The Importance of Academic Portfolio in Academic and Professional Life

This assignment discusses the significance of academic portfolios in shaping a student's academic and professional life. It explores various types of portfolios, including reflective portfolios, e-portfolios, and academic portfolios, and highlights their importance in developing essential skills, behavior, performance, experience, and learnings. The assignment also touches upon the benefits of portfolio careers for medical graduates and the role of teaching portfolios in teacher education. By presenting examples and references from various sources, this assignment provides a comprehensive understanding of how academic portfolios can aid students in achieving success both academically and professionally.

Portfolio

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ...............................................................................................................................2
DOCUMENTS ................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
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REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Portfolio is the combination of academic work where educational evidence used
for the various purpose such as evaluate the work quality, learning outcomes and the
requirement of different course (Debowski, 2012). This report include the various
academic and professional context which help the readers to identify it's importance in
their life. Some of the portfolio is used to checked only learning outcomes and
achievement in specific project & task.
SUMMARY
This report choose 12 topics which is related to the academic or professional
context. Such as communication skills, research techniques, Harvard referencing,
students learnings & achievement, Graphical representation, literature review,
plagiarism and conclusion. In addition, it include the presentation skills, methodology,
study material and critical thinking in their project. Above mentioned portfolio content is
useful for the students because with the help of this. Individual can analyse or identify
their competency skills, increase knowledge, learning process or provide the
achievement in respect of specific project or task. Research techniques, Harvard
referencing or literature review make their work effective or authentic which provide the
accurate results which make their academics or professional life better (Eyre and et.al.,
2014).
With the help of portfolio student or individual can identify their work quality, or
they meet with their learnings standards, fulfil the requirements or not. Communication
skills, presentation skills, graphical representation or references help the student to
deliver their MSG to other by using these content. Teacher can understand the work
through effective presentation, communication or graphical representation. Along with
this, literature review provide the detail knowledge about any specific topic which make
the content authentic and referencing provide the source of searching which provide the
clarification regarding available information.
At the time of competing project, critical thinking of an individual will increase and
the given output is valuable. This report chose these topics because it will help the
students to increase their learning and make them capable to achieve their goals &
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objectives. Plagiarism is used to check data authenticity or it will affect the student's
grades and these actions take by the academic authority. Collages take strict actions
regarding plagiarism and in result they reduce the marks and build difficulties for them
to achieve higher grades. Study material help the student to complete their task or they
take information and provide referencing which clearly show that available data is used
from specific book, journal or articles (Hamilton, 2018). Methodology is used for the
collection of data and then individual take their decision according to the requirement.
So every research required to follow some methodology to collect information such as
techniques which include historical or present information.
Reason of choosing above topics will help the student to collect information that
further helps in conclusion regarding their research. Student can identify that weather
above using techniques, source, methodology and information is beneficial or not.
Conclusion provide the overview regarding their work and it is the final impression of
their work. So basically above mention topics is important for the students to complete
their task in order to achieve high grades and it will increase the individual learning.
MAIN BODY
DOCUMENTS:
 Harvard Referencing: It is important to show the sources which used in the
research and help the reader to identify that where to get information. It also
necessary to provide information to those writer who's information or research
they used in their project. With the help of citation, reader's can check the
authenticity of available information with the help of plagiarism. This software
identify that available data or information taken by which sources and where to
copy. Universities and collages used this process to check the authenticity of
data. In the future, Harvard referencing plays complex role in the academic life
where collages encourage their students to use referencing for the identification
of data and from where they taken (Lakin, 2016).
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 Communication skill: This skill important for the academic or professional
context which develop the individual behaviour as well as performance in order to
achieve their goals & objectives. With the help of communication skill, students
can improve their behaviour, way of presenting themselves, build loyalty, honesty
and relation. Due to this reason, effective communication is important for the
student personal life as well as for their professional life. Presently it help the
individual to face various challenges and identify the solution with the help of
communication. In the future also, it is essentially required by the students to
enhance their skills in their professional life which provide them huge career
growth.
 Research Methodology: It help the researcher to identify the area where they
allow to search about specific topic and it provide the human growth &
development. Use of different methodology provide different findings which affect
the information. So it is important to identify the methodology which is more
authentic and effective for the project that completed by the students. Currently, it
is used to develop knowledge, learning and understanding of various issues
which help the student to build their academic life valuable or create
opportunities in their future career (Little-Wienert and Mazziotti, 2018). In the
future, research methodology become a essential requirement of data science
and it will create future opportunity for the student. \
 Student learning & achievement: Portfolio used to evaluate the individual
learnings and achievement as well as working habits and skills. It is acquire by
the teachers to build effective strategies after analysis that whether student is
learn something or not. In the academic point of view, after completing any
project or task it is important to learn something and achieve valuable knowledge
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which further helps the teacher to change their way of teaching. In the future, it is
important for the individual to enhance their learnings through increase their
expectation, share a common goal in their academics as well as in their
professional life. It helps the student in their academic as well as in their career
life where they get employment because of their learning capability and
academic achievement.
 Types of Graphs: Graphical demonstration is used for the representation of
statistical data and it can be in various forms. Their are many types of charts
available for the presentation which indicate the various combination of data. It is
very helpful in the personal and professional life. Students can use this make
their assignment more effective and in career life it help provide the effective
impression on their superior. These charts have various types and each types
have their own way to represent data. It include line chart, Pie chart, Bar graph,
Histogram, scatter plot etc. In become more popular in the future and become
more useful in the personal as well as professional live.
 Literature review: It is the process where scholars done their research on
specific topic and readers get the deep knowledge. It will include the current
knowledge, intense research, findings and use of different methodology.
Basically it is a discussion on specific topic which is helpful for the readers where
they get the detail knowledge of specific area. It enhance the work quality of
student by doing literature review which develop the thinking capability of an
individual. Which is beneficial in their academic life as well in their professional
life where they use this techniques to analyse their results and findings. In the
future also, it become most popular because it will provide the effective or
authentic results of their work.
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 Plagiarism: It means, use others information in their work is called plagiarism
either it is intentionally or UN-intentionally. In case of the student, academy take
this serious and take action in respect of falling grades. Academies take
necessary actions regarding plagiarism because they want that student done
their work themselves without copying anyone else. Students also need to know
that how plagiarism happen because most of the cases done UN-intentionally.
They need to learn academic skills to prevent plagiarism and improve their work
(Roberts, 2013). Universities and schools use this software to identity the
authentication of their work and it's sources. In the future also, academy
frequently use this software to check students work and make their work effective
and authentic.
 Conclusion: It is the short overview of any project or essay where individual
conclude the whole work and give their point of view. It is short and closing
statement where whole argument is concluded and it is the main objective of
report or essay. Good conclusion provide the positive impact where reader
impressed with the report. Student need to learn that how to conclude because it
helps in academic as well as professional life. Individual need to learn this skills,
which helps in their future to complete their work effectively and secure good
marks in academics and good reputation in organisation.
 Presentation skills: It is important for the individual in their academics as well as
in their professional life. Because it is a part of communication and with the help
of presentation individual share the information with others. It is used in the
academic life where student get the higher score with effective presentation as
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well as useful in the professional life. Where it provide the positive impact or build
a good impression on their peers or superior. It is a important skill which required
in the future and make them individual to grab the opportunity. Presentation skill
positively impact the academic life of student as well as their career too.
 Team work: It is a team efforts where each team member complete their duty
and fulfil their responsibility to achieve their goals & objectives. It measure the
individual performance and behaviour regarding any task. Even in the academic
life of student, where they have to complete their team project with the help of
each member of team (Scott, 2012). On the other hand, in the professional life
also team work affect the individual performance as well as behaviour. Individual
have this skill because it will provide the future opportunity in respect of their
career. It is beneficial for the academic as well as professional life which
enhance individual skill and capacity to being productive.
 Percentage: In general terms, percentage is a kind of number or ration which is
expressed as the fraction of 100. Eventually, percentage is indicated with the
symbol of %. The percentage word is derived from Latin word percentum which
means per hundred. Percentage is generally used in comparing one quantity
with other as well as it is also used in general uses like for reducing the
discounted criteria. Additionally, it is also used in the presenting a particular
criteria. For example marks of a student can be presented in the terms of
percentage (Taylor and Littleton, 2016).
 Mean Median Mode: These 3 element will be calculate by using numbers and it
is required for the specific calculation. Mean is average value of the available
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data where adding the each value and then divided from total number of items
available (Van den Brink and Benschop, 2012). Median is the value which
provide the mid value of the range of given numbers. Mode is not regularly used
in the current life but it is useful in certain cases. It help the individual in their
personal and professional life.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it has been concluded that portfolio of academic
work help the students in their collage life as well as in their professional life. Because
above mention skills essentially required by the individual to perform their duty weather
in their collage or in their workplace. It helps in identifying individual behaviour,
performance, experience and learnings which develop opportunity in their life. So
basically academic portfolio help in academic as well as in professional life of an
individual.
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REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Debowski, S., 2012. The New Academic: A Strategic Handbook: A Strategic Handbook.
McGraw-Hill Education (UK).
Eyre, H. A., and et.al., 2014. Portfolio careers for medical graduates: implications for
postgraduate training and workforce planning. Australian Health Review. 38(3).
pp.246-251.
Hamilton, M., 2018. Bridging the Gap from Teacher to Teacher Educator: The Role of a
Teaching Portfolio. Studying Teacher Education. 14(1). pp.88-102.
Lakin, A. L., 2016. Effective faculty evaluation at the teaching-centered university:
Building a fair and authentic portfolio of faculty work. International Journal of
Educational Management. 30(6). pp.976-988.
Little-Wienert, K. and Mazziotti, M., 2018. Twelve tips for creating an academic teaching
portfolio. Medical teacher. 40(1). pp.26-30.
McDonald, B., 2012. Portfolio assessment: direct from the classroom. Assessment &
Evaluation in Higher Education. 37(3). pp.335-347.
Roberts, P., 2013. Academic dystopia: Knowledge, performativity, and tertiary
education. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies. 35(1). pp.27-
43.
Scott, K., 2012. Using the e-portfolio to validate student learning. The Teaching
Professor. 26(1). p.1.
Taylor, S. and Littleton, K., 2016. Contemporary identities of creativity and creative
work. Routledge.
Van den Brink, M. and Benschop, Y., 2012. Gender practices in the construction of
academic excellence: Sheep with five legs. Organization. 19(4). pp.507-524.
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