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Walker, Decker F., Back to the Future: The New Conservatism in Education, Educational Researcher, 19(April, 1990), 35-38.
No full textReviews three 1987 books (Finn & Ravitch, Hirsch, Bloom) and notes their ideological perspectives and their non-research bases
Walker, Decker F. Curriculum Theory is Many Things to Many People, Theory into Practice, 21(Winter, 1982), 62-65.*
No full textDistinguishes four types of curriculum theory
Walker, Decker F., A Study of Deliberation in Three Curriculum Projects, Curriculum Theory Network, 7(1971), 118-134.
No full textDescribes a system of analysis used to study three curriculum development projects; has application elsewhere as well
Walker, Decker F., Methodological Issues in Curriculum Research, pp. 98-118 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
No full textReviews writings on scientific and qualitative research methods in general and in curriculum, and proposes a method of formative curriculum research appropriate to use with practical curriculum problems
Walker, Decker F., Straining to Lift Ourselves: A Critique of the Foundations of the Curriculum Field. Curriculum Theory Network, 5(No. 1, 1975), 3-25.
No full textExamines underlying assumptions about curriculum policy found in the 1927 NSSE yearbook on curriculum-making and draws current implications
Walker, Decker F., Approaches to Curriculum Development, pp. 263-290 in Jon Schaffarzick and Gary Sykes, eds., Value Conflicts and Curriculum Issues: Lessons from Research and Experience . Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1979.*
No full textDistinguishes three modes of curriculum development: policy making, generic, and site-specific development
Walker, Decker F., What Curriculum Research? Journal of Curriculum Studies, 5(May, 1973), 58-72. Reprinted pp. 510-525 in James R. Gress and David E. Purpel, eds., Curriculum: An Introduction to the Field. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1978.*
No full textIdentifies alternative research assumptions to the traditional empirical research assumptions
Walker, Decker F., Toward Comprehension of Curricular Realities, pp. 268-308 in Lee S. Shulman, ed., Review of Research in Education, 4: 1976. Itasca, IL: F. E. Peacock, 1977.*
No full textReviews research in four domains of curriculum: curriculum in relation to student achievement, curriculum change in relation to social forces, change processes within school and classroom, and studies of the curriculum field itself
Walker, Decker F., A Barnstorming Tour of Writing in Curriculum, pp. 71-81 in Arthur W. Foshay, ed., Considered Action for Curriculum Improvement, 1980 ASCD Yearbook. Washington, DC: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1980.*
No full textGives an overview of various types of curriculum literature and offers some criticisms on such writings
Walker, Decker F., and Jon Schaffarzick, Comparing Curricula, Review of Educational Research, 44(Winter, 1974), 83-111. Reprinted pp. 412-441 in Arno A. Bellack and Herbert M. Kliebard, eds., Curriculum and Evaluation. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan, 1977.*
No full textReviews studies that compare results of various subject curricula and draws implications from these results
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