THE ATENEA-ULL PROGRAMME: A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE MOTIVATION OF UNDERGRADUATES
Abstract
The educational needs that students with high intellectual abilities have, makes relevant to design special interventions for them. In Primary and Secondary School is quite frequent to find different educational strategies. However, when the students reach the university level, there are not sources of this type. At the University of La Laguna, during the 2018-19 academic year, the first edition of a pioneering program was carried out, aimed at high intellectual students. The aim of the program is to increase the motivation of the students and to offer new contents. The total of participants is 113 students belonging to several careers like: mathematics, physics, chemistry, psychology. Two types of actions have been carried out: five plenary conferences, as well as 60 specific activities. The outputs of the program and a first approach to evaluation through the satisfaction of students and professors are presented here.
Keywords: high ability, programs, undergraduates students, university, enrichment.