Advancing assessment practice in continuing professional learning: Toward a richer understanding of teaching portfolios for learning and assessment

International Journal for Academic Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-175

  Trevitt, Chris ^a   Stocks, Claire ^b   Quinlan, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic development; Academic practice; Continuing professional development; Continuing professional learning; Teaching portfolios

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859893247     PISSN: 1360144X     EISSN: 14701324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2011.589004     Document Type: Article

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