| The portfolio is one of the recent methods in | | | | or personality. You should use this around the |
| modern teaching and it is not used by many | | | | national day or when a big personality comes to |
| teachers. This resistance comes from the old | | | | visit your city |
| fashioned teachers. For them, it is really hard to | | | | 2. Evolving portfolios- Your purpose should be to |
| understand new teacher resources. | | | | develop competencies for your kids, as |
| The portfolio implies products of pupils. They are | | | | augmenting, resuming and so on. You should use a |
| creating and selecting the products, and also | | | | lot of paper work for this method to work. |
| commenting on them. You should let the kid | | | | 3. Competency portfolios: you should use this |
| select this topic as he will be highly motivated to | | | | when you will need to emphasize personal |
| accumulate new knowledge in that area. For kids | | | | capacities. Try to give your kids certain tasks and |
| who are working for the portfolio, it is also | | | | see how they are handling it. To cite an example, |
| creative. This method also has an evaluative | | | | when you are planning a trip, in order to choose a |
| character, as it lets the professor to qualify the | | | | guide, let the children create some portfolios to |
| activity of the kids. | | | | demonstrate they know the places and they |
| When you are evaluating a portfolio, you should | | | | deserve that job. |
| look at these important aspects: | | | | Self evaluating is also an important part of |
| 1. Every element as a piece | | | | teacher resources if you want the portfolio |
| 2. All the elements as a whole | | | | method to work: it helps the pupil to know |
| 3. Reporting the elements to the whole. | | | | themselves and to appreciate their own qualities |
| These are the teacher resources that you must | | | | with a maximum of objectivity. If you want to be |
| care for. When pupils are creating the portfolio, | | | | sure that you have a correct self evaluation, you |
| you will have to be sure that it doesn't contains | | | | have to be sure that the kids knows what self |
| to many pieces, as a lot of pieces means that | | | | evaluation means. Don't try methods like: "give |
| some of theme are unrepresentative and it will be | | | | you a grade for this paperwork". They will be |
| hard for you to follow them. | | | | trained first, so they could have a landmark. |
| The pupil must understand the importance of his | | | | Always be sure to explain to the people how you |
| portfolio. You should be sure that the kid always | | | | made your evaluation. Be sure that they |
| has opinions on the chosen portfolio. | | | | understand why they were wrong and where |
| There are many kinds of portfolios: | | | | they did well. If you want your pupils to self |
| 1. Celebrating portfolios- this is used for little | | | | evaluate themselves correctly, you will have to |
| children, not further than the fifth grade and it | | | | evaluate them correctly too. |
| implies gathering materials about a certain event | | | | |