Hothousing is a form of education for children involving intense study of a topic intended to stimulate the child's mind, with the goal of pushing normal or bright children to a level of intellectual functioning above the norm. Advocates argue the practice is essential for the brightest children to flourish intellectually, while critics argue it can do more harm than good and may lead a child to abandon the subject studied under such a scheme later in life. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimThe goal is to take normal or bright children and boost them to a level of intellectual functioning above the norm. 1 Sources
1. Hothousing (Wikipedia)
Development section
It was Irving Sigel who first introduced the term hothousing in 1987
Development section, second paragraph
The goal is to take normal or bright children and boost them to a level of intellectual functioning above the norm.
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