Summary
Contents
Subject index
With the increasing emphasis on continuing professional development for teachers and all educational practitioners, the use of portfolios to plan, chart, and review professional development is now widespread. Drawing directly from their experience of developing portfolios and portfolio-based assessment, and from current research, this book enables the reader to design and plan a portfolio, chart and analyze relevant professional experiences, reflect critically on practice, assess performance against standards and competences frameworks, present evidence of practice and achievements, and plan their continuing professional development. There are also chapter objectives, key questions and tasks in every chapter, which adds to the practical focus of the book.
Writing a Professional Autobiography
Writing a Professional Autobiography
In this chapter we explore the idea of a professional autobiography and its place in the process of self-evaluation and planning of professional development.
Key ideas
- What is a professional autobiography?
- Reviewing and evaluating learning
- Career stages: from novice to accomplished practitioner
- Preparing a career timeline
- Mapping out significant experiences
- Planning a professional autobiography
Self-Evaluation and Professional Learning
A portfolio is a demonstration of your learning as a professional, and in the last chapter we looked at ways of examining the process of your professional learning. In this chapter we will consider how, by writing a professional autobiography, you can begin to examine critically and in detail your own professional learning over a lengthy period. The purpose of a professional portfolio is to demonstrate the quality of ...
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