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Incubating Future Scholars in the Humanities: A Case Study of an Honors Program at Peking University
Shen, Yuting – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2022
The Humanities have an enduring role in improving society and people's well-being, yet there is a very limited discussion of how to foster talents in the Humanities. This case study scrutinized how an honors program in the Humanities can enhance the academic potential of gifted undergraduates at an elite university in China. The results indicate…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Honors Curriculum, Selective Admission, Universities
Breeze, Maddie; Johnson, Karl; Uytman, Clare – Teaching in Higher Education, 2020
This article considers support programmes for direct entrant (DE) student transitions as a widening participation strategy. We reflect upon one induction and support project with 27 students transitioning from further education into the second year of undergraduate social science degree programmes in a Scottish university. We use focus group data…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, College Attendance, Undergraduate Students
Kim, Kyung Hi – Education as Change, 2017
By adopting Sen's capability approach, this study explores transformative educational actions for children in poverty to develop their capabilities for learning for life. Sen's capability approach provides a framework for why it is important to foster the capabilities of children in poverty and what is required to help these children to improve…
Descriptors: Poverty, Transformative Learning, Equal Education, Lifelong Learning
Arimoto, Akira – Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2015
Active learning is now gradually being adopted in many universities and colleges in Japan. This follows the release of the 2012 Central Council of Education (CCE) report that emphasized the need to introduce active learning and to reinforce educational management in academia. As a result, one of the most important problems in Japan's higher…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Field Studies
Doe, Christine – Language Testing, 2014
Tests measuring academic language are traditionally associated with visible, high-stakes decisions of whether or not English language learners are admitted to post-secondary institutions. However, a new form of assessment in higher education is now gaining prominence. Post-entry (or post-enrolment) language assessments (PELA) determine the…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Diagnostic Tests, English Language Learners, Language Tests
Skorinko, Jeanine L.; Doyle, James K.; Tryggvason, Gretar – Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 2012
It has long been recognized that engineers need a variety of skills, including technical and social, to succeed professionally. Attempts to include social skills (i.e., communication, teamwork, and leadership) in engineering education are relatively recent (i.e., within the last decade). Thus, the current study investigates whether social goals…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Outcomes of Education, Engineering Education, Robotics
Ryan, David; Wilson, Joanne – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
A unique talent development project took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland over the autumn (fall) term of 2007 that developed 60 young people from ten diverse schools (Special, Secondary, Grammar, Controlled (state schools) and Catholic Maintained). The project culminated in Manchester on 3 December 2007 when the Young People undertook a journey…
Descriptors: State Schools, Program Descriptions, Athletes, Foreign Countries
Goldner, Limor; Mayseless, Ofra – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
The quality of the relationships that mentors forge with their proteges is assumed to significantly affect the success of mentoring interventions. Building on previous research, this study examined the association between relationship qualities and protege functioning. Multiple reporters (e.g., mentors, proteges and teachers) were used in a…
Descriptors: Research Design, Mentors, Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries