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Short, Edmund C.; And Others – 1985
The American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Special Interest Group (SIG) on "Creation and Utilization of Curriculum Knowledge" was formed in 1971 by researchers whose work focused upon the advancement of knowledge in curriculum. The interest area for this SIG centered on generic knowledge about: (1) curriculum definitions; (2)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Educational Research
Travers, Robert M. W. – 1983
Modern educational research has its foundation in the fact finding techniques of the great educational organizers and administrators of the last century. Those individuals brought about the change from education administered in terms of tradition, to education administered in terms of knowledge. They created an atmosphere in education, accepting…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Anthropology, Educational History, Educational Quality
Skilbeck, Malcolm – 1985
The changing role of research in curriculum development since the late 1950's is reviewed. Factors are discussed that have affected the prevailing attitudes toward research and its value, including its role in fields other than education and the mixed success with which various research and development models have met in education. Particular…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Langvick, Mina M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1931
The purpose of this study is to analyze current practices in the construction of State courses of study. Available State courses of study, reports of survey commissions and educational officials, and other State educational publications have been examined to discover the problems considered significant by State educational officials and the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Course Content