Ian Westbury
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5452919 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ian Westbury |
| PRENOMES | Ian |
| SOBRENOME | Westbury |
| ASSINATURA | WESTBURY I |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0021-9873 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 85 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1977 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Mass upper-secondary and tertiary education
We have been re-reading two JCS papers on ‘science for all’ by the late Peter Fensham (Fensham, 1974, 1985; see also Fensham, 1990, 1996a, 2008, 2012, 2022). Although centred on Fensham’s battles f
Teacher Education in Professional Learning Communities
Dialogue
This article explores the place of Ralph Tyler and Joseph Schwab in the history of curriculum studies, and educational theory more broadly. I argue that most analyses of both Schwab's and Tyler's work are built not on their own life-projects and writings, but developed from blinkered readings of a narrow range of their writings selected to meet the needs of contemporary ideological debates. When we see the work of both Schwab and Tyler within the…
The Burdens and the Excitement of the “New” Curriculum Research
(1999). The Burdens and the Excitement of the “New” Curriculum Research: A Response to Hlebowitsh’s “The Burdens of the New Curricularist”. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 355-364
Textbooks for Learning
American and Japanese Achievement… Again
American and Japanese Achievement … Again A Response to Baker
Needless to say, I am grateful for the attention David Baker has given to my article Comparing American and Japanese Achievement: Is the United States Really a Low Achiever? (Westbury, 1992). I acknowledge, too, my appreciation of what he says about the approaches to cross-national analysis that I advocated there. But the analysis he reports leads him to question my claims about the overall and efficiency of the American educational system when c…
Comparing American and Japanese Achievement
It is widely accepted that the Japanese educational system is more effective than the U.S. system and that this greater effectiveness produces across-the-board higher achievement. Using the data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA.) Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS), this paper examines both curriculum and achievement in Japan and the United States in grade 7/8 algebra and grade 12 ele…
Cultural Literacy and Civic Education
Science, Curriculum, and Liberal Education
Competency-Based Education for Social Work
Educational Policy-Making in New Contexts
(1977). Educational Policy-Making in New Contexts: The Contribution of Curriculum Studies. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 3-18
Science, Curriculum, and Liberal Education
Comparing American and Japanese Achievement
It is widely accepted that the Japanese educational system is more effective than the U.S. system and that this greater effectiveness produces across-the-board higher achievement. Using the data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA.) Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS), this paper examines both curriculum and achievement in Japan and the United States in grade 7/8 algebra and grade 12 ele…
Dialogue
This article explores the place of Ralph Tyler and Joseph Schwab in the history of curriculum studies, and educational theory more broadly. I argue that most analyses of both Schwab's and Tyler's work are built not on their own life-projects and writings, but developed from blinkered readings of a narrow range of their writings selected to meet the needs of contemporary ideological debates. When we see the work of both Schwab and Tyler within the…
The Burdens and the Excitement of the “New” Curriculum Research
(1999). The Burdens and the Excitement of the “New” Curriculum Research: A Response to Hlebowitsh’s “The Burdens of the New Curricularist”. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 355-364
Educational Policy-Making in New Contexts
(1977). Educational Policy-Making in New Contexts: The Contribution of Curriculum Studies. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 3-18
Competency-Based Education for Social Work
Science, Curriculum, and Liberal Education
Cultural Literacy and Civic Education
Comparing American and Japanese Achievement
It is widely accepted that the Japanese educational system is more effective than the U.S. system and that this greater effectiveness produces across-the-board higher achievement. Using the data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA.) Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS), this paper examines both curriculum and achievement in Japan and the United States in grade 7/8 algebra and grade 12 ele…
American and Japanese Achievement… Again
American and Japanese Achievement … Again A Response to Baker
Needless to say, I am grateful for the attention David Baker has given to my article Comparing American and Japanese Achievement: Is the United States Really a Low Achiever? (Westbury, 1992). I acknowledge, too, my appreciation of what he says about the approaches to cross-national analysis that I advocated there. But the analysis he reports leads him to question my claims about the overall and efficiency of the American educational system when c…
The Burdens and the Excitement of the “New” Curriculum Research
(1999). The Burdens and the Excitement of the “New” Curriculum Research: A Response to Hlebowitsh’s “The Burdens of the New Curricularist”. Curriculum Inquiry: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 355-364
Textbooks for Learning
Dialogue
This article explores the place of Ralph Tyler and Joseph Schwab in the history of curriculum studies, and educational theory more broadly. I argue that most analyses of both Schwab's and Tyler's work are built not on their own life-projects and writings, but developed from blinkered readings of a narrow range of their writings selected to meet the needs of contemporary ideological debates. When we see the work of both Schwab and Tyler within the…
Teacher Education in Professional Learning Communities
Mass upper-secondary and tertiary education
We have been re-reading two JCS papers on ‘science for all’ by the late Peter Fensham (Fensham, 1974, 1985; see also Fensham, 1990, 1996a, 2008, 2012, 2022). Although centred on Fensham’s battles f
Pedagogy (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Curriculum (6 obras) · Mathematics education (5 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Curriculum development (3 obras) · Curriculum studies (3 obras) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (3 obras)