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Deng, Zongyi – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This article addresses how 'powerful' curriculum theory might be constructed from the perspective of the German "Didaktik" tradition--highly compatible with Schwab's the Practical. To start with, I scrutinize Joseph Schwab's model of curriculum planning and Wolfgang Klafki's model of lesson preparation and examine two theories of content…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Models
Liu, Qian; Colak, Fatma Zehra; Agirdag, Orhan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
This study draws on data collected from Chinese language textbooks to investigate the ways in which ethnic minority cultures and languages are represented in primary school textbooks in China. Drawing on the methods of thematic and comparative analysis, we specifically analyse how the representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese textbooks has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Nordin, Andreas; Sundberg, Daniel – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
The article aims to explore to what extent and in what ways discourse institutionalism can contribute to the understanding and analysis of curriculum change in a globalized context. By focusing specifically on curriculum change, this article proposes how discourse institutionalism can contribute to the so-called 'crisis of curriculum theory' by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Lamb, Christopher; Godlewska, Anne – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This paper analyses the coverage of Indigenous topics in K-12 education in British Columbia (BC) using curriculum documents and course enrolment. It focuses on curriculum documents published between 1995 and 2010 and mandated in public education from 1995 to 2019, and argues that Indigenous topics were marginalized in the curriculum overall.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives
Deng, Zongyi – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2015
This article attempts to extend and deepen the conversation concerning the knowledge-based approach to curriculum espoused by Michael Young in his 2013 "JCS" paper through revisiting the structure of the disciplines thinking of Joseph Schwab and German "Didaktik." It argues that curriculum making requires a theory of knowledge…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Course Content
Penuel, William R.; Phillips, Rachel S.; Harris, Christopher J. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
Curriculum materials and knowledge about curricular purposes and structures are valuable tools that teachers often draw upon to organize instruction and facilitate student learning. Careful analysis of teachers' curriculum implementation and the decision-making that undergirds their curriculum use is critical for fully understanding enactment.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Decision Making, Curriculum Implementation, Integrity
Trohler, Daniel – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2009
This study examines apparently similar historical phenomena in 19th-century Prussia and Switzerland: the establishment of modern foreign languages in the curriculum of upper-secondary education. Through the course of the 19th century, there appear to have been great transnational European affinities with regard to both the differentiation of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy

Vallance, E. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1979
Explains how nontraditional postsecondary education can provide ideas to help traditional curriculum theory developers when they are required to develop and implement theories for novel situations. Information is presented on case studies of curriculum development theories and on evaluation models. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs

Van Den Akker, Jan J. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1988
Discusses the problems facing writers of curriculum documents. Concentrating on the implementation problems in elementary science education, the author attempts to clarify how a careful design of curriculum materials can improve the implementation process and outcomes. States that, for initial implementation efforts, a structured approach is more…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education

Millar, Clive – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1989
Proposes curriculum negotiation as necessary to the professional autonomy of the educator who works with adults. Suggests that the educator of adults, through this negotiation, will be better able to understand the social processes that drive educational transactions, while sustaining educational ethics within these processes. (KO)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Experimental Curriculum

Hodson, Derek – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Describes the development of computer instruction in New Zealand. States that computer instruction increased from a level of zero in 1980 to 26 percent by 1989. Points out that in New Zealand schools there is 1 computer for every 85 students. (GG)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Curriculum

Grumet, Madeleine; Stone, Lynda – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2000
Considers liberal feminism focusing on its advances and limitations. Addresses dualism as connected to the history and theorizing of feminism. Argues that curriculum is overdetermined by the dualism feminist theory. Addresses and offers four categories descriptive of the dualism (experiential, categorical, psychoanalytic, and deconstructive). (CMK)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy

Suhor, Charles – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1984
Semiotics is the study of signs of all kinds. How the definitions and specialized terminologies of semiotics are related to curriculum is discussed, and how semiotics can be integrated into specific instructional activities is examined. An illustrative model is included. (RM)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs

Gravemeijer, K.; Terwel, J. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2000
Describes the main ideas in the work of Dutch mathematician and mathematics educator, Hans Freudenthal (1905-1990), related to curriculum theory and didactics. Explores his idea of mathematics as a human activity and his criticism of education research and theories. Focuses on three aspects of his work. (CMK)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational History, Educational Philosophy

Sears, James T.; Marshall, J. Dan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2000
Explores the evolution of the curriculum field during the era of "curriculum renaissance." Addresses the generational bases of the curriculum renaissance, the responses among the current generation of curriculum workers to the renaissance, and the direction the millennial generation is taking the field. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational History
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