Implementing Portfolios in a Teacher Education Program

Stolle, Cheryl, Goerss, Betty, Watkins, Marilyn, Issues in Teacher Education

The increased focus on the preparation of pre-service teachers for teaching in an ever-changing world impacts how teacher education programs both prepare and assess pre-service teachers (National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 1996). The most recent impetus for this focus began with a general call for reform of public schools that ultimately demanded high standards and demonstration of performance by both teachers and their students (Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy, 1986; Darling-Hammond, 1986; Goodlad, 1990, 1994; Holmes Group, 1986). Teacher education programs had to change from a model of paper and pencil evaluation to one in which the teacher is responsible …

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Publication information: Article title: Implementing Portfolios in a Teacher Education Program. Contributors: Stolle, Cheryl - Author, Goerss, Betty - Author, Watkins, Marilyn - Author. Journal title: Issues in Teacher Education. Volume: 14. Issue: 2 Publication date: Fall 2005. Page number: 25+. © Caddo Gap Press Spring 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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