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Lewin, David; Orchard, Janet; Christopher, Kate; Brown, Alexandra – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2023
This article arises out of work undertaken within the After Religious Education project. It synthesizes the curriculum expertise of established researchers, with the expertise of current teachers of RE in England. A question drives our shared interests: how should we approach curriculum development in RE and how do we justify the approach taken?…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Quay, John; Miller, Loren; Browning, David; Brodie-Mckenzie, Adam – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
Teachers are concerned with both student engagement and achievement of learning outcomes. Both are necessary, yet often considered in disconnected ways. We argue that such disconnection is a consequence of competing educational purposes, combined with an organizational framework for schooling that attempts to paste over the differences by…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Occupations, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship
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Deng, Zongyi – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
Using the 'medical' framework (symptoms, diagnosis and prescription) in Schwab's the Practical 1 article, I analyze the current state of contemporary curriculum theorizing as a result of the reconceptualist movement. I argue that curriculum theorizing is in serious crisis due to the loss of the original subject of curriculum studies--practice and…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Curriculum Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Didacticism
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Bamber, Philip; Lewin, David; White, Morgan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
Despite a groundswell of evidence for transformative education, manifestos for 'transformative pedagogy for global citizenship' remain under-theorized and pay limited attention to implications for practice. This paper connects theory and practice through analyzing a curriculum development project that sought to produce a framework for 'engaged…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Citizenship Education, Excellence in Education, Guidelines
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Biesta, Gert – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
In 1970, Joseph Schwab published the first of four papers that argued for a turn to the idea of the Practical in curriculum research and practice. In this paper, I revisit Schwab's original paper and explore the extent to which his case for the Practical is still relevant today. I first look at the past of the deliberative tradition in which…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Essays, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Theories
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Connelly, F. Michael – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
The "Practical 1" paper combines Schwab's abiding concern, for the nature and quality of educational experience with another abiding concern, for how we think about what we do. The Practical 1 is the first of a set of four "practical" essays. These in turn are the product of his thinking about college education and his…
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Philosophy, Educational Experience, Essays
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Law, Wing-Wah – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
This article uses curriculum-making frameworks to analyse and reconstruct the Chinese curriculum-making model and unpack the dynamics, complexity and constraints of China's curriculum reform since the early 1990s. It argues that curriculum reform is China's main human capital development strategy for coping with the challenges of the 21st century,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Position Papers
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Dillon, J. T. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2009
What are the basic things that compose curriculum, and what are the questions that may be posed about these things? Joseph Schwab's conception of curriculum is used to introduce a scheme of questions concerning the nature, elements, and practice of curriculum. Formulations of questions by other curriculum theorists are reviewed and analysed in…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Curriculum Development, Educational Theories, Curriculum Design
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White, Richard T. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1992
Discusses changes in educational research methods over recent decades. Explores changing views of teaching and learning and what the changes mean for assessment and the content and delivery of the curriculum. Concludes that, to be effective, educational research must be relevant to education and perceived as such by educators. (SG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Research Utilization
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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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Wraga, William G.; Hlebowitsh, Peter S. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2003
The curriculum field in the USA has existed in a chronic state of disarray, even crisis, for many years. This study considers whether the field's "reconceptualization" has alleviated the signs of crisis articulated some 30 years ago by Joseph Schwab. It concludes by suggesting that four issues should be examined in order to establish a vital sense…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Intellectual History
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Arrieta, Josetxu; And Others – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Outlines the evolution of curriculum theory and practice in Spain from the 1970s to the 1990s. Discusses changing perspectives in response to political developments and reasons for the failure of the curriculum innovations introduced by the Socialist government after 1982. Advocates developing a dialectical theory of curriculum reform. (DB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Policy
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Eisner, Elliot W. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2000
Offers twelve lessons that can be learned by examining the ideas and practices concerning the improvement of schools. Discusses the potential and complexities of each lesson in detail and provides a summary of what can be learned from U.S. history. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
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Florio-Ruane, Susan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Describes the Written Literacy Forum, a collaborative research effort between Michigan State University's Institute for Research on Teaching and the East Lansing, Michigan Public Schools, which attempted to identify ways that research on writing could be applied to instructional problems. Depicts the first year's experience and offers sample…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Verhoeven, Pim; Verloop, Nico – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2002
To what degree is a Dutch curriculum reform in classics incorporated into teaching practice? This study included two data sources: questionnaires that asked teachers about their beliefs concerning curricular innovations and an analysis of authentic assessment material, i.e. school examinations constructed by teachers. The findings suggest that the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Performance Based Assessment, Classical Languages