Purposes of the Portfolio
The Professional Portfolio we describe at PortfolioMaker.ca differs from others you may see elsewhere in that it includes the following two main purposes:
- To demonstrate your professional knowledge and skill in what some people call teaching 'competencies' and which we call 'Dimensions of Teaching'.
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- To emphasize your reflections on your entries. Your reflections will prove to be an integral part of the whole portfolio process because without them, the portfolio remains merely a scrapbook, a collection of information -- not a portfolio. Our philosophy of the Professional Portfolio builds on the work of Donald Schon (1983). The reflective practitioner: How professionals think in action. Basic Books.
You will probably use your Portfolio for all of the following purposes:
- To illustrate your knowledge and skills in interviews or job appraisals.
- To make your teaching visible so that you can:
- Ensure that your teaching includes practices that reflect the reasons that you chose this profession.
- Reflect on your practice and establish learning goals and/or targets.
- Reflect on your practice to determine the extent to which you have achieved these goals and/or targets.
- Ensure that your teaching reflects your beliefs about what good teaching should be.
- And, to celebrate your professionalism.
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