Edmund C. Short is Professor of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Pennsylvania State University.

"This book represents a needed resource in the field of curriculum — a handbook on research methodology. No other such book exists with a specific focus on curriculum research — nor does one exist with any such specific focus within the field of education to my knowledge. It will undoubtedly become a well-used reference book by students and scholars in curriculum. Two other very important strengths of the book are the extensive bibliography at the end of each chapter and its international scope. The individual chapters are very competently written by recognized scholars who have established a good degree of expertise and recognition in the methodologies they discuss." — M. Frances Klein, University of Southern California"There is no other place one can turn right now to find a single work that sets out these different approaches to education inquiry. This book answers a need. The past ten years have seen an incredible expansion in the approaches to inquiry in education in general and in curriculum in particular. No one else has tried to survey these approaches for others in the field, probably because no one but Edmund Short has figured out what they all are, their similarities and differences and relationships to each other." — Nathalie J. Gehrke, University of Washington

• Preface Introduction: Understanding Curriculum Inquiry Edmund C. Short1. Philosophical Inquiry: Conceptual Analysis Jerrold R. Coombs and Le Roi B. Daniels2. Philosophical Inquiry: Ampliative Criticism Nelson L. Haggerson3. Philosophical Inquiry: The Speculative Essay William H. Schubert4. Historical Inquiry: Telling Real Stories O. L. Davis, Jr.5. Scientific Inquiry: Explanations and Limits Arthur W. Foshay6. Ethnographic Inquiry: Understanding Culture and Experience Valerie J. Janesick7. Narrative Inquiry: Storied Experience F. Michael Connelly and D. Jean Clandinin8. Aesthetic Inquiry: Art Criticism Elizabeth Vallance9. Phenomenological Inquiry: Life-World Perceptions George Willis10. Hermeneutic Inquiry: The Hermeneutic Imagination and the Pedagogic Text David G. Smith11. Theoretical Inquiry: Components and Structure Richard W. Grove and Edmund C Short12. Normative Inquiry: Dimensions and Stances Louise M. Berman13. Critical Inquiry: A Paradigm for Praxis Kenneth A. Sirotnik14. Evaluative Inquiry: Situational Assessment Jean A. King15. Integrative Inquiry: The Research Synthesis Colin J. Marsh16. Deliberative Inquiry: The Arts of Planning Ilene Harris17. Action Inquiry: Studied Enactment Jim McKernanAfterword: Closing Reflections Edmund C. ShortContributors