In the historiography on curriculum reform during the progressive era, one interpretive lens has dominated the study of 20th-century reform for more than 40 years: the idea of the "social efficiency" doctrine. In this historiographical essay, the authors briefly trace the rise of social efficiency as an idea in curriculum history, identify the…

Describes the processes and circumstances in which the school of education faculty at a research university grappled with questions about the proper preparation in research methodologies of doctoral students in education (e.g., how research methodologies should be taught and what proportion of doctoral study they should occupy). Explains how, in…