The following text will guide you step by step through the
assignment of a portfolio task. You will learn many things from the interactive syllabi, but certainly not everything, so do not forget the importance of your
active participation in lectures and seminars.
The purpose of the portfolio task is to analyze the School
Educational Program (SEP) of a selected school and prepare a teaching plan for one thematic unit from your specialization subject. The teaching
plan should be based on theory and research findings and should also be
practically applicable. Ideally, the development of the portfolio task should
take place in connection with the activities you perform during your teaching
practice.
So, what is the portfolio task really for? The portfolio
task is primarily for you - it should be your tool on the path to becoming a
quality teacher. Through the portfolio task, you will become familiar with the SEP (typically the SEP of a school where you are doing your teaching practice). It
is useful and necessary to know the visions that your school identifies with,
and it is also expected that you will identify with these visions during your
practice. At the same time, it is useful and necessary to become acquainted
with the goals and contents of the subjects you will be teaching at the
selected school. These goals and contents may vary from school to school and
often may not be in line with the textbooks used. Textbooks are usually not the
only source for preparing your teaching. From a teaching planning perspective,
the portfolio task primarily serves to give you space for reflecting on your
own teaching and justifying what you want to do with your students in the
classroom. Quality teaching preparation should primarily stem from the goals
and contents of education defined by the curriculum, should have a clear
structure, and its individual elements should be interconnected. How can you
tell if teaching preparation is well-thought-out and interconnected? Firstly,
it's about the fact that the teaching goals you set will be linked not only to
the SEP but also to the activities taking place in the classroom, and at the
same time, the teaching goals will be linked to student assessment.
In the interactive syllabi, you will find out in each step
what you need to do, what questions to answer, what to create, and what
should be the content of the portfolio task. In the frames with a light bulb,
we will try to outline the purpose of the portfolio task and its individual
parts. It's like peeking behind the scenes and, most importantly, a tool to
help you view the task, what it can bring you, and how it can enrich you. At
the same time, we try to explain some concepts or guide you on how the work
with the curriculum and teaching preparation should look from a teacher's
perspective. We also offer some questions for reflection.