Using portfolio in the assessment of learning and competence: impact of four modelsEndacott et al in Nurse Education in Practice 2004; 4: 250-257
They describe portfolios as being one of the following:
Shopping trolley - merely a repository for documents
Toast rack - discrete elements that assess different aspects and each of which is added without intergration (ie kept apart from each other re the separate sections of the rack)
Spinal column - portfolio structured round competencies or outcomes with evidence of achievement slotted in; also has reflective accounts
Cake mix - more integration between the various parts with theory and practice meshed so whole portfolio (the cake) assessed rather than components
Also see this upload for some of my thoughts/questions on the process
Comments
This is interesting Jill. Nice images! Barrett uses three classifications of the ways that porfolios are designed: 'deanware' - intended to act as a kind of filing cabinet for results (uses a positivist paradigm); 'mirror' designs, in which students can reflect on their learning (a constructivist paradigm) and the showcase approach, in which the portfolio is intended to be a kind of never-ending CV for future employers or accrediting bodies. All of these can be accomodated; the question is how we want to do that.
Posted by: M-H | April 13, 2007 11:56 AM