Using Digital Portfolios to Develop Students’ Writing

<p>This book equips pre-service teachers research postgraduate students teacher educators and language specialists with specific knowledge and skills about the principles research and applications of digital portfolios within the EFL writing contexts. </p><p>While most digital portfolio scholarship focuses on higher education this book targets primary-level and secondary-level school audiences namely pre-service teachers teacher educators and Ministry of Education staff members with a focus on EFL writing. The rationale behind this design is that the published literature on digital portfolios tends to be generic and one-size-fits-all; there has been scant published scholarship about the development of digital portfolio literacy among teachers and pupils which could enable them to upgrade the teaching and learning of writing in a larger EFL environment. This volume fills this gap by illustrating the why what and how aspects of digital portfolios in ten reader-friendly chapters. </p><p>Guiding educators to enrich their pedagogical repertoire via the portfolio approach this book emphasises a healthy balance between principles research and practice. It is an easy-to-follow guide to setting up digital portfolio systems and coaching pupils to improve writing ensuring the dissemination of digital portfolios with high fidelity.</p>