Purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: Reflective, developmental and showcase

This pilot study examined student engagement with a web-based digital professional portfolio through the 3C process of collect-critique-curate. To overcome common problems associated with electronic portfolios, including cost; specificity; lifelong access; and ease of use, the study used Weebly as i...

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Main Authors: Blackley, Susan, Bennett, Dawn, Sheffield, Rachel
Format: Journal Article
Published: Edith Cowan University 2017
Online Access:https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52355
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description This pilot study examined student engagement with a web-based digital professional portfolio through the 3C process of collect-critique-curate. To overcome common problems associated with electronic portfolios, including cost; specificity; lifelong access; and ease of use, the study used Weebly as its portfolio platform. The creation and use of the portfolio was embedded into the first professional studies unit in the second year of an undergraduate initial teacher education degree, and technical seminars ensured that the base portfolio was created. As students reflected on possible sources of evidence to demonstrate achievement of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL, 2011) and crafted their capacity statements to preface their CVs, they began to clarify their present selves and to envisage their possible future selves as graduate teachers. The study tested strategies, based on the notion of self-authorship that assisted the students’ transition from aligning with a personal student identity to demonstrating a burgeoning professional teacher identity.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-523552018-10-05T02:12:16Z Purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: Reflective, developmental and showcase Blackley, Susan Bennett, Dawn Sheffield, Rachel This pilot study examined student engagement with a web-based digital professional portfolio through the 3C process of collect-critique-curate. To overcome common problems associated with electronic portfolios, including cost; specificity; lifelong access; and ease of use, the study used Weebly as its portfolio platform. The creation and use of the portfolio was embedded into the first professional studies unit in the second year of an undergraduate initial teacher education degree, and technical seminars ensured that the base portfolio was created. As students reflected on possible sources of evidence to demonstrate achievement of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL, 2011) and crafted their capacity statements to preface their CVs, they began to clarify their present selves and to envisage their possible future selves as graduate teachers. The study tested strategies, based on the notion of self-authorship that assisted the students’ transition from aligning with a personal student identity to demonstrating a burgeoning professional teacher identity. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52355 10.14221/ajte.2017v42n5.1 https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/ Edith Cowan University unknown
spellingShingle Blackley, Susan
Bennett, Dawn
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Purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: Reflective, developmental and showcase
title Purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: Reflective, developmental and showcase
title_full Purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: Reflective, developmental and showcase
title_fullStr Purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: Reflective, developmental and showcase
title_full_unstemmed Purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: Reflective, developmental and showcase
title_short Purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: Reflective, developmental and showcase
title_sort purpose-built, web-based professional portfolios: reflective, developmental and showcase
url https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52355