In the Netherlands, and in many other countries, teacher policy and teacher education are strongly focused on ensuring that teachers meet certain minimum standards. As all student teachers need to meet these standards, teacher education programmes might put the main emphasis on the ‘average’ student …

According to the Dutch Ministry of Education ten percent of all students in higher education have to participate in a program that promotes excellence by 2014. This as the utterance of the ambition of the government and business to be part of the top five world knowledge economies. In this explorative …

Young musicians at the conservatoire: talent or attainment? The mastery of a music instrument comes after many hours of practice: on the average 10,000. It should therefore be no surprise that most great musicians started their studies at an early age. Moreover, the technical achievement of playing a …

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

Theatre of improvisation: creative session.Conference on evoking Excellence in Higher Education and Beyond. Groningen, Hanzehogeschool, 5 oktober 2012.Om creativiteit te stimuleren, wordt op het Hanze Institute of Technology in Assen les gegeven in improvisatietheater. Studenten volgen workshops met …

Profiel excellente professional.Discussion, International Conference on evoking Excellence in Higher Education and Beyond. Groningen, Hanzehogeschool, 5 oktober 2012.

Poster presentation, International Conference on evoking Excellence in Higher Education and Beyond. Groningen, Hanzehogeschool, 4 oktober 2012.

The Excellent International Business Professional.Presentation, International Conference on evoking Excellence in Higher Education and Beyond. Groningen, Hanzehogeschool, 4 oktober 2012

Poster presentation.