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…

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…

This paper frames the problem underlying the cross-cultural Organizing Curriculum Change (OCC) study of state-based curriculum-making. The paper discusses the increased use by states over the past two decades of the century-old instrument of the state-based curriculum and the tool of the curriculum commission. The paper contrasts the slender…

In large-scale educational reforms, many actors play their roles. The diversity of contributions and lack of harmonization prove to be frequently found to cause educational reform failures. Many explanations for these failures focus on differences between the actors and on differences in their contributions to the reform process. In this article,…

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)

The curriculum implementation models reviewed utilize observation techniques, focused interviews, questionnaires, and content analysis. Concludes that determining the relationship between the level of program implementation and program outcomes prevents curriculum from becoming ineffective. (KC)

Reports an experiment which tests the hypothesis that the process of curriculum development affects the resulting curriculum. Describes developed models of curriculum. Concludes that the hypothesis cannot be rejected and that curriculum models do influence the resulting curriculum. (KO)

The successful use of Decker Walker's curriculum development model in different educational settings in Israel and Australia demonstrates that inductively derived models can assist educational practice in a way that deductive models cannot. However, Walker's model should not be viewed as a general panacea. Issues that must be examined are…

The Scottish Integrated Science Scheme is employed as a model of an integrated curriculum in two case studies in order to discern changes in secondary education organization and philosophy which arise with a radical change of emphasis. (Author/KM)

Description of a general model of teaching which emphasizes certain inherent, fundamental tasks and constraints, and a review of literature related to the model and to open education attempt to increase understanding of what the class-room is and what reform of the classroom entails. (Author/KM)

Styles influencing curriculum development -- management models, liberal non-intervention, and the exclusion of affective for cognitive objectives -- fail to give an account of personal man in his culture. Through "cultivation of soul" some teachers provide a rational way to respond to the weaknesses of overly rationalized learning. (JH)

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)

Reviews research on curriculum development and implementation and presents a model of teacher involvement in curriculum development and implementation tested within the framework of a regional teachers' workshop in Israel. (DB)

Provides a model for curriculum development using constructivism to help democratize science education. Illustrates how to put this model into practice, focusing on: (1) expressing current conceptions; (2) sharing and learning new conceptions; and (3) applying and testing conceptions. (CMK)

Outlines the design and implementation of an elementary school curriculum development project in Lesotho, Africa, which stressed the central role of the teacher. Curriculum design took into account extreme educational conditions including inadequately trained teachers, high student-teacher ratios and attrition rates, and insufficient supplies. (AM)