Promoting talent development in honours: The Honours Experience
In recent years many honours programmes were introduced at universities and colleges in the Netherlands (Van Eijl, Pilot & Wolfensberger, 2010). An important goal of these programmes is to stimulate students to more fully develop their talents. To get more insight in the process of talent develo...
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| description | In recent years many honours programmes were introduced at universities and colleges in the Netherlands (Van Eijl, Pilot & Wolfensberger, 2010). An important goal of these programmes is to stimulate students to more fully develop their talents. To get more insight in the process of talent development from the perspective of honours students, we started a project. Forty honours students and honours alumni from eleven different universities and eight of their teachers were interviewed about the development of their talents, why they participated in an honours programme and what their experiences were in those programmes (Van Eijl & Pilot, 2016). These interviews gave an in-depth picture of students’ honours experiences and thereby gave insight into the process of talent development. This process is represented by the Circle of Talent Development. In the second part of this paper (step 9b of the Circle) we focus on the use of honours as laboratory for 21st century skills and the dilemma of teachers between “control and letting go” are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5bcfd39d418c45979f5bd6a7cd1faabf2025-08-20T03:56:18ZengEuropean Honors CouncilJournal of the European Honors Council2543-23112543-232X2017-04-011110.31378/jehc.4343Promoting talent development in honours: The Honours ExperiencePierre van Eijl0Albert Pilot1Vincent Gelink2Ninib Dibo3Utrecht University, The NetherlandsUtrecht University, The NetherlandsSaxion University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsSaxion University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsIn recent years many honours programmes were introduced at universities and colleges in the Netherlands (Van Eijl, Pilot & Wolfensberger, 2010). An important goal of these programmes is to stimulate students to more fully develop their talents. To get more insight in the process of talent development from the perspective of honours students, we started a project. Forty honours students and honours alumni from eleven different universities and eight of their teachers were interviewed about the development of their talents, why they participated in an honours programme and what their experiences were in those programmes (Van Eijl & Pilot, 2016). These interviews gave an in-depth picture of students’ honours experiences and thereby gave insight into the process of talent development. This process is represented by the Circle of Talent Development. In the second part of this paper (step 9b of the Circle) we focus on the use of honours as laboratory for 21st century skills and the dilemma of teachers between “control and letting go” are discussed.https://jehc.eu/index.php/jehc/article/view/43circle of talent developmenthonours programmeshigher educationmeeting challenges21st century skillsteacher dilemma |
| spellingShingle | Pierre van Eijl Albert Pilot Vincent Gelink Ninib Dibo Promoting talent development in honours: The Honours Experience Journal of the European Honors Council circle of talent development honours programmes higher education meeting challenges 21st century skills teacher dilemma |
| title | Promoting talent development in honours: The Honours Experience |
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| title_short | Promoting talent development in honours: The Honours Experience |
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| topic | circle of talent development honours programmes higher education meeting challenges 21st century skills teacher dilemma |
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