In 2013, Amsterdam will be hosting the International Summit on the
Teaching Profession, initiatied by president Obama. This gives
higher education in the Netherlands all the more reason to gather
and analyze initiatives to shed light on excellent teaching
examples. One of them is the conference 'Evoking Excellence in Higher
Education and Beyond' at the Hanze in Groningen.
State-of-the-art research
This conference aims at bringing together groups of people from
various scientific knowledge domains and fields of practice, to
combine state-of-the-art research with practical applications. "We
aim to gain a more sophisticated understanding of how to evoke
excellence in higher education and beyond."
Interested parties are now invited to participate in the
conference by sending in the findings of their excellence
programmes. These findings may include case studies, empirical
research, work in progress or theoretical contributions. Lecturers,
teachers, students as well as policy makers are encouraged to
submit a proposal for the conference that will take
place on October 4th and 5th in Groningen.
The proposals for the conference are centered around several
themes defined below
Theme 1. Evoking excellence in talented and
motivated students. Aspects include teaching strategies, honours as
a teaching laboratory, assessment, the learning process and
environment, creating a culture of excellence and creating an
honours community.
Theme 2. Student perspectives: student
participation, recruitment and selection, honours students' needs
and learning strategies.
Theme 3. Connecting to the real world:
professional excellence, excellent performance in the work field,
relations between gifted/honours programmes in higher education and
the work field.
Theme 4. From an international perspective:
ethics and global citizenship in honours education, international
collaborations, and intercultural perspectives on excellence.
Theme 5. The integrated world of excellence:
gifted programs in primary, secondary and higher education and
their connections.
For submitting a proposal and more information on how to submit
a proposal, please refer to the proposal submission form. The deadline for applications is due on
the 7th of May.