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Publication Date: 2011-Mar
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Application of E-Portfolio System to Enhance Teacher Professional Development
Liao, Chin-Wen
Educational Research and Reviews, v6 n3 p251-258 Mar 2011
This study focuses on the meaning, applications and future development of e-teaching portfolios as an attempt to highlight the important role it plays in the "post-modern teaching practice mode". For the purpose of enhancing teacher professional development, application of the teaching portfolio system in the post-modern teacher qualification training is proposed, and the teaching practice curriculum is discussed from both theoretical and practical perspectives to strengthen intern teachers' development of professional growth, and to successfully assist them in becoming a qualified teacher with the required professional disposition, knowledge and skills. This study also provides concrete concepts and practical approaches for the post-modern teacher training course, placing emphasis on the development and training of intern teachers' contingency response and ability of situation comprehension as well as the ability to combine and apply various theories with the intelligence of utilizing knowledge and skills so as to meet the demands of the modern society. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Teacher Qualifications, Professional Development, Teaching Methods, Internet, Teacher Education Programs, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Skills, Postmodernism
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Language: English
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