There is a strong consensus in the educational literature that teaching is an inherently moral endeavour, and that the moral work of teachers is of central importance to education. However, programmes of teacher education in the USA typically do not reflect these beliefs in their curricula. One reason for this inconsistency is that researchers…

Various psychoanalysts have written about the implications of psychoanalytic theory for teaching and learning. Although many curriculum scholars have offered their personal interpretations of the relevance of psychoanalytic theory to education, there is very little in the educational literature about what psychoanalysts "themselves" have had to…

Examined are the grounds upon which the issue about control of the curriculum should be decided and what is meant by control. Because curriculum decision making requires knowledge which is experience-based, teachers are to be preferred as decision makers. (RM)

Reports curriculum concerns of Israeli secondary school teachers. The study indicates that subject matter decisions have high priority and that teachers express ambivalence in attitudes about their role in curriculum implementation. (KC)

Reviews literature related to potential sources of the principal's influence on curriculum decisions of teachers. Topics discussed include expectations of the principal's curricular influence, the reality of such influence, sources of influence, and mechanisms that can be used by principals to increase their curricular influence. (DB)

Increasingly, there are calls for the school curriculum to reflect the real-world needs of students, such as the need to make difficult choices as citizens. The science curriculum is not exempt from these reappraisals of the relevance of what occurs in schools. Approaches to science involving social contexts are increasingly common, and with them…

A curriculum development project which utilized teachers in all areas of the project is described. (DE)

Describes a two-year case study that focused on teacher, principal, and community involvement in curriculum planning in a large midwestern school district. Examines the participants' expectations, satisfactions, and attitudes toward curriculum planning, and the relationship of these variables to the resulting process and product. Discusses the…

The article discusses a study undertaken to ascertain what influences primary school teachers in developing nations perceive as important for curriculum decision making; to compare these with similar findings from developed nations; and to determine factors that inhibit goal achievement in teaching situations in developing and developed nations.…

Starting in 1997, a sophisticated, outcomes-based curriculum was to be implemented in South African schools. This study examines and analyses how science teachers in one rural school responded to the demands of this new curriculum. I consider the capacity of the school and the extent to which outside support and pressure was provided. The levels…

Discusses the shift of Australia's School Based Curriculum Development (SBCD) from state departments of education to the local school itself. Outlines the aspects of the curriculum development process and the importance of the principal in influencing both the organization of the school and satisfaction with curriculum planning. (BR)

Contends that there is commonality in how researchers conceive of personal inquiry and presents a conceptual structure based on a "common place" notion of thinking and on research about differing views of teacher thought. This article is followed by three responses. (Author/BSR)

Summarizes four "cases" or units taught by three different teachers and uses them to illustrate several conclusions about classroom talk and the role of science curriculum materials in shaping that talk. In particular, the focus is on class discussion and/or patterns of influence among curriculum materials, teacher talk, and student learning.…

Explores the proposition that teachers have deeply rooted classroom ideals which are expressed through behavior and differ significantly from one teacher to another. Bases the study on a hypothesis which links classroom ideals to the broader concerns in teachers' lives. (Author/DB)

Curriculum instruction in teacher education, the role and independence of the curriculum and the self-perception of the teacher in regard to curriculum development are identified as three problem areas in the relation of teachers to curriculum. (Author/KM)