The articles written by Pierce and Kirschner may be of different genres, however the use of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos is still very prominent in the argument that each is making. Upon analyzing the text for Ethos, the reader can find that Kirschner goes above and beyond where Pierce falls short. The piece by Kirschner is targeted towards a scholarly audience and includes many examples of statistics and credible resources. The end of the article includes the references used throughout his argument and allows the reader to see where the information he is using originates from. Kirschner starts off the article by explaining the claim made about the existence of digital natives and their affect on the educational system and society as a generation. The claim he makes within the Abstract portion of the …show more content…
The problems with training teachers from different generations to work with new students is also referenced in the section 3 and 6 labeled “What does this mean for teachers and teacher training?” These sections discuss the strongest part of Kirschner’s argument about the absence of “digital natives” in the new generations. He supports his argument by explaining the consequences of changing the teaching styles in school, “A first element is that it will help teachers avoid the pitfall of assuming that their students possess talents and abilities that they do not actually have… A second element is that it may alleviate the widely held notion that if there is a generation of digital natives that is digitally proficient, then there is also a generation of digital immigrants that lacks this proficiency. This is not the case… (137). By including many pieces of hard evidence and research proving his argument and taking the question to a broader argument within education, Kirschner affectively applies Ethos in his