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The project CoTalent (Working in Europe to Connect Talent development in higher education) addresses the problem that talented students in European higher education are not sufficiently challenged. As a consequence, young people do not fully develop their talents and the skills they need to have an excellent start in society. They might even drop out of education. Europe cannot afford to lose these talents.The overall aim of this project is therefore to help talented young people reach their full potential so they can positively contribute to solutions of societal problems and challenges. We therefore need to systemize the way in which we challenge students to develop their talent while in higher education. The best way to handle this problem is to better equip teachers. Teachers need to develop specific skills and need to experience how other colleagues in other cultures and educational circumstances intervene in the process of talent development.Nine organisations strongly committed to talent development have therefore developed tools that can help teachers in higher education spot and stimulate talents. The CoTalent team has created an e-learning environment, which consists of three main elements (Intellectual Outputs):1. The MeTalent Mirror. This is a set of tools to help teachers to self-evaluate and develop their views towards talent development. The three main tools are the Roadmap tool (a broad self-evaluation tool), Characteristics tool (a teaching-specific self-evaluation tool), and Stereotype tool (a classroom assignment with students). All tools are published in English, with the Roadmap and Stereotype Tool also available in German, Danish, Dutch and Romanian.2. The YouTalent Spotter. This is a set of tools to help teachers spot talented students. The four main tools are Talent Spotting list, Entrepreneurial Talent Toolkit, Poster Tool and Writing Tool. The first two are for use by teachers; while the latter two allow students to show their skills. They are all available in English, German, Danish, Dutch and Romanian.3. The CoTalent e-Library. This is an e-learning environment, offering teachers information about didactics and pedagogical methods as well as practice-based tools to let their talented students flourish. The e-library’s main element is a series of 35 short instructive and inspirational co-created videos related to talent development and honors education. All videos are accompanied by background information, reflective questions and references (available in English).All tools were developed in co-creation, with teachers and students working together on an equal basis, guided by researchers. A core group of around 50 teachers and students worked on the tools in three task groups. Two week-long CoTalent Workshops were milestone events in the co-creation process. A dedicated Quality Assurance task group focused on evaluations, progress reporting and impact measurements, all aiming to bring the best possible products to a targeted audience of teachers.Over a thousand people directly benefited from or were targeted by the CoTalent activities, which included nine Multiplier Events. Thousands more were reached through the project website. In disseminating the tools, we have directly reached (in meetings) an audience from at least 22 countries. Through the website we reached over 100 countries in total.The project has put the subject of talent development firmly on the internal agenda of the partner institutions, with some of them starting or developing new programs. Also, other institutions informed us they were inspired by the project to develop a new focus on talent development and start programs.The CoTalent website www.cotalent.eu integrates all tools and serves as a living e-library which can be further developed. It will continue to be hosted by lead partner Hanze UAS. Further development will be coordinated by associate partner European Honors Council, which will encourage teachers, students and all others interested in talent development to keep on meeting, researching, exchanging and adding, in order for Europe to develop its talents to the max.
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