Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify which knowledge, skills and behaviors are used to describe excellent performance in professional communication. As the demand for talented communication professionals increases, organizations and educators need an empirically defined set of performance …

Background Over the past few years, the complexity of the health care system in which nurses are required to practice has increased considerably, magnifying the need for excellent professionals with a specific set of knowledge, skills and attitudes. However, the characteristics that distinguish an excellent …

UNIDO and the Energy Academy Europe (EAE) / New Energy Coalition, a centre of excellence on energy located in Groningen, the Netherlands joint forces to enhance the understanding of innovative energy solutions and to contribute to building new capacities for promoting green industry and sustainable energy …

Van honoursprogramma’s wordt verwacht dat zij bijdragen aan een ambitieusstudieklimaat - een Cultuur van Excellentie (CvE). Maar wat is een cultuur vanexcellentie en hoe kan dit gemeten worden? In deze bijdrage presenteren we deontwikkeling van een meetinstrument om cultuur van excellentie te meten: …

Students differ in their learning preferences. Research (Mooij & Fettelaar, 2010) shows that talented students will lower their ambitions and seek out new ambitions outside education when not being challenged within education. When students are more intrinsically motivated this improves their well-being …

Excellence by teaching strategy: autonomy and structure in balance for every student. Presentation at the International Honours Conference, Windesheism University of Applied Sciences, June 2017

Bevordering van excellentie in het onderwijs is in Nederland al langer “hot”, maar niet in het mbo. Daar komt verandering in. Veel scholen, waaronder ROC Midden Nederland (ROCMN), vroegen subsidie aan om uitdagende programma’s te realiseren voor studenten die meer willen. Een interessante ontwikkeling …