El uso del portafolio como herramienta de auto-evaluación y reflexión de las prácticas de enseñanza en los futuros profesores en Ciencias Biológicas (U.N.Sa.)

Abstract

This research was focused on the analysis of portfolios about classroom experiences that the practitioners themselves wrote when they were doing their teaching practice in their last year of the undergraduate Teacher Training Degree in Biology. The participants evaluated up to which extent the use of this tool favours self-awareness and reflective skills by promoting positive attitudes to overcome fixed stereotypes and to enhance achievements. The methodology used was descriptive and the data obtained was qualitative. Questionnaires with open questions, which were relevant to the features, characteristics and variables of the object under study, were used to collect data. Interviews were carried out to understand the practitioners’ perspectives about their experiences. The impact relied on the practitioners’ degree of direct involvement in the critical revision and reconsideration of their own performance in the school when writing their reflective autobiographical account.