"Even if No-One Looked at It, It Was Important for My Own Development": Pre-Service Teacher Perceptions of Professional Portfolios

Autor/inn/en	Chitpin, Stephanie; Simon, Marielle
Titel	"Even if No-One Looked at It, It Was Important for My Own Development": Pre-Service Teacher Perceptions of Professional Portfolios
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 53 (2009) 3, S.277-293 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Portfolios (Background Materials); Preservice Teachers; Seminars; Portfolio Assessment; Reflective Teaching; Classroom Communication; Interviews; Student Teacher Attitudes; Reflection; Foreign Countries; Participant Satisfaction; Use Studies; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Seminar; Portfoliobeurteilung; Klassengespräch; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Benutzerschulung; Kanada
Abstract	This study was conducted with 15 pre-service teachers enrolled in the Reflective Practice Seminar in primary/junior division at a Canadian university. Data were gathered through interviews, informal classroom conversations and reflections over an eight-month period. This article considers the issue of how constructing a professional portfolio helps pre-service teachers examine their identity as learners. The findings highlight their perceptions around purpose, process and impact. Despite the overwhelming nature of reflection, preservice teachers in this study said that constructing a professional portfolio challenged them to cyclically reflect on taken-for-granted assumptions, articulate growth and gain perspectives. They also recommended that exemplars be provided for improvement as well as increased instructor and peer feedback within the reflective seminar. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10