Abstract
The licensing law for the teaching staff at schools has been revised as of the academic year of 2010 applicable to students entering a university in and after that year, as a result of which a practical seminar has been introduced as a mandatory course for those who seek a teaching license. This paper is a report on the integrated system of portfolios developed and tested, on behalf of some 102 first-year students in Akita University, for the purpose of administering (1)the teaching portfolio for student teachers, where they can store various records such as their writings concerning their image of an ideal teacher and their self-evaluations to be regularly written in during their four years at the University, in order to help them ascertain the process of their own growth and development, (2)the clinical record & assessment portfolio for teachers in charge, where they can keep their records and assessments of the student teachers on the basis of the students' portfolio and their interactions with them, and (3)the management portfolio for school administrators, where the two systems described above are to be effectively maintained. After a tentative implementation, a survey was taken asking students about its use and effectiveness, which yielded a result deemed contributing to their reflection on themselves and their affirmation of a desirable teacher image. On the other hand, tasks remain such that it is further necessary to make a better selection of items to be recorded in the portfolios.
