Correct Answer - Option 4 : Portfolio
Class-wise learning outcomes defined under each curricular area provide the overall framework for monitoring students’ progress and give a comprehensive picture of a child’s learning and development under each curricular area. During the process of teaching-learning, a teacher needs to continuously observe children while they are engaged in different learning tasks and need not record the learning progress daily.
The information or the data on children’s learning is the evidence that needs to be systematically recorded, so that, these may be referred to at any point in time in a year. One way of doing so is by creating and maintaining a portfolio.
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A portfolio is a file, folder, pocket or space allocated for each child where actual work done by a child, over a period of time, is collected.
- It may include written material (worksheets, samples of creative writing, test papers, reports of out-of-classroom activities, like a visit to the nearby post office, bank, etc.), drawings, pictures or observations by the teachers, observations from others (letters to or by the child to or by friends, family members, any other), craftwork (paper folding, paper cutting, origami, greeting cards, etc.), collections (leaves, textiles, stamps, list of books, etc.), recordings of oral activities or presentations by the child herself or himself (opinion or feelings of self for others, samples of self-assessment sheet.
- It may be noted that a portfolio is a collection of the work that a child does over a period of time and NOT merely the best work of the child.
- It needs to be organised in a manner that reflects the progress of a child over a period of time — month, quarter and the entire school year.
- It provides significant evidence of the learning changes in a child to enable teachers to provide useful information to different stakeholders, especially parents or guardians and children themselves.
- It helps parents or guardians know more about their child, her/ his abilities and interests they may not have observed at home, and helps them discuss with the teacher the child’s performance, progress and growth.
Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that a portfolio is a file, folder, pocket, or space allocated for each child where actual work is done by a child, over a period of time.
