Exemplary curriculum designs from the past that have provided models for implementation are reviewed in order to lend perspective to designs for today's and tomorrow's curricula. (MT)

Shows how a matrix, developed for identifying various strategies of curriculum development, can provide a basis for making a policy analysis of alternative strategies. (RM)

One of the missions of a university is the creation and dissemination of knowledge. Because this work is traditionally divided among scores or even hundreds of academic and research units for the convenience of the producing scholars and the orderly retrieval of this knowledge, the problem of introducing university students to the world of…

Matters treated in a system-wide school constitution can, in the face of increasing stress on the governing capacities of schools, become primary resources for wise and judicious operation. (Author)

Analyzes and classifies various forms of curriculum development strategies; reviews and summarizes their use in terms of their major characteristics and consequences; analyzes their relative merits with respect to 10 criteria; and, finally, discusses their policy implications. (MLF)

Multidisciplinary thinking is advocated as a necessary approach to curriculum development in the light of the emergence of a global society, the rate of social change, the information explosion, and new theories about reality. (GW)

Arguing that curriculum research can be organized and prioritized according to reasonable criteria, this article defines "curriculum practice" and "curriculum research," explains how they relate to each other, and reviews current work in curriculum research. Curriculum research is hampered by lack of longitudinal studies and the separation of…

The differences between inquiry from a religious perspective and from a nonreligious perspective are examined, and specific implications that these differences may have for curriculum inquiry are discussed. Two separate viewpoints are presented. (JN)

Examines trends in curriculum planning and development in Great Britain, Australia, Canada, the United States, and the United Nations. Argues for cooperative curriculum planning and development with shared authority focusing on the global community. (12 references) (MLF)

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)…

People need to learn what choosing and acting morally involves and how to do it. Educational programs, well conceived, pedagogically sound, and morally carried on, are basic to attaining personal and social well-being. (Author)

Careful work in comparing, analyzing, and critiquing the positions and communications put forth by various professional curriculum organizations would be valuable to the curriculum research community. Provides an example: "Principles for Australian Curriculum Reform," prepared by the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA). (MLF)

Argues that school leaders should act as teachers of their colleagues, assuming the tasks of a teacher in planning curriculum, designing learning activities, and developing consensus among their students/colleagues about what should be done to act on their learning. School renewal and restructuring offer illustrations of the "leader as…

This paper identifies the general shifts in curriculum research from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Information is drawn from periodic reviews or summaries of the research literature. A comparatively larger number and variety of individual studies have been reported, but places to publish state-of-the-art curriculum reviews have become more…

Relevant studies from curriculum research are reviewed and presented under the categories of the relationships of research to practice, and the nature of knowledge production and utilization (KP&U). Each of the three topics deal with KP&U in general, related work within education, and work specifically related to the curriculum. (Author/SM)