Trends of Research in the field of Curriculum Studies – India and Abroad (2000 to 2018)

The aim of the study is to determine trends of research in the field of curriculum studies at secondary level between 2000 to 2018 in India and Abroad and to examine these studies in terms of frequently used subject matter, frequently used research method, frequently used sample, trends in data collection tools and trends in data analysis methods. The objective is entirely based on literature review. Therefore, the various forms of published and unpublished documents related to curriculum at secondary level such as journals, articles, reports, projects, books, book chapters and thesis were collected. The publications were collected from the internet using the web platform Google Scholar. Content analysis took place in the content of the studies. It has been found that majority of studies were done on general curriculum, followed by subject curriculum & majority of studies used qualitative research method followed by quantitative and mixed method of research design & majority of the studies have chosen documents as a sample followed by stakeholders and combination of stakeholders and documents & most of the studies have used more than one self constructed tools in combination like questionnaire and interview, interview and observation, checklist and interview, interview, questionnaire and observation followed by studies that have used only one data collection tool & majority of studies have used qualitative analysis method including content analysis and descriptive analysis followed by quantitative data analysis method including percentage, standard deviation, graphic illustrations, correlation, t-test, ANOVA, structural Equivalency model and both qualitative and quantitative.