Successfully Introducing Portfolios

Portfolios are increasingly gaining interest in schools and other educational institutions today. How can portfolios be integrated into schools and classrooms, and how can their introduction and establishment be successfully achieved? Portfolio work touches on many areas of school activity: teaching, performance assessment, collaboration among students, teachers, and parents, and much more, ultimately even the entire learning and school culture. Thus, the portfolio extends beyond itself and opens up broader reform perspectives, as the introduction of portfolio work always has a school development aspect or is itself a form of school development. Therefore, it should be considered and designed from the very beginning as an open, guided, culture-forming process. The book by portfolio experts illustrates how portfolio work can be introduced effectively.