The purpose of this paper is to concentrate the acceptance of the American curriculum studies, picking up in 1970s West erman, and to consider how the American curriculum studies are realized comparing the German traditional „Lehrplan" studies. Until the 19th century, the „Lehrplan" studies, based on didactics, have been lead in curriculum studies. In the 20th century, the American curriculum studies rised, and the American curriculum studies lead today. The „Lehrplan" studies, based on uropean traditional didactics, and the American curriculum studies are regarded as two basic model in present curriculum studies. Since 1990s, the comparison aiming the partnership of this two basic models is picking up. Based on these things, in this paper I regard 1970s when empirical curriculum studies pick up in West Germany as the clue to consider the exchange of this two basic models.