AISHE-R: 2007 Number 2: Teaching Portfolio Practice in Ireland A Handbook

2007-2: Teaching Portfolio Practice in Ireland – A Handbook Ciara O’Farrell (Editor)

Publisher: Centre for Academic Practice and Student Learning (CAPSL), Trinity College Dublin and All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE), Dublin

© 2007 Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 licence.
ISBN No: 978-0-9550134-3-0

Funded by: Higher Education Authority, (HEA).


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Front Matter

  • Front Cover
  • Acknowledgements
  • Copyright Statement
  • Table of Contents (print format, with page numbers)
  • Preface

Part One: Setting the Scene

  • 1. Introduction: `Mind the Gap’: Teaching Portfolios as Forums for Academic Inquiry. Ciara O’Farrell.
  • 2. Reflective Portfolios for Professional Development. Jean Hughes and Ivan Moore.
  • 3. Reflective Writing: Principles and Practice. Orison Carlile and Anne Jordan.
  • 4. Teaching Philosophy Statements: A Guide. Marian Fitzmaurice and Joseph Coughlan.

Part Two: Case Studies. A National Overview of Practice in Ireland

  • 5. Educating for Inquiry and Exchange through a Reflective Portfolio Process: Making Teaching a University-wide Scholarly Imperative. Nona Lyons.
  • 6. The Role of Teaching Portfolios in the Development of a Reflective Learning Culture at Dublin City University. Jean Hughes.
  • 7. Reflective Teaching Portfolios for Continuous Professional Development at Trinity College Dublin. Orla Hanratty and Ciara O’Farrell.
  • 8. Theory and Practice in the Development of Teaching Portfolios at NUI Galway. Timothy Murphy and Iain MacLaren.
  • 9. Portfolios for Professional Development versus Portfolios for Promotion: A University College Dublin Case Study. Geraldine O’Neill.
  • 10. The Use of Teaching Portfolios for Academic Professional Development at Dublin Institute of Technology. Roisin Donnelly and Marian Fitzmaurice.
  • 11. The Use of Student Feedback in Teaching Portfolios at the University of Limerick. Nyiel Kuol and Sarah Moore.
  • 12. Fostering, Recognising and Rewarding Scholarly Teaching at University College Cork: Three Perspectives. Áine Hyland, Marian McCarthy and Bettie Higgs.
  • 13. Educating Practitioners for Reflective Inquiry: The Contribution of a Portfolio Process to New Ways of Knowing. Carmel Halton and Nona Lyons.

Part Three: Common Themes and Way Forward

  • 14. What Next for Teaching Portfolios in Ireland?. Jacqueline Potter.

End Matter

  • Author Biographies
  • Back Cover
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