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ALSS 102 Portfolio Lesson 1
ALSS 102 Portfolio Lesson 1
Lesson 1: Portfolio
MR. BAGAI K
“Don’t let someone who Centre for Business Management,
has never been in your Entrepreneurship and General Education
Department of Academic Literacy and
shoes tell you how to tie Social Sciences
your laces” bagaik@biust.ac.bw
What is a Portfolio?
‘A portfolio is a file or folder where you bring together
materials on a theme’ (Cottrell,2013: 55).
The grading system tells almost nothing about what a student has
learned or is able to do.
A well-designed portfolio system can accomplish several important
purposes:
It can motivate students.
It can provide explicit examples to assessor (lecturer/ examiner) and
prospective employers about what students know and are able to do.
It allows students to chart their growth over time and to self-assess
their progress.
It encourages students to engage in self-reflection.
Portfolio Structure & Content
Portfolio creation
The following must be taken into account:
What will it look like? Its physical and conceptual structure.
Structure - actual arrangement of documents used to
demonstrate student progress.
What goes in?
Depend on intended audience – examiner , prospective
employer , lecturers etc.
How and when to select?
When documents should go into the portfolio.
Date materials included - include explanation for their inclusion.
In summary
". . . portfolio creation offers students a way to take charge of
their learning; it also encourages ownership, pride, and high self-esteem"
(Frazier and Paulson, 1992: p. 64).
Cover page
Each student should produce their own portfolio.
Design a cover page of your portfolio.
Cover page should indicate that the document is
a portfolio.
Full Names & BIUST ID numbers.
Course code & Title.
Year the portfolio was produced.
Name of Lecturer & Tutor
Organisation