Establish an agency to collect and standardize curriculum materials as a basis for scientific curriculum construction¶

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Description¶

Judd's vice-presidential address applied the scientific method to curriculum construction. The report states "there is at present no agency whose business it is to collect curriculum materials or to subject them to adequate standardization," illustrated by an attempt to develop social studies course material. The strategy is to create such an agency so curriculum decisions rest on standardized, collected materials.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• An institutional body charged with collecting curriculum materials and standardizing them.

Constraints¶

• Judd offered no definite solution of the problem but presented it as one worthy of serious study.

Target Learners¶

• students in social studies courses

Target Learning Goals¶

• scientifically constructed curricula

Related Strategies¶

• Four-component research-based curriculum development process linking basic research, applied research, and field testing

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Frank N. Freeman. (1924). The Toronto Meeting of the Sections on Psychology and Education of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/search?q=Freeman%20Toronto%20Meeting%20Journal%20of%20Educational%20Psychology