generalized form of portfolio writing

1. Portfolio Writing
Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching
Skills

2. Portfolio Writing
It is a collection of student writing that’s intended to
demonstrate the student/ writer development over the
course of one or more academic terms.
Portfolio
writing
Confidence
building
Self-
discovery

3. Purpose of Portfolio Writing

4. 1. Assess their own work and their progress as writers.
2. Demonstrate a writer's improvement and achievements.
3. It allows writers to collect a body of writing in one place and to organize and present
it in an effective, attractive format.
4. It helps instructor to focus more on the complete body of work than on individual
assignments.
5. Students reflect on their work and measure their progress; as they do so, they may
improve their ability to evaluate their own work.

5. Steps in Portfolio Writing

6. Feedback
Portfolio Assessment

7. Steps for Writing
Portfolio’s Biography

8. Introduce your self Casual tone
Decide which
professional
experience to
include
Consider listing
awards and
accolades
Add a few personal
details
Add photograph
Proofread and edit

9.  More personal and creative in order to expand on and exhibit your
skills, knowledge, projects and experiences.
 Multi-Faceted way to organize accomplishments, goals, aspirations,
and personal thought.
 It is a useful tool to include in an interview. It provides tangible
proof of your skills and abilities and demonstrates to the employer
that you are qualified for that specific job.
 A portfolio demonstrates prior work or learning experiences that can
be useful for educational credit.

10. Types of Portfolio
Student Portfolio
Professional Portfolio
Personal Portfolio

11. Merits of
portfolio
writing
Build
confidence
Highlight
students
strength and
area of
improvement
Develop
cognitive skill
Improvement
in writing
papers and
assignment
Identify
weakness
Assess
student
performance
Motivation
Progress in
capabilities

12.  It requires timely monitoring and review
 Lack of Standardization
 Not Feasible for Large Scale Learning Assessment
 Not effective method of assessing students, because figure out only writing
skills.
 Time consuming method
 No valid grading criteria as of yet have been established to evaluate quality of
generated portfolios.
 Since outcomes are very personal, contents varying from one student to
another, it would be very difficult to objectively assess the contents of
portfolios.
Demerits of Portfolio Writing