Dutch universities strive for best practices in fostering
education excellence. The three universities in Amsterdam, VU, UvA
and AUC, attempted this already by implementing Honors programs
which brought about innovative initiatives like the Learning Lab. The liberal arts college,
Roosevelt Academy, too is involved in this discussion with its
summer program on teaching excellence. Now, the Hanze University
of Applied Sciences Groningen invites experts to a conference to
discuss practices.
International Conference on Excellence
You are interested in knowledge-sharing on education for
talented and motivated students.
Researchers, practitioners and policy makers from all around the
world will meet each other at this first international conference
on honors education and excellence. Recent research and good
practices will be presented and discussed. Conference venue: the
medieval city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Proposals can be submitted before May 7 2012. Please refer to
our conference website and join us on linked in.
We welcome a wide range of research and good practices focusing
on education for gifted and motivated students from primary,
secondary and higher education and beyond:
- 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
- Student perspectives: student participation, recruitment and
selection, talented students' needs and learning strategies
- 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
- From an international perspective: ethics and global
citizenship in honours/gifted education, international
collaborations, and intercultural perspectives on excellence
- The integrated world of excellence: gifted programs in primary,
secondary and higher education and their connections