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Curriculum Theory Network | 14 |
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Connelly, F. Michael, Ed. | 2 |
Ben-Peretz, Miriam | 1 |
Broudy, H. S. | 1 |
Counts, George S. | 1 |
Daniels, L. B. | 1 |
Haysom, John T. | 1 |
Leithwood, Kenneth A. | 1 |
O'Hanlon, James | 1 |
Rugg, Harold O. | 1 |
Sutton, Clive R. | 1 |
Tom, Alan | 1 |
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Broudy, H. S. – Curriculum Theory Network, 1970
Sets out a complete theory of curriculum, examines the constraints on the theory, and suggests several points at which curriculum research might be distinguished from learning and instruction. (Author/DE)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research

Rugg, Harold O. – Curriculum Theory Network, 1975
This article, a reprint from the 1927 Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, gives a sense of the vitality that infused professional curriculum work in its first decades and illustrates the new empirical methods that were being adopted from the social sciences. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational History, Educational Theories

Tom, Alan – Curriculum Theory Network, 1973
Four unexpected patterns of teacher behavior are identified and elaborated: selecting national project curriculums on the basis of pragmatic criteria; visualizing the teaching problems with new materials only after classroom experience with these materials; rejecting abstract analysis of curriculum issues in favor of concrete thinking; and viewing…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Change, High Schools

Haysom, John T.; Sutton, Clive R. – Curriculum Theory Network, 1973
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…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Models

Walker, Decker F. – Curriculum Theory Network, 1975
This review of the Twenty-Sixth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (1926) notes the circumstances that led to its appearance and assesses the picture of curriculum work that it presented. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational History, Educational Objectives

Counts, George S. – Curriculum Theory Network, 1975
This article, a reprint from the 1927 Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, discusses the social purpose of education, the function of the school, and curriculum-making and the nature of the learner, the nature of society, the organization of knowledge, and the scientific method. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational History, Educational Objectives

Ben-Peretz, Miriam – Curriculum Theory Network, 1975
Explores the concept of curriculum potential and argues for its utility as a construct in curriculum theory. Discusses the limitations of viewing curriculum materials strictly in accordance with their developers' objectives, and examines the concept of curriculum potential as an alternative approach to curriculum implementation and evaluation.…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research

O'Hanlon, James – Curriculum Theory Network, 1973
Presents descriptions of the management, systematic, and open-access curriculum development models to identify the decisionmaking bases, operational processes, evaluation requirements, and curriculum control methods of each model. A possible relationship among these models is then suggested. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Administration, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research

Daniels, L. B. – Curriculum Theory Network, 1975
This article elaborates on the notion that theoretic discourse, as employed in the natural and behavioral sciences, is partly inappropriate for curriculum work and that the language of curriculum writers must be ordinary language. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Elementary Secondary Education

Connelly, F. Michael, Ed.; And Others – Curriculum Theory Network, 1971
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Research, Program Evaluation

And Others; connelly, F. Michael, Ed. – Curriculum Theory Network, 1971
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development

Leithwood, Kenneth A.; And Others – Curriculum Theory Network, 1976
A case study of a systemwide development, implementation, and evaluation of K-10 mathematics programs primarily, although not exclusively, in basic computational skills and problem-solving. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research

Connelly, F. Michael, Ed.; And Others – Curriculum Theory Network, 1971
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems

Weiss, Joel, Ed.; And Others – Curriculum Theory Network, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research