学习档案袋在高等教育中的应用：蛇与梯子的游戏

The learning portfolio in higher education: A game of snakes and ladders

"学习档案袋"经常被誉为一种高效教学工具,因此正在快速发展成为当代教育的一个重要特征。本文对有关学习档案袋在大学和高等教育机构中的应用的研究文献进行了全面分析和批判性述评,归纳并讨论几个主要主题。虽然从理论上讲使用学习档案袋有很多好处,但是目前仍然鲜见能充分证明其有效性的严谨实证证据。此外,这种工具牵涉到复杂教学法,因此只有在其倡导者能够正确理解与之相关的过程而且用户能恰当执行这些过程的情况下,它的潜能才有可能得以体现。最后,学习档案袋的发展("过程")导向与评价("产品")导向似乎是一个长期存在的矛盾。根据这些研究发现,文章针对本领域今后的研究和实践提出了一些建议。

The learning portfolio is often lauded as a powerful pedagogical tool, and consequently, is rapidly becoming a central feature of contemporary education. This paper synthesizes and critically reviews the literature pertaining to its use in higher education contexts specifically. A number of key themes are identified and discussed. Although the theory underlying the use of learning portfolios is promising, robust empirical evidence supporting their effectiveness remains sparse. In addition, the tool is rooted in a complex pedagogy, and its potential can only be realized if the processes underlying this pedagogy are properly understood by advocates and executed by users. Finally, there appears to be a recurring tension between the developmental "(process") and evaluative "(product") conceptualizations of the learning portfolio. On the basis of these findings, some recommendations for future research and practice in this area are identified.