The article provides four checklists of tasks which the curriculum worker in vocational education should master: (1) coordination of curriculum planning and development, (2) definition and application of curriculum theory, (3) designing and applying curriculum research, and (4) providing for in-service needs of the staff. (MW)

Ten different methods of inquiry are outlined in this overview of research methodologies currently being employed in the field of curriculum studies: (1) philosophical, (2) historical, (3) scientific, (4) artistic, (5) moral, (6) religious, (7) interpretive, (8) instrumental, (9) deliberative, and (10) action oriented. Each of the 10 methods is…

The kind of history that is taught in the non-traditional contexts which utilize Distance Learning systems, especially at the United Kingdom's Open University (OU) and Australia's Deakin University, emphasizes the relationship of history to the other academic disciplines rather than the traditional approach of enumerating the history of famous…

Long-term observational research was conducted in the classrooms of two inductee teachers to examine their formal policy documents, curriculum planning, and curriculum enactment. The purpose was to examine the gap between the policy and planning materials and the enacted curriculum to determine what really counted as curriculum in the classrooms.…

Although students' motivation is crucially important, present curriculummodels focus more attention on objectives than on how to engage students' interest and effort. Proposes a method to clarify discussions of how children can be motivated in order to make explicit the consequences for curriculum design. Describes its use in the current work of…

This article discusses the notion that three radically different deep structures operate in literature education today, providing a useful way to examine and describe a culture's influence on its literature curricula. The structures are identified as (1) imitative--assumes that literature forms a heritage and that reading, absorbing, and imitating…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DEFINE INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, TO EXAMINE ITS PRACTICE IN CERTAIN COLLEGES, AND TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT IT DOES NOT INFLUENCE CURRICULUM CHANGE. THE DATA WERE OBTAINED THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH PRESIDENTS, ACADEMIC DEANS, AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN OF FIVE LARGE TEXAS PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES AND DO NOT NECESSARILY…

This paper is concerned with the clarification and resolution of two basic defects of curricular and instructional research: vagueness as to what is being undertaken, and inattention to the logical aspects of evaluation. It introduces the concepts of curricular claim and instructional claim, clarifies the function and import of curricular claims,…

This book is a collection of 11 essays that present the experiences and views of individuals who have played major roles in large-scale curriculum development projects. The opening chapter examines conceptions of curriculum, provides an overview of the curriculum reform movement since 1950, looks at some persistent dilemmas facing the curriculum…

This study was done in response to calls for histories of the curriculum field. Ideas within three subareas of the curriculum--design, engineering (planning, implementation, and evaluation), and theory--were analyzed, related to earlier and later work, and critically reviewed for their contributions to the field. Criteria were established for…

The production and sale of instructional materials are now big business in this country. Hence it is desirable, and probably necessary, to establish standards for such materials. Research in the area of curriculum materials is basically virgin territory. The evaluation of different types of curriculum materials will require the application of…

This newsletter is the primary communication channel of the National Information Centre for Social Science Education to Australian schools. The Centre was set up by the Australian Council for Educational Research and is part of the Social Science Curriculum Project. It contains articles on research and development in Australia and overseas…

Sixteen research reviews are organized under these topics: (1) Curriculum Development, treating a national conference report, a guide for the development of a curriculum, occupational analysis as a basis for curriculum development, and a shared-time concept for area programs, (2) Agricultural Education, reviewing innovative aspects of off-farm…

A working party of the Schools Council--a central agency funding national curriculum development projects in Great Britain--developed general principles and recommendations for the dissemination of these curriculum projects. The main aspects of dissemination are strategy, teacher involvement, local support, inservice training, use of media, and…