Teaching for Excellence. Honors Pedagogies revealed
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Marca V.C. Wolfensberger
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Teaching for Excellence. Honors Pedagogies revealed
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Waxmann Verlag GmbH
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9783830978237
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English
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What exactly are the characteristics of honors pedagogy? What are the teaching strategies that are particularly relevant and successful for academically gifted and motivated students? In spite of the substantial body of literature about the practice of honors education, largely referring to the United States, very little systematic and empirical research has been done about honors pedagogy. This study contributes to a better understanding of honors pedagogies, focusing not just on what might distinguish honors teaching and learning from standard expectations and methodologies but also on how honors pedagogy offers both instructors and students an opportunity to fundamentally rethink their philosophy of education.
The present study points out the similar and different approaches and dispositions in American and Dutch honors teaching. Cultural differences, distinctive educational systems, and diverse priorities play a role in defining both the shared and unique perspectives on honors education in both countries. Therefore, a baseline comparison is made between American and Dutch honors teachers with respect to their teaching strategies.
Table of contents, List of tables, List of figures
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1 Introduction
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1.1 Research problem and research questions
14
1.2 Honors education
16
1.3 Conceptual issues
20
1.4 Relevance of this study
22
1.5 About this study
23
2 Honors teaching and the honors teacher, a literature survey
25
2.1 Introduction
25
2.2 Honors teaching
27
2.3 Honors teachers
42
3 Methods
50
3.1 Introduction
50
3.2 Questionnaire
51
3.3 Interviews
67
3.4 Methodological caveats and limitations
73
4 American honors teachers: thoughts about honors education
75
4.1 Introduction
75
4.2 Conceptions of teaching
75
4.3 Honors education
77
4.4 Motivation
84
4.5 Students
88
4.6 Conclusions
94
5 American honors teachers: approaches in honors education
95
5.1 Introduction
95
5.2 Honors classes and regular classes: priorities in teacher behavior
95
5.3 Teaching approaches – survey results
100
5.4 Teaching approaches – teachers’ stories
106
5.5 Conclusions
124
6 Dutch honors teachers – questionnaire results and comparisons
126
6.1 Introduction
126
6.2 Conceptions of teaching and learning
127
6.3 Motivation
130
6.4 Students
131
6.5 Honors teaching
136
6.6 Conclusion
146
7 Conclusions and discussion
147
7.1 Introduction
147
7.2 Conclusions
149
7.3 Discussion
157
Reference list
164
Summary
180
Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch)
191
Appendix 1 - Questionnaire
200
Appendix 2 – Statistical analyses
206
Acknowledgements
209
