@article{Бельмаз_2018, title={Teaching portfolio as one of the leading ways of higher education teachers professional development in the USA}, url={https://periodicals.karazin.ua/pedagogy/article/view/10657}, abstractNote={<p>The article deals with the issue of teaching portfolio. The author examines American educators’ understanding of essence «teaching portfolio». It is mentioned that teaching portfolio is&nbsp;a&nbsp;certain stage of professional development of higher education teachers. In Ukraine, this method is in the testing stage, however, in&nbsp;the&nbsp;United States, the portfolio of teachers is actively used in&nbsp;a&nbsp;large number of&nbsp;higher education institutions. Working with this method is an objective necessity of&nbsp;the&nbsp;present.</p> <p>It is pointed that there are many definitions of the portfolio, but the main positions from which this phenomenon is considered are portfolio-technology and&nbsp;portfolio-product. The author suggests John Murrey’s definition of teaching portfolios who defines teaching portfolio in four perspectives, taking into account the&nbsp;main purposes. Therefore, a portfolio can be defined as a tool for documenting teaching with an emphasis on achievements; empowering professors and teachers to&nbsp;gain dominion over their professional activities; providing higher educational institutions with the means of demonstration that teaching is an institutional priority; and individualizing faculty professional development.</p> <p>The author highlights that most scholars who are addressing the problem of&nbsp;portfolio in higher education agree that the potential of the teaching portfolio lies&nbsp;in the ability of teachers to control their professional development. The main perspectives of higher education lecturers’ portfolios are distinguished such as:&nbsp;receiving credits for effective teaching, improving teaching performance, receiving awards or merit pay for high-level teaching, and obtaining a different position.</p> <p>Summing up, the author considers the teaching portfolio as a complex phenomenon that covers all of the above-mentioned aspects – a means for&nbsp;documenting the teaching process, reflecting patterns of teaching practice, emphasizing the main mission of the university, and most importantly – as motivation of the individual professional development of each faculty member. However, as&nbsp;noted by academic teachers, it is important to present not only an ideal experience, but also to describe problem situations, reflect on the way of their solution, on&nbsp;the&nbsp;causes of their occurrence, and others like that.</p&gt;}, number={42}, journal={Scientific notes of the pedagogical department}, author={Бельмаз, Я. М.}, year={2018}, month={May} }