Constructing Young Children’s Portfolio: An Action Research

• Main Authors: Yi-Ting Chen, 陳怡婷
• Other Authors: Weigh-Jen Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68588900975291338019

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 教育行政碩士在職進修專班 === 100 === The objective of this research is to explore the process of constructing a children’s portfolio, where the researcher conducted an action on constructing a children’s portfolio about kindergarten, attempting to enhance the ability to construct a children’s portfolio, clarify the relevant concepts and contents of children’s portfolio, review the imperfections of the construction of a children’s portfolio by researcher prior to the action, plan to construct an effective children’s portfolio, and develop a suitable process for constructing a children’s portfolio, thereby enhancing the researcher’s professional growth in constructing a children’s portfolio. The researcher collected the data for the process of constructing the portfolio via approaches including interviews and document analysis, in order to carry out the arrangement, induction, and analysis of the data. Integrating the data from this research, the following conclusion has been reached: I.Children’s portfolio reveals the individual characteristics of the children, may be used to understand children’s learning condition, document the children’s life, and also features the function and meaning of evaluation, as well as to further observe children’s learning, growth and improvement. II.Through the approach of portfolio construction and the adjustment of strategy, it may effectively improve the imperfections and hassles of constructing a children’s portfolio. III.In order to construct an effective children’s portfolio, the portfolio data should be collected and constructed systematically and meaningfully in accordance with the established core goal, and further integrate and induce the data systematically, which is then presented factually after concluding the children’s development conditions. IV.The researcher induced 12 steps for the process of constructing a children’s portfolio, so as to effectively construct a children’s portfolio. V.The researcher conquered obstacles and applied skills and strategies to construct a children’s portfolio that is suitable for this kindergarten, parents, and teachers. Lastly, this research proposed specific suggestions for the reference by kindergarten teachers in conducting the portfolio construction and the follow-up researches.