Ain Fikri's e-Portfolio

You will be reflecting on the outcomes from your coursework and experiences.While reflection suggests recollection and the remembering of events and activities past, it is remembering with a grounding of beliefs. Dewey (1933) stated "reflection thus implies that something is believed in (or disbelieved in), not on its own direct account, but through something else which stands as witness, evidence, proof, voucher, warrant; that is, as ground of belief." (p.11). For Dewey, reflective thinking consisted of two parts: a state of doubt and a search to resolve that doubt. Thus, constructing a portfolio is an act of revealing one's beliefs. Schon (1988) considered a utility for reflective thinking in that cognitive practice has a direct relationship to practices within professional realms (teaching). Davis, Hawley, McMullan and Spilka (1997) extend this idea in that the process of education mirrors the design process with reflective thinking being central to both. Design as a process (Davis, et.al., 1997), like teaching art, requires critical reflection that can inform future events.

At the heart of portfolio development is purposeful choice making. The portfolio development process like the design process is organic.

Your portfolio can be entered into again and again with new reflections that can provide new insights.