The Spring of 2020 brought many disruptions to our professional and personal lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic that forced worldwide mid-semester campus closures; pivoting of traditional, face-to-face classes to remote teaching and learning; and postponements or cancellations of conferences, workshops, …

This paper presents the application of theories and experiences in the day-to-day environment of honours education in a so-called honours learning environment. In 2009, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences (UAS) started with honours education. An important question from the start was: what characterizes …

We will share results of our research on how teachers tailor their teaching strategy to honors and regular students taking into account the learning preferences with regard to autonomy and structure as perceived by teachers. We explore how the research findings can be used for faculty development.

Students differ in their learning preferences. When students are more intrinsically motivated this improves their well-being and involvement (Levesque, Zuehlke, Stanek, & Ryan, 2004). Teaching highly motivated honors students places different demands on teachers (Wolfensberger, 2012). High motivated …

Het Nederlandse Hoger Onderwijs richt zich steeds meer op het bevorderen van excellentie onder studenten. Honoursprogramma’s en Colleges bieden talentvolle en gemotiveerde studenten nieuwe mogelijkheden. Volgens afspraken tussen het ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap en de Nederlandse universiteiten …

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 …