In the Southern part of Norway, many secondary school pupils drop out due to lack of motivation. Our project aims to enhance pupils’ desire to learn and to complete their education. Here, we investigate possible change in motivation after implementation of an intervention. We specifically focus on pupils’ …

To tackle the continuous criticism of a lack of coherence and being disconnected from practice, teacher education programs have started to focus on the study and practice of teaching on campus. Yet, without theory, candidates may develop a technical view of teaching, lacking the understanding of the …

Workshop

In J. Bauer, The integrated world of excellence. Symposium op het tweejaarlijks internationaal congres European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI): Responsible teaching and sustainable learning, München, Duitsland, augustus 2013.

Teaching strategies to elicit excellence in higher education.In L. McAlpine (Chair), An international perspective on stimulating excellence in higher education. Symposium: An international perspective on stimulating excellence in higher education, conducted at the biennale meeting of the European Association …

Pedagogy for gifted and talented students in higher education is the main topic of this study. Teachers of educational programmes designed for talented or highly motivated students in higher education (here called honours programmes) are challenged to stimulate students to increase the quality of their …