Acknowledgment

Steering Committee 

Evelyn Baumgartner, EU co-coordinator, Board of Education of Upper Austria

Loubna Boughabi, master in speech therapist and coordinator at Pôle territorial WBE Liège, l’Envol

Fiona Buidin, M.A. in Science of Education and Management of Socio-Educational organisations, ATE in Linguistics & Literary Studies, M.A. and B.A. in Linguistics & Literary Studies. Head of International Cell at WBE, Brussels, Belgium.

Amélie CATHIER, MA, European Project Manager, Apreca

Rodrigue Collard, techno-pedagogical trainer and e-learning manager at Wallonie-Bruxelles-Enseignement

Valērijs Dombrovskis, assistant professor and director of the bachelor’s programme “Business Psychology”, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, Riga, Latvia

Cecilia Eriksson, Dr. med sci., MSc., Assistant Principal at Sjölins Gymnasium Malmö, part of the Sjölins National Case Methodology group. Sjölins Gymnasium Malmö, Malmö, Sweden.

OStR Mag. Gisela Gutjahr, EU coordinator, Board of Education of Upper Austria

Sabine Haot, Project manager at Wallonie-Bruxelles-Enseignement

Piet IJkema, Teacher Art & Design, Teacher Excellence Education Alfa-college Vocational Education, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Janet Jansen, Bachelor of Education: general economy. Master Educational Leadership. Programme manager Excellence Education Alfa-college Vocational Education, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Dr. Ulrike Moser, Talente Upper Austria, Specialist in Gifted Education

Dr. Emilie Schmetz, neuropsychologist, collaborator at Pôle territorial WBE Liège, l’Envol

Dr. Cordula Stroh, Welios Science Centre, Wels, Austria

Nellija Titova, docent, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, Riga, Latvia 

Mārtiņš Veide, associate professor, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, Riga, Latvia

Moana Widell, M.A. Upper Secondary Education: focusing on Computer Science, Programming and Business Studies. B.A. in Informatics, specialization in Systems Architecture. Internationalisation Strategist at AcadeMedia’s Theoretical Upper Secondary Schools. AcadeMedia, Stockholm, Sweden.

Christophe Wells, M. Ed, European Project Manager, APRECCA, France

Experts and teachers

DI Dr. Wolfgang Aschauer, physical didactic department, PH Upper Austria

Audrey Dubois, Teacher and Collaborator at Pôle territorial WBE Hainaut Centre

Duarte Duarte, M.A. Upper Secondary Education: focusing on Computer Science. Teacher trainer, Escola de Loulé, Portugal.

Prof. Dr. Kurt Haim, chemical didactic department, PH Upper Austria

Frida Pernesten, M.A. Upper Secondary Education: focusing on Literature and Religious Studies, responsible for the Sjölins National Case Methodology group. Sjölins Gymnasium Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden.

Paulo Ribero, M.A. Upper Secondary Education: focusing on Computer Science. International coordinator, Escola de Loulé, Portugal.

Mag. Jochen Rauber, Walli coordinator BRG Wels Wallerstraße, Austria

Dr. Günter Schmid, external expert; founder of the Sir Karl Popper School for talented learners in Vienna, Austria

Mag. Michaela Schwinghammer, Cool Lab, Johannes Kepler University, Upper Austria

Prof. Dr. Mag. Ramona Uhl, Pedagogical University Upper Austria

Gustav Wetterlind, M.A. Upper Secondary Education: focusing on English and Religious Studies, M.A. History of Religions, Stockholm university. Former student of Sjölins Gymnasium. Part of the Sjölins National Case Methodology group. Sjölins Gymnasium Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden.

Special thanks

Austria

We want to thank all the Austrian partner organisations involved in the project – the Ministry of Education of Austria, especially Mag.a Or.in Franziska Staber. In Upper Austria, we say thank you to the following institutions: the Board of Education Upper Austria, especially Mag. Dr. Alfred Klampfer BA – head of the Board, Talente Upper Austria, Welios Science Center, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Pedagocical University Upper Austria for the fruitful collaboration.

We are deeply grateful for the intense work done by the following schools: BRG Wels Wallererstraße, Franziskusgym Wels and Stiftsgymnasium Schlierbach.

We want to mention special persons for their dedication to the project:

• Ms Karin Hauer, project accountant

• Mag. Herbert Meschuh, video producer

• Andreas Stroh, video producer

The most special thanks go to Reg.R. Mag.a Gisela Gutjahr for initiating, conducting and concluding the whole project successfully.

Belgium

We would like to give a specific and grateful thanks to Sabine Haot who successfully piloted the project in WBE and managed to gather a multiple talented team around this project.

We would also like to thank Thierry Marchand from MY for his insights and very useful contribution to the TLA that was organised in Brussels as well as Audrey Dubois teacher and collaborator at the Pôle territorial WBE Hainaut centre for her help, support and first reflections on the Belgian contribution, Tessa Kieboom for her listening ear and insights, Laurent Di Pasquale for welcoming us in his classroom, his availability and valuable collaboration and Valérie Gilot for her on field research on flexible classrooms and practical help on the development of film equipment.

We are also very grateful to the team of Pôle territorial WBE Liège for their contribution to the content, their active participation in the pilot-training and their huge support.

Also, we would like to acknowledge the participation of following teachers to the TLA’s on a voluntary basis and in addition to their work in the classroom. Thanks to : Benjamin Buys, Gwennael Collart, Nathalie Dillen-Salengros, Valérie Gilot, Didier Guissard, Brice Hannoul, Thibaut Marien, Anne-Sophie Van Meerbeek and Gabrielle Wislez.

A specific thanks to Nathalie Dillen-Salengros, french teacher at the Athénée Royal de Hannut, and Anne-Sophie Van Meerbeek, chemistry and mathematics teacher at the Athénée Royal Prince Baudouin, for each testing extensively the pedagogy of honour and the case-methodology in their classroom, their dynamism in implementing those and contributing intensively to the pilot-training.

Finally we want to thank all the Belgian colleagues and partner organisations involved directly or indirectly in the project.

France

We would like to thank Didier CARDON MSc, former Vice-president of the Regional Government in Picardie in charge of Education & Lifelong Learning for his invaluable feedback on our pedagogical models.

We would also like to thank Paul REYNOLDS MA for his input into the TLA process and his proof-reading of the Educational Talents Resources.

Latvia

We express our profound appreciation to the leadership of the following institutions in Latvia, whose strategic and operational support was critical to the successful implementation of the project:

• RISEBA University of Applied Sciences – for joining the consortium as an official project partner and for providing qualified academic and research staff for the development and dissemination of project results.

• Rīgas 72. vidusskola – for supporting teacher participation and authorising the piloting of various teaching methods.

• Rīgas Juglas vidusskola – for supporting teacher participation and authorising the piloting of various teaching methods.

Their institutional commitment has significantly contributed to the contextual adaptation and sustainability of the project within the Latvian education system.

In addition, we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to the teachers Anastasija Panteļejeva (Rīgas Juglas vidusskola, Latvia), Arina Sibirina (Rīgas 72. vidusskola, Latvia), and Aleksandrs Semjonovs (Rīgas 72. vidusskola, Latvia) for their active involvement and for piloting the proposed methods in practice.

Netherlands

Special thanks for their valuable contributions to the project go to Tessie van den Brink, Jan daan Westhof, Annelies Nijboer and Piet IJkema.

Sweden

We are very grateful and would like to thank Jimmy Rosengren, Director of Education at Academedia Theoretical upper secondary schools, who was the one believing in our project “Educating Talents” and making us all be able to contribute and apply for the project. We would also like to thank Ingrid Crabo, Head of Schools for Sjölins upper secondary schools,  for supporting the coordination of the entire project, making headmasters, teachers and staff aware of the need of supporting talented learners and spreading the outcomes among the schools of Sjölins. We would like to extend our sincere thank you to the five principals of our Sjölins upper secondary schools, for their invaluable support in making it possible to present and share our Sjölins case methodology. An extra warm thank you to our three principals in Stockholm who kindly made their schools available for the very successful TLA session we had in Stockholm. Your generosity helped create a professional and welcoming space for sharing and learning. 

We would also like to thank Timmy Burchard from Mensa, Gifted Children program and Pontus Slättman, Worldskills who has inspired us for supporting talents in other ways.

Furthermore, we are deeply grateful to everyone involved in the Sjölins national case group with Frida Pernesten as coordinator of the group. Your commitment, insights, and continuous work in developing and refining the methodology have made it possible for us to share a practice that is not only pedagogically sound but also inspiring to others. A special thanks goes to those of you who generously shared your expertise through lectures and workshops, your contributions were truly outstanding.

Finally, to all involved, thank you all for your dedication and for contributing to the advancement of our case methodology teaching and learning, both within Sjölins and far beyond.