Platform for honours information & discussion in Europe

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Platform for honours information

& discussion in Europe

International collaboration in honours - Panel meeting

Windesheim conference

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Session hosted by Editorial Board of the JEHC:

• Dr. Pierre van Eijl, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

• Dr. Astrid Fritz, Austrian Research and Support Center for the Gifted and Talented (OEZBF), Austria; European Honors Council Research Commissioner

• Dr. Maarten Hogenstijn, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands; European Honors Council Secretary (copy editor)

• Prof. Dr. Albert Pilot, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

• Drs. Annelies Riteco, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, the Netherlands • Dr. Marca Wolfensberger, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen and

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Discussing other platforms and outlets to

share information in and beyond the

honors community

Session in two parts:

-Presentation

-Discussion

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Network goals

1. Supporting and stimulating development of honors education and its

structural embeddedness in the education system

2. Creating a common language

3. Supporting teacher professionalization (within honors)

4. Creation and exchange of knowledge about honors programs 5. Stimulating and facilitating research about honors

6. Enabling networking for people involved in honors

7. Stimulating spin-off of successful honors practices to regular education 8. Promoting an easier flow of talented students from secondary to higher education

9. Stimulating professional development of honors students and connection to working life / research career

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Journal

• _{First plan: publishing proceedings on EHC website}

• _{New plan: Journal}

The aim of the Journal of the European Honors Council is to

share research results, knowledge and good practices related

to talent development and honors programs in European

higher education.

• _{Published online in full open access}

• _{Peer-reviewed papers and edited notes}

• _{Structural connection to annual International Honors}

Conferences in the Netherlands (for now!)

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Devoted to papers and notes related to the

International Honors Conference ‘Honors

Futures’, held in Utrecht in June 2016

• 67 contributors asked to submit

• 23 expressions of interest

• 16 papers and notes finally published

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Discussion:

What specific themes and kinds of articles would you

like to see in the Journal?

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1. Dutch Honors Slack community

2. Belgian network

3. NCHC experience

4. European Honors Council newsletter

Followed by overall discussion

Part 2. Other platforms and outlets to share

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Dutch Honors Slack community

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Connecting Belgian honors programs

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National Collegiate Honors Council

(USA)

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Newsletter

• _{‘Presenting news,}

events and materials

to foster exchange in

the honors

community and

beyond’

• _{Sent out monthly to}

all EHC members

(around 160)

Discussion:

• _{Few member contributions - frequency and medium ok?}

• _{Relation to Journal – for example sharing best practices}

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Discussion statement 1

If honors is not on Facebook,

it does not exist

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Discussion statement 2

Every honors program should

make basic information

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Discussion statement 3

If honors does not radically

improve its appearance in

the media, it will disappear

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Discussion statement 4

Students should have a key

role in exchanging honors

experiences internationally

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