Saturday 5:45 - 6:35 PM
Orchid
Teaching Portfolio: A Tool or a Threat
Linchong Chorrojprasert
Assumption University, Thailand
In response to the current internationalization and
accountability movements in Thai academic community, teaching portfolios
have received increasing attention as tools to promote world-class quality
education and teacher's professionalism in Thai schools and colleges.This
phenomenal growth of interest can be explained with many reasons and the
possibilities the use of teaching portfolios promises are unlimited. However,
there still is the other side of the coin to be discovered. The presentation
will be based on the study of the existing policies and practices of the
use of teaching portfolios in different levels of Thai educational institutions,
focusing on teachers' expectations, reactions,and needs in their portfolio
construction experiences. Documents will be analyzed and semi-structured
interviews will be conducted. From the findings, a futuristic model of
a portfolio project as a part of a teacher training program will be proposed. |
