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Nuno Crato. Eric "E. D." Donald Hirsch Jr. / hɜːrʃ / (born March 22 1928) is an American educator, literary critic, and theorist of education. [1] He is professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Virginia. [HirschPublications 1]
E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. He is the author of several acclaimed books on education in which he has persisted as a voice of reason making the case for equality of educational opportunity. A highly regarded literary critic and ...
E.D. Hirsch, Jr. (born March 22, 1928, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.) is an American literary critic and educator who is best known for his Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (1987). He also cowrote The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (1988; with Joseph F. Kett and James Trefil) and was the main editor of A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (1989).
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Mr Hirsch practices in the NHS at Oxford’s prestigious John Radcliffe Hospital as a Consultant gynaecologist and endometriosis specialist surgeon. He runs specialist clinics and theatre lists for advanced laparoscopic procedures, endometriosis, and hysteroscopy. He is an elected senior council member for the BSGE and chair of the national ...
Hirsch believes that most important educational objectives - reading, comprehension, critical thinking and problem solving - are functions of the breadth and depth of our knowledge. Knowledge begets more knowledge so there is a multiplier effect. But more than this, to thrive in a free and democratic society, children must secure a shared ...
The Core Knowledge Foundation is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and author of many acclaimed books on education. Dr. E. D. Hirsch, Jr. is the founder and chairman of the Core Knowledge Foundation.
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In his books, Hirsch writes as if every district, every school, and, indeed, every classroom teacher is free to interpret and teach the subject matter as their wills dictate. Based on this assumption, he believes there are insufficient pressures on teachers and schools to promote uniformity. Hirsch assumes, without evidence, that most classroom ...
