In what way did scholars J. McVicker Hunt and Benjamin Bloom’s work on intelligence lay the foundation for programs such as Head start? Do you think their ideas are still influential today? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Hunt and Bloom argued that intelligence wasn’t fixed or static. Instead, they argued intelligence was malleable and could be increased given the right experiences and development. Their work set the stage for programs like Head Start that helped disadvantaged children get the educational services they needed and for the development of early intervention programs. They believed that poverty played a negative role in intellectual development, but that early and intensive programming could erase the deleterious effects of poverty. Answers to the second question will vary, but most students will note that their work is still infuential today since programs such as Head Start, Home Start, and Early Head Start focus on reaching low-income families with infants and toddlers.
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