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Ultimate aim of a project:
To change the situation of
a specific target group to the better +
specific focus on cooperation with
out-of-school partners
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• Innovative can mean that:
– Good practice is adapted, modified, further
developed
– New target group
– Unknown approach
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Portfolio (PF)
• Windows into your learning process
• Collection of evidence of your work
• Systematically collected
• Reflective practice (Reflexion is the defining characteristic
of a portfolio)
• Teachers and students are partners
Process + Results
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Portfolios
Record of acquisition of
kowledge
and the adaption of new
knowledge
in novel situations
over the period of the project
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Purpose of PF
• Facilitate and chart development
• Highlight performance and capabilities
through the production of complex work-
products
• Portfolios are living documents – they
document major learning
– Adaptions (additions,
deletions,reformation,reconfiguration of
materials)
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Portfolios
• Foster development of knowledge, skills
and dispositions (will, discipline, being
critically reflective)
• Increasing self-assessment,
reflection,observation...reflective practice
• Engaging in collegual dialogue
• Show growth over specific time
• Content in dialogue with students
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Planning and
organizing for a PF
• Discipined and systematic approach
• Careful, realistic planning and organizing
• Clear view of the big picture
organize
plan
plan
result
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Content-overview 1
• Title page
• Table of contents
• Reflection on professional
growth - major learning achieved
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Content overview 2
• Project description
• one page that includes a brief description of the
project (+ partners, coordinator)
• Evidence and rational (set of reasons)
• Evidence pages – includes artifacts and personal
documents, rationales,
• Reflection
• reflections associated with the specific project
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Title Page
• Important
• Good first impression
• Identifies the builder(s)
• Name, title, year
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Table of contents
• Two main purposes:
– Information what is included
– How you have organized the content
• Linear / nonlinear table of contents
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Reflection on overall
professional growth
• Overview of your growth and change
through your experiences as part of the
project.
• Also reflections throughout the portfolio in
conjuction with, and as part of, your
evidence.
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Project description 1
• Driving question/challenge (brief
description of the project) What is the
project about?
• Aims/objectives
• Project partners /external
contributors/cooordinator
• Main project activities
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Project description 2
• Main project products/output
• Target group
• Involvement of students
• Involvement of regional partners
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Reflection-
lessons learned
• The defining feature of portfolios
• Covert experience into personal
knowledge
• Providing evidence of growth and change
over time
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Purposes
of reflection
1. Experience and knowledge produce new
meaningful learning
2. Connect theory to practice
3. Strenghten a critical reflection
disposition
4. Gain insight into your learning and
development
5. Manage your emotions throughout the
learning process
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Reflection
in practice
• Experiences you have as an observer of
self and others
• Qualities and content of relationships
• Experiences you have as an implementer
of activities
• Processes and products associated
with your activities (production of
artifacts)
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4 steps
in the reflection process
1. Observation and description
2. Analysis and interpretation
3. Insight and implications
4. Projections and planning
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What is
evidence?
All components of the portfolio that support
the builder‘s claims of competence with
regard to knowledge, skills,
dispositions, and accomplishments.
1. Personal documents (descriptive who you are)
2. Artifacts (descriptive of what you know, what you can do,
what you have done).
Milestones, revised activityplans, our most important steps toward the
goal…
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Examples
of evidence
Personal docs
• Professional growth
plans
• Reflections
• Evaluations
• Transcripts …
Artifacts 1
• Work samples
• Lesson plans/units
• Agendas of meetings
• Internal/external
reports
• Important agreements
with partners
• Photos…
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Examples
of evidence
Personal docs
• Philosophy statement
• Reflections
• Evaluations
• Transcripts
• Professional growth
Artifacts 2
• Field work
journals/logs
• Audio/video clips
• Handbooks/dissemi-
nation products
(flyers…)
• Contextual
information about
class/ kindergarden…
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Guidelines for
selecting evidence
1. Express the voice of the builder
2. Support the purpose of the PF
3. Each piece should be weighted against criteria
to determine best fit.
4. Must be explained clearly to communicate
connections and relevance
5. The body of chosen evidence should be
evaluated to ensure balanced coverage of all
criteria.
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Inventory your
evidence
• Planning and organizing are your best
friends when it comes to portfolio building.
• Experiment with the tools
Organizing tool (doc)
Checklist for portfolio development (doc)
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Please:
• not too much
• your best pieces
• clear
• ongoing documentation
• work samples
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• I‘m looking forward to getting
insights into your fascinating
experiences
Franz
