Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood
by Alissa Quart
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+/None
- ISBN 10
- 0143111914
- ISBN 13
- 9780143111917
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Synopsis
A devastating indictment of the ?gifted child? mythThe effort to produce ?gifted? children through an exhausting regimen of early (and ever-earlier) training has grown into a troubling national phenomenon. With less free playtime and overwhelming pressure to achieve, the kids are the ones who suffer. Investigative journalist Alissa Quart knows the terrain firsthand, having herself negotiated the gifted-child label. With phenomenal research and sharp insight, she takes a damning look at the industry that profits from marketing educational products to enhance giftedness and questions the correlation between rigorous early enrichment and higher achievement. A thoughtful, sometimes critical look at the excessive ambition foisted upon children, Hothouse Kids is essential reading for parents, teachers, and anyone concerned about education.
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- Books End Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 161739
- Title
- Hothouse Kids: How the Pressure to Succeed Threatens Childhood
- Author
- Alissa Quart
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143111914
- ISBN 13
- 9780143111917
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- July 2007
- Pages
- 272
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...