1. Provenzo’s motivation for writing was to address the views of E.D Hirsch, who thought the current education curriculum was fragmented, and that there needed to be a national one to avoid that. Provenzo says in his writing that “whether the current curriculum in use in the schools across the country is adequate is of course open to debate… but to act as though there is not a de facto national curriculum is simply inaccurate”. He also says “Traditions, developmental patterns of students, textbook content, and national subject standards combine to create a fairly uniform national curriculum”, and “one need only look at standards in different subject areas in school districts across the country to realize the extent to which there is indeed a national curriculum”. These key sentences shows that Provenzo’s writing is to dispute E.D Hirsch’s claims that the curriculum is fragmented , and that there is a
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The writer wants readers to first acknowledge Hirsch’s claims , but then introduces key focus points such as, when material is introduced to students during certain ages and grade levels , the similar textbooks used, and standards nationwide create don’t create a “fragmented” curriculum. These factors create an unspoken uniformity amongst all the schools across the country.
3. What is the main point of the writing? Well in one sentence its “Hirsch’s complaint that there is no national curriculum is not motivated by a desire to establish one, but rather a desire to establish a curriculum that reflects his cultural and ideological orientation”. In the writers opinion Hirsch’s mission was less insincere and more so political.
4. Considering the topic which is discussing the education systems curriculum, the uniformity, or in E.D Hirsch’s case the lack of, and the statements to defend each view. This is a conversation that would typically be held amongst educators and politicians, or other intellectuals/ professionals who had personal investment in the education
The writer wants readers to first acknowledge Hirsch’s claims , but then introduces key focus points such as, when material is introduced to students during certain ages and grade levels , the similar textbooks used, and standards nationwide create don’t create a “fragmented” curriculum. These factors create an unspoken uniformity amongst all the schools across the country.
3. What is the main point of the writing? Well in one sentence its “Hirsch’s complaint that there is no national curriculum is not motivated by a desire to establish one, but rather a desire to establish a curriculum that reflects his cultural and ideological orientation”. In the writers opinion Hirsch’s mission was less insincere and more so political.
4. Considering the topic which is discussing the education systems curriculum, the uniformity, or in E.D Hirsch’s case the lack of, and the statements to defend each view. This is a conversation that would typically be held amongst educators and politicians, or other intellectuals/ professionals who had personal investment in the education