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Wheelahan, Leesa – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2015
This contribution to the symposium on Michael Young's article "Overcoming the crisis in curriculum theory: a knowledge based approach", supports his contention that curriculum theory has lost sight of its object--"what is taught and learned in schools", and argues that this has particularly deleterious consequences for…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Skills, Curriculum, Educational Theories
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Hopmann, Stefan Thomas – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2009
This is the first of four commentaries discussing John Dewey's short essay, "Education as engineering". The essay provides a fascinating model of how the example of engineering could guide the interaction between educational research and practice. It has much in common with Herbart's ideas on how "pedagogical tact" bridges the gap between theory…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Change, Engineering
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Bank, Volker – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2012
Since the late 1990s there has been a fundamental shift in the way schooling and even education as a whole is evaluated. From this new perspective the education system would seem to be interpreted as a sub-system of the economic system and thus subservient to it. Decisions on education matters seem to have become determinant for individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
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Goodson, Ivor F. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Asserts that curricularists need to move away from curriculum based on objectives, and that they should embrace the notion of curriculum as social construction at the level of prescription and also at the level of process and practice. Maintains that methodological foci need to be developed which integrate studies at the preactive and interactive…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
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Segal, Steven – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1998
Aims to demonstrate effects of teaching practice on teachers' perspectives about teaching. Argues that there is often a mismatch between teachers' explicit beliefs about teaching and practices in which they engage. Suggests that teachers should develop an appreciation of how tensions and stresses of practice inform their beliefs about teaching.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Higher Education
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Clark, Christopher M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1991
Suggests lessons and ideas about teaching and research that can be drawn from a teacher's experiences in two research projects. Considers developmental and situational dynamics in teaching. Describes how researchers' intentions and expectations frame and focus research findings. Explains how the description of teaching can become an intervention…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, English Instruction, High Schools, Methods Research