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Portfolios in Education

Table of Contents:

Introduction Background Information Constructing Portfolios/Examples Books on Portfolios

Introduction

The following links are a collection of web sites to help pre-service and new in-service teachers create a portfolio. If you are looking for information on using portfolios as an assessment tool in the classroom, please see the General Education subject page under Assessment.

Background Information

Electronic Portfolios in the K-12 Classroom - A brief technology article on the Education World Website. Defines the origins and evolution of the electronic portfolio, and touches on how electronic portfolios can also be incorporated into the K-12 classroom. Includes links to additional sources.

Teaching Portfolios: University of Wyoming - Basic description of a portfolio.

Educational Progressions: Electronic Portfolios in a Virtual Classroom - by Leonard P. Herman and Mark Morrell, Bridgewater Raritan Regional School District in T.H.E. Journal, June 1999.

Portfolios: A New Wave in Assessment - by Anna Maria D. Lankers in T.H.E. Journal, April 1998.

Using CD-ROM Technology with Preservice Teachers to Develop Portfolios - in T.H.E. Journal September 1998.

For more journal articles, search one of the education databases.

ERIC - The ERIC database is the world's largest source of education information. The database contains more than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.

Education Full Text - covers 423 core international periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks. Topics include a wide range of contemporary education issues. Includes abstracts from January 1994 and indexing from June 1983. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996.

Constructing Portfolios/Examples

Be sure to check out the Portfolio Information & Forms Web page from UW-Whitewater's Department of Curriculum & Instruction for specifics on requirements for that program.

Vanderbilt Center for Teaching - This site provides an excellent general overview on the Teaching Portfolio. Links are included to sample portfolios.

CETaL Teaching Portfolios - from University of Texas at El Paso "This site aims to provide tools for developing and assessing a faculty teaching portfolio--both as a formative tool and as a summative evaluation of scholarly work." Geared toward faculty but useful information all the same.

The Open Portfolio Project - from the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Use this portal to view electronic student portfolios, some that are complete and some still in progress.