Abstract
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.
Highlights
The annual International Conference “Prospect Svobodny” organized by Siberian Federal University, Russia aims at involving gifted students in research and innovative activities and at intensifying the scholarly endeavors of post-graduate students and young scholars
The goal of the honors session was achieved, as the directions of developing honors students’ personal and professional skills by means of interdisciplinary research were discussed in various aspects
The results prove that the global honors community can be strengthened through honors sessions at international student conferences, such as “Prospect Svobodny 2019.”
Summary
The annual International Conference “Prospect Svobodny” organized by Siberian Federal University, Russia aims at involving gifted students in research and innovative activities and at intensifying the scholarly endeavors of post-graduate students and young scholars. Upon the launch of the SibFU Honors College, an honors session was integrated into the program of the Conference as one of its special events. The objectives of the honors session include discussing the results of honors students’ research activities, identifying the most promising directions of international interdisciplinary research for honors students, exchange of experiences with and ideas about honors students’ best practices in project management, and discussing the directions of developing honors students’ personal and professional skills by means of interdisciplinary research. With SibFU Honors College being one of the pioneers of honors education in the Russian Federation (Tarasova, 2019), the results of the discussion that took place at the honors session allowed the college to define the strategies and tactics of applying international educational honors standards to the practices of Russian universities and understanding the overall importance of honors programs for both individual development and personal enhancement of gifted and talented students.
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