 October 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.134, Petra Munro Hendry

Annotation: Traces the emergence of narrative inquiry in curriculum studies as a form of interpretive inquiry in contrast to more technical approaches; explains its grounding in ontological/ethical views of "being" rather than in disciplinary views of knowledge/epistemology; discusses these differences and the shift in curriculum inquiry that these differences have brought about; also discusses the view of curriculum as "becoming' rather than "replication" that this shift implies; discusses how the narrative (narrating) way of inquiry is approached by curriculum theorists.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Narrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generartion, Qualitiative Research, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses

Straume, Ingerid, "Bildung from Paideia to the Modern Subject." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Online 27 August 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1417, Ingerid Straume

Annotation: Traces the meaning and influence of the idea of Bildung in education from its Greek origins through its German and Scandinavian manifestations; traces the conceptual tensions and paradoxes in these manifestations; analyzes each of these in great detail; discusses the possibilities of these concepts for our times.

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

Reich, Justin, Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can't Transform Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020., Justin Reich

Annotation: Analyses technologies being used in "learning-to-scale" projects of three types (instructor guided, algorithm guided, peer guided); critiques their over-hyped claims; discusses the dilemmas faced in producing and implementing educational products via technology.

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

Tanner, Daniel, "History of Curriculum Development in Schools." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Online 27 October 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1037, Daniel Tanner

Annotation: Traces the detailed history of school curriculum and its development from Rousseau, Mann, Herbart, Spencer, Ward, Dewey, and Caswell, as it relates to democracy in education; points to three universal curricula (general, vocational, enrichment); traces the history of the comprehensive high school in the United States; cites highlights in the field of curriculum development (26th NSSE Yearbook, Eight Year Study, Core Problems of Democracy Course) and the rise of discipllnary curricula in the 1960s and the standards movement that followed.

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

Deng, Zongyi, "Rethinking Curriculum and Teaching." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. On 24 Myy 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.55, Zongyi Deng

Annotation: Reviews efforts to define and distinguish curriculum and teaching; cites writers and sources that have dealt with these issues; suggests three notions of curriculum (as policy decisions, as programmatic decisions, and as instructional decisions); suggests three notions of teaching (as sociocultural practice, as institutional practice, and as deliberative classroom practice); argues for rethinking these concepts in light of global cultural changes of the 21st century.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Definitions
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriclum Thoery Creation and Uses, Conceptions of Teaching, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculm, Curriculum History

Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth N., "A New Day for Education Research and Practice," Phi Delta Kappan, 102(April, 2021), 8-13., Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple

Annotation: Describes the way educational research gets used and how researchers and practitioners are working more closely together.

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

HIggs, Joy, "Appreciating Practice Wisdom," pp. 3-14 in Joy Higgs, ed., Practice Wisdom: Values and Interpretations. Boston: Brill Sense, 2019., Joy Higgs

Annotation: Defines wisdom, practice, and practice wisdom; conceptualizes knowing, being, doing and becoming in relation to practice wisdom.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curricllum as Esperience, Curriclum Aims and Objectives, Practical Knowledge, Professionalization in Curriculum, Teacher Knowledge

Short, Edmund C., A Coherent Curriculum for Every Student: Curriculum Proposals for Possible Adoption. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020., Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Summarizes 33 coherent proposes for K-12 curriculum drawn from publications over many decades and briefly annotates more than 60 less comprehensive ones; proposals are grouped by focus: academic, democratic, global, living, person, problems, values; provides curriculum planners with options for possible adoption in one convenient resource.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Karaba, Robert, "Educational Leadership for Democratic Citizenship," pp. 257-270 in Charles L. Lowery and Patrick M. Jenlink, eds., The Handbook of Dewey's Educational Theory and Practice. Boston: Brill Sense, 2019., Robert Karaba

Annotation: Notes Dewey's three interrelated dispositions necessary for democracy: inquiry, critical thinking, and cooperation.

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

Castner, Daniel J., "Adaptive Challenges," pp. 241-254 in Charles L. Lowery and Patrick M. Jenlink, eds., The Handbook of Dewey's Educational Theory and Practice. Boston: Brill Sense, 2019., Daniel J. Castner

Annotation: Traces the influences of (and the absence of) Dewey's thinking in the field of curriculum development and curriculum leadership.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Thoerists, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hiistorical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum Development Strategies

Short, Edmund C., and George D. Marconnit, eds., Contemporary Thought on Public School Curriculum. Dubuque, IA: Wm C. Brown Compmany Publishers, 1968., Edmund C. Short and George D. Marconnit

Annotation: Contains 89 readings on curriculum in five sections (curriculum as a field of study, curriculum purposes and objectives, curriculum quality, curriclulum theory and processes, perspectives for the future).

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a FIeld of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Literature of Curriculum

Meadows, Elizabeth, "What Is a Democracy?" pp. 21-40 in Charles L. Lowery and Patricia M. Jenlink, eds., The Handbook of Dewey's Educational Theory and Practice. Boston: Brill Sense, 2019., Elizabeth Meadows

Annotation: Presents a comprehensive understanding of Dewey/s conception of democracy and of education for democracy bases on extracts from Dewey's works.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Contexts and Societal Influences, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Democratic Education

Short, Edmund. C., "Curriculum Proposals," in Bill Schubert and Ming Fang He, eds., Oxford Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies. New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/ 9780190264093.013.ORE_EDU 01500.R1, Edmund C. Short

Annotation: Describes the concept of curriculum proposals together with a concceptualization of the components of curriculum; discuses their usefulness.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriclum Thoery Creation and Uses

Jenlink, Patrick M., "Dewey's Social Imaginary of Democratic Education," pp. 3-20 in Charles L. Lowery and Patrick M. Jenlink, eds, The Handbook of Dewey's Educational Theory and Practice. Boston: Brill Sense, 2019., Patrick M. Jenlink

Annotation: Makes evident through quotes form Dewey's writings what his view of democratic society should look like; it must involve community life, creative confronting of social problems, use of imaginative judgment, done in cooperation with all citizens; be related to a moral order, and employ the method of practical intelligence.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Democratic Education

Kristjansson, Kristjan, Flourishing as the Aim of Education: A Neo-Aristotelian View. New York: Routledge, 2020., Kristjan Kristjansson

Annotation: Reviews, analyzes, critiques, and re-conceives the concept of human flourishing as the aim of education, as conceived by dozens of philosophers and educators; shows how the concept needs to go beyond an Aristotelian view; an exemplary philosophical work.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Conceptual Anlaysis, Philosophical Inquiry-Ampiiative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Melese, Solomon, and Aschals Tadega, "The Ethiopian Curriculum Development and Implementation vs-a-vs Schwabs' Signs of Crisis in the Field of Curriculum," Cogent Education, 6(1, 2009)., Solomon Melese and Aschals Tadega

Annotation: Examines curriculum development in Ethiopia in terms of Schwab's six "flights" of curriculum scholarship; concludes that professionals in curriculum development need to be organized to protect their field and to conduct their research and practice.

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

Stone, Brian A., "Curriculum-Centered Barriers to Child-Centered Practice and Frames for Resistance," Professing Education, 18(1 & 2, 2020), 51-64., Brian A. Stone

Annotation: Makes the case for child-centered practices in K-8 education; argues against the neo-liberal/accountability framework in education; points to ways of resisting this negative framework.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form, Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriclulum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Elementary School Curriculum, Criticism of Schooling, Curriculum Aims and Objectives

Gacoin, Andree, The Politics of Curriculum Making: Understanding the Possibiliites for and the LImitations to a 'Teacher-led' Curriculum in British Columbia. Vancouvr, B. C.: British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2018., Andree Gacoin

Annotation: Reports how teachers who served on provincial curriculum development teams navigated that process, framed that work, understood curriculum content and implementation, and separated expertise from politics.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum Implementation, Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics

Goodson, Ivor , "From Mystification to Markets: The Evolution of Curriculum History and LIfe History," pp. 13-26 in Gary McCulloch, Ivor Goodson, and Mariano Gonzalez-Delgado, eds., Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum History. New York: Routledge, 2020., Ivor Goodson

Annotation: Summarizes studies in curriculum history from US and UK including subject histories and histories of the work of teachers.

Broad Topical Focus: Curricuum Policies and Policy Making, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hiistorical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Comparative Curriculum, Knowledge Generation

Gordon, Stephen P. "Supervision's New Challlenge: Facilitating a Multidimentional Curriculum," Journal of Educational Supervision, 1(2, 2018), 17-32., Stephen P. Gordon

Annotation: Proposes a seven-dimentional model of holistic curriculum--cognitive, social-emotional, moral, cultural, democratic, creative-artistic, health and physical--within the context of educational supervision.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
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

Peng, Caixia, "Curriculum HIstory Research in Mainland China and Taiwan: Its Status and Prospects," pp.149-162 in Gary McCullough, Ivor Goodson, and Mariano Gonzalez-Delgado, eds., Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum History. New York: Routledge, 2020., Caixia Peng

Annotation: Details curriculum history research done in China and Taiwan following the work of U. S. curriculum historians; offers methodological enhancements and new theories to pursue.

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

Sullanmaa, Jenni, Kirsi Pyhalto, Janne Pietarinen, and Tiina Soini, "Curriculum Coherence as Perceived by Disrict Level Stakeholders in Large-Scale National Curriclulm Reform in Finland," The Curriclum Jourmal, 30(3, 2019), 244-263., Jenni Sullanmaa

Annotation: Reports a factor analysis study of the factors in curriculum coherence that stakeholders perceived in Finish curriculum reform (consistency, integration, and alignment between objectives, content, and assessments).

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Curriculum Integration, Comparative Curriculum

Bayrakci, Mustafa, and Omer Cem Karacaoglu, "Determining Learning Outcomes of Curriculum Development in Education . . . . ," International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 12(2, 2020), 507-532., Mustafa Bayrakci and Omer Cem Karacaoglu

Annotation: Describes a study of tests given in Turkey to teachers-in-training regarding their knowledge of curriculum development from 2001-2018; reports various categories and frequencies and changing emphases over the years.

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

Chinn, Clark A., Sarit Barzilai, and Ravit Golan Duncan, "Education for a 'Post-Truth' World: New Directions for Research and Practice," Educational Researcher, 50(1, 2020), 51-60., Clark A. Chinn

Annotation: Argues for including epistemic performance (aims, ideals, and practices) throughout the curriculum to facilitate the identification and evaluation of false or misleading information; recommends five instructional practices to accomplish this goal.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Critical Thinking

Ben-Peretz, Meriam, and Cheryl J. Craig, "Intergenerational Impact and Curriculum Enigma: The Scholarly Legacy of Joseph J. Schwab," Educational Studies, 44(4, 2018), 421-448., Meriam Ben-Peretz and Cheryl J. Craig

Annotation: Traces Joseph J. Schwab's life, scholarly work, and influence in several fields; this study uses the inquiry into inquiry approach.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Thoerists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Hiistorical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

Fallace, Thomas, "John Dewey and the New Left, 1960-1988," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 52(5, 2020), 593-607., Thomas Fallace

Annotation: Traces the influence of Dewey's ideas about education on education writers during this period; notes others who critiqued Dewey; notes some who cited him regularly; notes some paradoxes that were created due to selective interpretations.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies; Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History

Wearing, Judy, Marcea Ingersoll, Christopher DeLuca, Benjamin Bolen, Holly Ogden, and Theodore Michael Christou, eds., Key Concepts in Curriclum Studies: Perspectives on the Fundamentals. New York: Routledge, 2019., Judy Wearing

Annotation: Contains anchor texts and responses on19 constructs related to curriculum from Aesthetics to Temporality.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories; Curriculum Theorists
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Collection of Studies
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives; Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Sinnema, Claire, "Learning for and Realizing Curriculum Aspirations through Schools as Learning Orgaizations," European Journal of Education, 55(1, 2020), 9-23., Claire Sinnema

Annotation: Proposes a model of realizing a new national curriculum through addressing and challenging four learning demands and seven steps for schools as learning organizations.

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 Implementation

Pyott, Terri D., and Joshua R. Polanin, "High-Quality Meta-Analysis in a Systematic Review," Review of Educational Research, 90(1, 2020), 24-46., Terri D. Pyott and Joshua R. Polanin

Annotation: Reviews best practices for doing meta-analysis in systematic reviews of quantitative research for transparency and accountability.

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

Duran, Volkan, and Huseyin Martol, "Kaizen Perspective in Curriculum Development," Asian Journal of Education and Training, 6(3, 2020), 384-396.., Volkan Duran and Huseyin Mertol

Annotation: Analyzes documents to determine core principles of the Kaizen approach to curriculum development.

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

Miller, Janet L., "Entangiing Rationaliites and Differing Differences: Forty Years of Bergamo and JCT Curricluum Theorizings and Pracitices," Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 35(1, 2020), 1-15., Janet L. Miller

Annotation: Reviews in detail the work of scholars associated with Bergamo Conferences and JCT over forty years.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay; Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History; American/International Curriculum Organizations

Alexander, Patricia A., "The Art and Science of Quality Systematic Reviews," Review of Research in Education, 90(1, 2020), 6-23., Patricia A. Alexander

Annotation: Reviews challenges to doing systematic reviews pertaining to all phases of the process.

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

Bas, Gokhan, and Cihad Senturk, "Teachers' Voice: Teacher Participation in Curriculum Development Process," Inquiry in Education, 11(1, 2019), 1-31., Gokhan Bas and Cihad Senturk

Annotation: Reports and analyzes interviews of high school teachers in Turkey to ascertain the extent of their involvement in the curriculum development process.

Broad Topical Focus: 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, Comparative Curriculum. Teacher Planning

Macintyre Latta, Margaret, "Curricular Enactment Matters: Reorienting Education," Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 10(2, 2018), 34-51., Margaret Macintyre Latta

Annotation: Calls for embodying artistic modes of meaning-making (a la Dewey and Greene); notes the kinship of this approach with indigenous ways of knowing and being.

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 Implementation; Asthetics and Curriculum

Craig, Cheryl J., and Maria Assuncao Flores, "Fifty Years of 'Life in Cleassrooms': An Inquiry into the Scholarly Contributions of Philip Jackson," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 52( 2, 2020), 161-176., Cheryl J. Craig and Maria Assuncao Flores

Annotation: Traces the life and scholarly work and influence of Philip W. Jackson in curriculum, teaching, and teacher education; this study uses the inquiry into inquiry approach.

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

Citations from 2020

So, Kyunghee, "Whom Is the National Curriculum For? Politics in the National Curricuum System in South Korea," pp 165-184 in Guohui Fan and Thomas S. Popkewitz, Eds., Handbook of Educational Policy Studies. Volume 2. Springer, 2020, Kyunghee So

Annotation: Reports the history of curriculum policy-making in South Korea together with a description of current curriculum policies and practices; notes recent trend toward giving schools more freedom to shape the curriculum but without centralized accountability procedures; discusses teacher agency in the system; recommends an alternative approach. to curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inqyiry--Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum and Politics, Curriculum Development Strategies

van den Akker, Jan, "Building Bridges: How Research May improve Curriculum Policies and Classroom Practices," pp. 175-195 in Sheila M. Stoney, Ed., Beyond Lisbon 2010: Perspectives from Research and Development for Education Policy in Europe. CIDREE and NFER, 2010., Jan van den Akker

Annotation: Explores ways that design and development research (D&DR) can strengthen curriculum policy making and classroom practices; reiterates the author's 2003 conceptualization of curriculum and curriculum development strategies; sets out key features of curriculum design and development research (preliminary investigation, theoretical embedding, empirical testing, documentation, analysis and refection on process and outcomes, evaluation); gives general format that design principles derived through this process should take; encourages international sharing of curriculum D&DR findings.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Develpment, Organizaion, Design, Curricuum Research Domains and Structure, Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Development as Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Curriculum Development Strategies

Biesta,Gert, "Education and Democracy Revisited: Dewey's Democratic Deficit," pp. 112-129 in his Obstinate Education: Reconnecting School and Society. Boston: Brill Sense, 2019., Gert Biesta

Annotation: Explores Dewey's concepts of democracy and education for their relationship; finds his concept more social and moral than political; his concept of political democracy is limited.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry--Ampliative Criticism
Type of Study: Single Studty
Narrow Topic: Democratic Education

McClure, Robert M., "Institutional Decisions in Curriculum," pp. 129-150 in John I. Goodlad & Associates, Curriculum Inquiry: The Study of Curriculum Practice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979., Robert M. McClure

Annotation: Reports two field studies (one a school faculty and the other a collection of school districts) and what they did during their curriculum planning activities using the Tyler model; seven tasks were identified.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies

Triche, Stephen S., Reconceiving Curriculum: An Historical Approach. Ph. D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, 2002., Stephen S. Triche

Annotation: Analyzes the changing views of 20th century curriculum theorists from Tyler to Pinar; outlines the origins of the technological rationale for curriculum from Ramus to Descartes; elucidates Wittgenstein's treatment of language as a form of life (not of logical analysis) and draws implications for curriculum and teaching.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry, Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, Curriculum as Experience, Discourse Analysis, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum

Hammond, J. W., Pamela A. Moss, K. Minh Q. Huynh, and Carol Lagoze, "Research Synthesis Infrastructure; Shaping Knowledge in Education," Review of Research in Education, 44(2020), 1-35., J. W. Hammond, Pamela A. Moss, K. Minh Q. Huynh, and Carol Lagoze

Annotation: Analyzes similarities and differences among four aspects (genre, quality, stakeholders, and coliective work) of six research synthesis infrastructures (RER and What Works Clearinghouse in education and four others outside education); describes the workings and status of these organizations together with implications for future changes.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Status Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generartion, Knowledge Linkage

Miller, Richard,, Katrina Liu, and Arnetha F. Ball, "Cricial Counter-Narrative as Transformative Methodology for Educational Equity," Review of Research in Education, 44(2020), 269-300., Richard Miller, Katrina Liu, and Arnetha F. Ball

Annotation: Examines the use of counter-narrative in educational research studies; notes that telling stories that emerge from these studies does not often result in action on issues of equity; proposes a new research methodology that combines critical counter-narratives with critical praxis (action research) to enable not only surfacing of inequitable experiences but also to take transformative action to change inequitable circumstances; see model p. 290.

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

Klein, M. Frances, and John I. Goodlad, "Curriculum Development in Cross-National Perspective," pp. 259-285 in John I. Goodlad & Associates, Curriclum Inquiry: The Study of Curriculum Practice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979., M. Frances Klein and John I. Goodlad

Annotation: Reports a study of the work of national curriculum development centers in 18 countries; information was gathered on their curriculum development activities, reviews, and evaluation work; results are reported and analyzed.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curricuum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry, Comparative Curriculum Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, American/International Curriculum Organizaitons

Biesta, Gert, "How Genreal Can Bildung Be? Reflections on the Future of a Modern Educational Ideal," British Journal of Philosophy of Education, 36(3,2002), 377-390.Reprinted pp. 23-38 In Gert Biesta, Obstinate Education. Boston: Brill Sense, 2019., Gert Biesta

Annotation: Explains the evolution of the term Bildung as a prelude for discussing the question stated in the title.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inqyiry--Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Curriculum as Experience

Gowen, Heela, Mira Yemini, Claire Maxwell, and Efrat Blumenfield-Liebenthal, "Terminological Communities: A Conceptual Mapping of Scholarship Indentified with Education's Global Turn," Review of Research in Education, 44(2020), 36-63., Heela Gowen, Mira Yemini, Claire Maxwell, and Efrat Blumenfield-Liebenthal

Annotation: Outlines a methodology for examining topics and themes contained in large bodies of research literature through use of natural language processing software and related software for identifying convergent topics and amount of their emphasis; implemented by qualitative analysis of selected studies; illustrates the use of this innovative methodology by reporting a study of literature in four domains related to global citizenship education.

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

Short, Edmund C., and Richard W. Grove, "Conceptual Schemes in Curriculum inquiry and Practice: A Critique," Curriculum and Teaching, 9(No. 1, !994), 3-13., Edmund C. Short and Richard W. Grove

Annotation: Analyzes five examples of conceptual schemes in curriculum for the central structural concept; presents guidelines for conducting theoretical inquiry in curriculum.

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

Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth, "Wordplay or Paradigm Shift: The Meaning of Rsearch Impact," International Journal of Educational Policy and Laadership, 18(11, 2020)., Elizabeth Farley-Ripple

Annotation: Reports a survey of U. S.thought leaders on several questions: 1) is research impact different from research use? 2) does impact matter in different ways for different parts of education? 3) is impact observable? 4) how do you make impact happen? Also notes common contextual issues.

Broad Topical Focus: Relation of Curriculum Research to Practice, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Government Role in Eduational Research and Development, Knowledge Untilization

Westheimer, Joel, "Can Education Transform the World?" Kappa Delta Pi Record, 56(1, 2020), 6-12., Joel Westheimer

Annotation: Discusses three kinds of citizens (personally responsible, participatory, social justice-oriented) and recommends a type of citizenship education program that embraces the third type as essential in a democratic society.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Citizenship Education, Democratic Education

Bleazby, Jennifer, "Why Some School Subjects Have a Higher Status from Others: The Epistemology of the Traditional Curriculum Hierarchy," Oxford Review of Education, 4(15, 2015), 671-689., Jennifer Bleazby

Annotation: Analyzes the sources of this dilemma and reviews alternatives; draws on Dewey's conception of "authentic curriculum."

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Develpment, 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

Kesson, Kathleen R., "Circling the Known," pp. 139-146 in Molly Quinn, ed., Compexifying Curriculum Studies: Reflections on the Generative and Generous Gifts of William E. Doll, Jr. New York: Routledge, 2019., Kathleen R. Kesson

Annotation: Summarizes William Doll's analysis of behaviorist, constructivist, and chaos theorists and their implications for curriculum; gives her view of the emergent metaphors (fresh language) for Doll's "implicate order" and their potential for actualization as educational possibilities.

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

Quinn, Molly, ed., Complexifying Curriculum Studies: Reflections on the Generative and Generous Gifts of William E. Doll, Jr. New York: Routledge, 2019, Molly Quinn

Annotation: Contains 21 essays by Doll's colleagues and students that highlight the significance of his curricular and educational ideas and of his life and personality.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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

Priestley, Mark, and Gert Biesta, eds., Reinventing the Curriculum: New Trends in Curriculum Policy and Practice. London: Bloomsbury, 2013., Mark Priestley and Gert Biesta

Annotation: Presents several writers' examination of the origins and development of Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence (2012) as well as its focus on capacities and outcomes; provides critiques of these focal elements; compares it to Australian and Unites States curricula, among others; assesses the prospect of using its approach in other settings.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Develpment, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophiclal Inquiry--Ampliative Criticism; Philosophical Inquiry--Speculative Essay, Historical Inquiry, Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Collection of Studies, Case Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Development Strategies, Curriculum History, Content Selection and Organization

Dinh, Hanh, "Towards a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: A Case Study of English as a Foreign Language Education in a VIetnamese Context," Journal of Curriculum Studies Research, 1(1, 2019), 54-70., Hanh Dinh

Annotation: Proposes a curriculum with a blend of academic/declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge with the former being minimized; also discusses types of teaching, learning, and assessment activities that this content requires; gives an example of this form of knowledge-rich curriculum in an English as a Foreign Language Program in Vietnam.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Proposals in Coherent Form
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay; Case Study
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Content Selection and Organization, Practical Knowledge, Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Student Assessment, Comparative Curriculum

Green, Bill, "Introduction: Engaging Curriculum?" pp. 1-20 in Bill Green, Engaging Curriculum: Bridging the Curriculum Theory and English Education Divide. New York: Routledge, 2018., Bill Green

Annotation: Reviews recent developments in the field of curriculum theory; gives the author's own view on those theories involving knowledge, ideology, and pedagogy; makes a case for the use of curriculum theory in studying the English subject curriculum; introduces the essays by the other authors in the book; discusses the verb and the noun forms of the term "engaging" in the book's title; the discussion is set in the context of the Australian curriculum.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Curriculum Research and Inquir--General
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay; Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Comparative Curriculum, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Curriculum Frameworks, Content Selection and Organization

Trueit, Donna, ed., Pragmatism, Post-Modernism, and Complexity Theory: The Fascinating Imaginative Realm of William E. Doll, Jr. New YorK: Routledge, 2012., Donna Trueit

Annotation: Reprints 26 of Doll's writings across forty years; organizied around his major themes and unique contributions.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, 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

Wang, Hongyu, From the Parade Child to the King of Chaos: The Complex Journey of William Doll: Teacher Educator. New York: Peter Lang, 2016., Hongyu Wang

Annotation: Presents seven personal essays on Doll's pedagogy: the pedagogy of play, perturbation, presence, patterns, passion, peace, and participation.

Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Theorists; Curricuum Enactment and Teaching
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Teaching/Learning Process; Conceptions of Teaching

Tienken, Christopher H., "Democratic Education: What Would Dewey Say?" Kappa Delta Pi Record, 56(1, 2020), 35-41., Christopher H. Tienken

Annotation: Draws attention to Dewey's conception of democracy and its implications for today's curriculum; mentions both threats to and opportunities for democratic education to be newly emphasized.

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

Scarino, Angela, "The Australian Curriculum and Its Conceptual Bases: A Critical Analysis," pp. 19-29 in Alan Reid and Deborah Price, eds., The Australian Curriculum: Promises, Problems, and Possibilities. Canberra: Australian Curriculum Studies Associationm 2018., Angela Scarino

Annotation: Identifies a lack of conceptual bases in the Australian Curriculum for its view of learners and their life-worlds, for its view of learning, for its view of knowledge and knowing, and for its view of the curriculum as a whole.

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; Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Frameworks, Curriculum Development Strategies, Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Theory Creation and Uses, Comparative Curriculum