Abstract

SANCHEZ-TARAZACA, Lucía; SANAHUJA RIBES, Aída  and  ESCOBEDO PEIRO, Paula. The reflective portfolio in initial teacher education: How to achieve reflective learning in Final Degree Projects?. Zona prox. [online]. 2022, n.37, pp.4-31.  Epub June 01, 2023. ISSN 2145-9444.  https://doi.org/10.14482/zp.37.370.562.

Teacher's reflective dimension is a training target in teacher education programmes and is a determining factor in their professional development. However, it is not yet fully consolidated in the curriculum, which is attributed to the difficulty of its development, among other factors. The portfolio is one of the didactic resources used to stimulate teachers' reflection, since it facilitates the analysis of their own performance. The objective of this research is to analyze the usefulness of the portfolio as a means for students' reflective learning in the Childhood Education Teacher's Degree. To this end, a case study is presented focused on five students' Final Degree Project from the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón (Spain). The results show, from a documentary analysis, the main potentialities of the reflective portfolio (awareness of their own learning, feeling of pride and responsibility, commitment to continue learning, opportunity to improve the curriculum towards a more competent approach). It concludes with the need to strengthen this reflective approach from the beginning of the initial teacher programme so that students can develop their competences.

Keywords : Reflexive learning; portfolio; professional competences; initial teacher education.

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