Education Research Guide

"The study of curriculum, beginning in the early 20th century, served primarily the areas of educational administration, pedagogy, and testing and was seen as a method to design and develop programs of study for schools. In what became a distinct academic field, curriculum subsequently expanded to draw on various disciplines from the arts, humanities, and social sciences in order to examine broader educational forces and their effects on the individual, society, and conceptions of knowledge."

"Educational reform, and to a lesser extent educational dissent, occupies a prominent place in the annals of American education . Whether based on religious, cultural, social, philosophical, or pedagogical grounds, educational reform and dissent have been ever-present in our educational history. At present there exist various forms of privatization, school choice, homeschooling, value-added accountability, alternative teacher and administrators."

"This is an encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. It is intended to provide a comprehensive background for those interested in issues involving schools and society."

"The purpose of this handbook is to provide not only an update on research about teachers and teaching, but also to introduce to students, scholars and researchers new perspectives on an important educational topic which has been undergoing considerable change over the past several decades."

"The Encyclopedia of Education Law is intended to be a comprehensive source on education law for undergraduate and graduate students, educators, legal practitioners, and general readers concerned with this central area of public life. The primary focus is on developments since Brown v. Board of Education ofTopeka. At the same time, because education law is a component in a much larger legal system, the encyclopedia includes entries on the historical development of the laws that impact education"

"The simplest definition is that bilingual education is the use of two languages in the teaching of curriculum content in K-12 schools. This definition is most germane to the United States, the country that is the focus of this encyclopedia."