scholarly journals Highlights of the 2019 honors session at the International Students’ Conference in Siberian Federal University, Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Maria Tarasova
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Christian University ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Honors Education ◽  
University Of New Mexico ◽  
Western Michigan University ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Learner Agency

In honors education, creating a community of talented and ambitious students is a goal of primary importance. Honors sessions at international conferences contribute to globalization of the honors community and offer opportunities for starting the dialogue between honors students of different universities and diverse academic fields. The current note provides insight into the discussion at the honors session organized by SibFU Honors College at the international students’ conference “Prospect Svobodny 2019” at the premises of Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The author describes the results of the interdisciplinary research activities presented at the session by honors students from Texas Christian University, Western Michigan University, University of New Mexico, Lamar University, and Siberian Federal University. The note reveals how the honors students’ sessions become forums for reflecting on the value of learner agency and also for exploring the areas of prospective collaboration in interdisciplinary research for honors students worldwide.

scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Learning: A Strategy of Chinese Honors Education for providing depth and scale of learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Jing-Jia Ye ◽  
Li-Min Qiu ◽  
Xiao-Wu Tang
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Honors Programs ◽  
Interdisciplinary Training ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Honors Education ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
Problem Solvers

Chu Kochen Honors College (CKC) offers a series of honors programs for talented and motivated students from all academic disciplines of Zhejiang University (ZJU). The Honors Programs offer both general education and interdisciplinary learning. Through the customized curriculum and interdisciplinary training, honors students will be required to push themselves academically and strive for excellence. Students enrolled in honors programs are encouraged to become independent thinkers and creative problem solvers.

Learning Transdisciplinary Collaboration: Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Successes and Areas for Improvement in Transdisciplinary, Problem-Focused Honors Seminar Courses

2021 ◽  
pp. 1932202X2110611
Author(s):  
Anne-Lise Velez ◽  
Stephanie N. Lewis ◽  
Raymond C. Thomas ◽  
Desen S. Ozkan
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Research University ◽  
Mission Statement ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Global Context ◽  
College Mission ◽  
Faculty Relationships ◽  
Competency Based

The honors college at a large land-grant research university developed transdisciplinary courses to provide undergraduate opportunities for small, student-centered classes and collaborative problem engagement in a global context. In these courses, students engage principles of competency-based education and inquiry-based learning combined with instruction in transdisciplinarity and decision-making tied to the college mission statement and course learning outcomes. As an observational study, we surveyed 91 honors students from 12 transdisciplinary courses over three semesters, asking five-point Likert scale questions and open-ended perspective questions at the beginning and end of each semester. Participants predominantly identified as White (74%), male (57%), senior-level students (67%), and represent 34 majors. Findings emphasize outcomes of lasting faculty relationships and opportunities to explore interests outside students’ majors, which respondents report influencing their academic development. Students also report areas for curricular improvement in developing research skills and engaging problem-focused experiences. We describe new offerings made to address findings.

Organization of Research Activities as a Factor in Increasing the Efficiency of Training International Students in Host Russian Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1174-1187
Author(s):  
Alexander B. Shatilov ◽  
Pavel B. Salin ◽  
Vladimir V. Bondarenko ◽  
Maria A. Tanina ◽  
Vera A. Yudina
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Russian Universities

It's About Time An Undergraduate Honors Course on the Topic of Time

KronoScope ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Basic Structure ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Special Topic ◽  
University Of Central Florida ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Special Events ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Nature Of Time ◽  
The University

AbstractThis paper presents information concerning a specific undergraduate honors course on the interdisciplinary topic of time. True to the cross-cutting nature of time, the course was both led by and primarily taught by two professors from the distinctly different disciplines of information systems and psychology, respectively. It was offered as a special topic honors course in the Burnett Honors College at the University of Central Florida whose rubric ensured that enrollment was limited to a maximum of twenty undergraduate, honors students only. Additionally, selected auditors were allowed to attend specific, special events. The ceiling on enrollment proved critical since it allowed for a broad, discussion-based exploration of time, led on a number of occasions by specialist guest lecturers drawn from the arts, the sciences, and other speakers from well beyond the traditional confines of academe. There was a high demand for, and an excellent reception of, the course as offered. Due to the external constraints of the two professors involved, it proved to be a unique offering. However, the following description is provided for use by other teachers and professors who might wish to peruse and adopt the basic structure and/or some of the content that was collected and created.

scholarly journals Honors College Students' Adjustment Factors and Academic Success: Advising Implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Christina Clark ◽  
Alan Schwitzer ◽  
Tisha Paredes ◽  
Tim Grothaus
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
College Choice ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Honors College ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Adjustment Factors ◽  
Honors College Students

We examined first-semester adjustment among students in and out of an honors college because honors college participants receive relatively little attention in the advising literature. As expected, honors college students earned relatively high grades and were associated with high retention rates. Two noncognitive factors predicted these differences: self-confidence and external influences on college choice. In an interesting finding, honors students expressed less self-confidence and placed greater importance on external college-choice factors than their high-achieving peers outside the honors college. Implications for the support of honors students and their peers are discussed.

Honors International Faculty Learning Online (HIFLO 2020): A model for honors online professional development

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
John Zubizarreta ◽  
Beata Jones ◽  
Marca Wolfensberger
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Talent Development ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
International Faculty ◽  
Christian University ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Honors Education ◽  
Faculty Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

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, and other professional development events. One example of the breakdown of scheduled opportunities for us as honors colleagues to gather in-person to enhance our practices and strengthen our community was the cancellation of the 2020 International Conference on Talent Development and Honors Education in Groningen, the Netherlands, originally slated for June 10-12  but moved to  June 16-18, 2021. Immediately following the 2020 conference, we (the authors) had planned to offer the fifth Honors International Faculty Institute (HIFI), an international and highly interactive occasion for honors and talent development teachers, researchers, and leaders to engage in presentations, experiential activities, place-as-text explorations, collaborative group work, reflective exercises, and showcases designed to improve teaching, learning, and programming in honors. Suddenly, the coronavirus upended our world, and we had to reimagine the institute that we had previously organized four times alternately at Hanze University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) and Texas Christian University (USA). Putting aside the disappointment of the moment and recognizing the value of coming up with an alternative to HIFI that would ensure the safety and health of our honors colleagues, we decided to create a fully online version with free registration to encourage participation and create resources accessible to all members of our international community. We wanted to highlight the challenges of how all of us unexpectedly had to pivot to remote teaching and learning as the global pandemic intensified, but we also wanted to share information, experiences, and models that could open new avenues for  operationalizing online honors education more generally beyond the COVID-19 crisis. We wanted, in other words, to explore how honors pedagogy could (and maybe should) be adapted to the increasingly online world of primary, secondary, and higher education. Thus, HIFLO 2020 was born! HIFLO stands for Honours International Faculty Learning Online.

scholarly journals Practice-oriented Approach to Development of Leadership Competencies of Honors Students: the Project «The Territory of Intellectual and Liberal Inventions»

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 1331-1341
Author(s):  
Tatyana V. Sedykh ◽  
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Vera V. Korshunova ◽  
Alina A. Sosnovskaia ◽  
Polina N. Grigorovech ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Student Leadership ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Competencies Development ◽  
Honors College Students ◽  
Oriented Approach

This article presents the results of the study dedicated to the development of leadership competencies of the students with high academic achievements based on the practice-oriented approach. The authors of the paper reveal the features of the development of leadership competencies of Honors College students based on a practice-oriented approach, present the theoretical justification and description of the project «The Territory of Intellectual and Liberal Inventions», develop the specific character of gamification of the process of development leadership competencies among students of the Honors College. The main methods of this study were a review of theoretical works devoted to leadership and leadership competencies, circumstances of the educational environment of the Honors College, and theory and practice of gamification; a survey of Siberian Federal University Honors students; substantiation, description and creating of the project «The Territory of Intellectual and Liberal Inventions»; a design of a gamification model of student leadership competencies’ development process; a pilot experiment of this model, an analysis of the experiment results. The results of the conducted research reveal that the development of leadership competencies among gifted students based on a practice-oriented approach is actually and widely discussed by the educational community. The use of gamification allows intensifying the passing of the studied process. The materials of this article may be essential and beneficial for the researchers of development of leadership competencies, as well as for comparative studies in the field of teaching gifted students

scholarly journals Exploratory Honors Students: Academic Major and Career Decision Making

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessie Carduner ◽  
Gary M. Padak ◽  
Jamie Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Freshman Year ◽  
Honors College ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Decision Making Processes

In this qualitative study, we investigated the academic major and career decision-making processes of honors college students who were declared as “exploratory” students in their freshman year at a large, public, midwestern university. We used semistandardized interviews and document analysis as primary data collection methods to answer four research questions. Results indicated that the 17 participants used aspects of rational choice and alternate models in making decisions. They perceived both advantages and disadvantages of their multipotentiality and developed strategies, such as selecting broad or multiple majors, to offset the disadvantages. Students consulted college academic advisors less than expected when making decisions, and they expressed more concern about happiness than either job availability or earnings than did students in other studies.

scholarly journals Advising in Undergraduate Honors Programs: A Learner-Centered Approach

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Dey Huggett
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Honors Students ◽  
Honors Programs ◽  
Effective Practice ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Honors Education ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
New Perspective

Findings from a study of undergraduate honors education introduce a new perspective into the debate over approaches to academic advising. Learner-centered advising emerged as a key attribute of high-quality honors programs. The learner-centered approach is consistent with a range of advising approaches and styles because through it advisors retain emphasis on student-learning experiences and development. Insights on existing advising perspectives and recommendations for advising honors students are discussed. Advisors and administrators are encouraged to examine both practice and underlying philosophy while conducting further research to develop advising theory that will inform effective practice.

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