Het is tijd voor wetenschap & techniek in groep 1/2 van basisschool De Tamarisk. Alle kinderen zitten in een kring en de leerkracht zet een glas met water en een flesje met olie op een tafeltje in het midden van de kring. Samen met de leerlingen gaat zij onderzoeken wat er gebeurt als je olie bij het …

The target article describes an interesting study, which provides some challenging findings regarding athletes' pathway to excellence. The suggested links between critical life events, need for success, personal characteristics, and eventual performance level make sense from a psychodynamic perspective. …

Presentation at the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Initiatives focusing on talent development, excellence and honors in higher education have been on the rise throughout Europe over the last fifteen years. But a European network uniting these initiatives was still lacking. This gap is now filled with the creation of the European Honors Council (EHC). …

Poster presentation International Honours Conference, Utrecht. July 14th 2016

Discussions during International Honours Congress Utrecht, Utrecht. 2-3 June 2016. In this session we focused on honours students’ needs for autonomy. What do students want, expect and need from their teachers and what are the teachers’ views concerning this subject. The aim of this session is that both …

The Hanze University Groningen offers more than 60 different honours programmes for students who want to do more than the regular programme offers them. In these programmes, students are guided to become an excellent professional. Competencies defining an excellent professional were assessed in a previous …