Abstract
Self-study researchers have explored the challenges and benefits of using portfolios in their teaching practice. A focus on linking theory and practice has emerged as a generative possibility when using portfolios with students. However, few S-STEP investigations consider how portfolios as a programmatic pedagogy can help teacher educators refine their teaching practices to support teacher candidates’ connections between theory and practice. We claim that this extension of earlier research on the use of portfolios can contribute to an epistemology of practice. Presented is a theoretical framework that responds to the call of Lyons and Freidus (The reflective portfolio in self-study: Inquiring into and representing a knowledge of practice. In: Loughran JJ, Hamilton ML, LaBoskey VK, Russell T (eds) International handbook of self-study of teaching and teacher education practices. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 1073–1107, 2004) for the development of an epistemology of practice as we interrogate how programmatic e-portfolios can provide the structure for reflection on, and integration of, transformative pedagogies. As an example of our own learning, we offer a description of our self-study investigation into the impact of programmatic portfolios on teacher candidates’ experiences of linking theory and practice. We conclude with an enhanced call for S-STEP research into practicum.
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O’Connor, K., Sterenberg, G., Vaughan, N. (2019). Portfolio and Self-Study. In: Kitchen, J., Berry, A., Guðjónsdóttir, H., Bullock, S., Taylor, M., Crowe, A. (eds) 2nd International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1710-1_38-1
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