What
is portfolio?
1.
It is a collection of your work and
evidence about your work.
2.
It supports your claim in seeking
accreditation , by supplementing your practical activities and providing the
major means by which assessors and verifiers will be able to assess your
performance.
3.
It shows the variety of your experiences
and the knowledge that you have gained.
Portfolio is the minister’s record.
A student’s portfolio is also the record of what he has done and achieved. It
can be the record of a session, semester or year. It should reflect both the
process and the product. Daily experiences worth noting can be written, reports
of class or school events, personal feelings etc. can be included which will
present an overview of what happened in the academic domain of the learner. It
can be used as a tool for evaluation, but there will be subjectivity in
scoring. A scoring key may be made use of based on certain essential criteria.
Teaching
Portfolio
A professional portfolio is an
evolving collection of carefully selected or composed professional thoughts,
goals and experiences that are threaded with reflection and self-assessment. It
represents the who, what, why, where, how etc. of the professional. A student
teacher’s portfolio is an evidence of the standard of performance and it serves
as a source of review and reflection. It is a systematic, selective collection
of student work to demonstrate his motivation, academic growth and level of
achievement. When the collection includes the student’s own reflections of the
work, it becomes a real representation of student learning.
(a)Contents
The collection of materials in a
portfolio can be grouped into five. They are evidences of
(i) Understanding
of subject matter and current developments e.g. Qualifications, courses
undergone, comments on the course curriculum; review of a few books, essays or
methodology followed, observation report of a colleague.
(ii) Skills
and competencies in teaching e.g. lesson plan, self-evaluation report, examples
of student work, video recording of class, report by supervisor, a few teaching
materials, notes of appreciation from past students
(iii) Approach
to classroom management and organization e.g. a brief description of philosophy
of classroom management, observation report of a peer, written comments by a
supervisor, students’ account of effectiveness of classroom management
(iv) Commitment
to professional development. e.g. a professional development plan, observation
report of the peers, details of classroom research, related courses undergone,
membership in professional organizations, report of articles.
(v) Information
concerning relationship with colleagues. e.g. details of assistance given to
peers, report of friendly relation with peers and institution, help provided to
peers for their professional development.
(b)Organization
of contents
Introduction
Overview
Rationale
Items
Artifacts
Philosophy
of teaching
Course
outline
Lesson
plan
Explanation
Explanation
of artifacts
Reflection
Comments/review
on artifacts
Conclusion
Commentary/
review of the meaning of the portfolio
Types of
portfolio
Types of portfolio are
(a) Product
portfolio or Show care portfolio – content includes products that are students,
best work which exhibits the range and quality of work
(b) Process
or effort portfolio – drafts leading to completed products to show how works
evolute.
(c) Progress
or Working portfolio – for comparison of identical work, samples overtime are
included to show student improvement.
The student teachers must be
informed whether the number of items presented alone is important or that the
contents and quality also will be taken into account at the time of assessment.
Anyway, portfolio is complete with student work, student reflection on the
work, assessment by teachers, parents, social members etc.
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