The Amsterdam Faculty of Education
The
Amsterdam Faculty of Education is a joint venture of the
Hogeschool van Amsterdam and of the
Hogeschool Holland. It cooperates closely with
the University of Amsterdam. It provides teacher training for teachers in
all kinds of school, ranging from pre-primary to tertiary. Some 4000
teachers receive their training. The Amsterdam Faculty of Education has
experimented with a portfolio for teachers in initial training for 4 years
now. The experiments have been subjected to a thorough evaluation carried
out by the Stichting Centrum
voor Onderwijsresearch
in the University of Amsterdam. As a result of interim evaluations the first
digital portfolio, which was a laptop based database application, has been
replaced with a web based digital portfolio. For these and other experiments
the Amsterdam Faculty of Education was generously subsidized by the
Netherlands government. The portfolio is now used in the assessment of
mature persons wishing to enter the teaching profession. It is felt that the
proposed portfolio will contribute significantly to a more extensive traffic
of teachers and educators between the participating countries, so that
countries with a storage may profit the more
readily from a surplus in other countries.
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