Paper presentation at the European Council of High Ability, Vienna, Austria. 2-5 March 2016.

Purpose Honours programs prepare talented students to become future excellent professionals . However, competences defining an excellent professional have not been elucidated yet. We investigated how professionals characterize an excellent communication professional, aiming to develop a competence profile …

Bringing excellence profiles into an honours curriculum. Presentation International Honors Conference Evoking Professional Excellence in Higher Education, Rotterdam, oktober 2013.

International learning community with the label of honours professional. Presentatie, Honours Conference, Hogeschool van Rotterdam. Rotterdam, 3 oktober.

Global-mindedness of undergraduate honours students.Presentation, Conference on evoking Excellence in Higher Education and Beyond. Groningen, Hanzehogeschool, 5 oktober 2012

Van latent talent naar excellent?Tijdens deze round table sessie zijn onder leiding van Tineke Kingma (coördinator van het Windesheim Honours Programma) en Arjen Dekker (student in dit programma) de ervaringen van studenten met het multidisciplianire Windesheim Honours programma Social Innovation besproken …

Teach to excel

The importance of international conferences in promoting excellence in honors education

Do honours programmes create a culture of excellence?

Pedagogy for gifted and talented students in higher education is the main topic of this study. Teachers of educational programmes designed for talented or highly motivated students in higher education (here called honours programmes) are challenged to stimulate students to increase the quality of their …