Situating Portfolios : Four Perspectives.

Contents -- Situating Portfolios: An Introduction / Kathleen Blake Yancey and Irwin Weiser -- I. Theory and Power -- 1. Reflections on an Explosion: Portfolios in the '90s and Beyond / Peter Elbow and Pat Belanoff -- 2. The Lunar Light of Student Writing: Portfolios and Literary Theory / Robert Leigh Davis -- 3. Rethinking Portfolios for Evaluating Writing: Issues of Assessment and Power / Brian Huot and Michael M. Williamson -- 4. Kentucky's State-Mandated Writing Portfolios and Teacher Accountability / Susan Callahan -- 5. Teachers and Students: Reclaiming Assessment Via Portfolios / Sandra Murphy -- 6. Establishing Sound Portfolio Practice: Reflections on Faculty Development / Cheryl Evans Ause and Gerilee Nicastro -- 7. Of Large-Mouth Milk Jugs, Cosmic Trash Compactors, and Renewal Machines: Reflections on a Multi-task Portfolio Assessment / Charlotte W. O'Brien -- 8. Portfolio For Doctoral Candidacy: A Veritable Alternative / Janice M. Heiges -- II. Pedagogy -- 9. Behind the Scenes: Portfolios in a Classroom Learning Community / Mary Ann Smith -- 10. Using Portfolios to Assess and Nurture Early Literacy from a Developmental Perspective / Sandra J. Stone -- 11. Portfolios and Flow / Thomas Philion -- 12. Producing Purposeful Portfolios / Mary Perry -- 13. Building Bridges, Closing Gaps: Using Portfolios to Reconstruct the Academic Community / William Condon -- 14. Portfolios in Law School: Creating a Community of Writers / Susan R. Dailey -- III. Teaching and Professional Development -- 15. Portfolios as a Way to Encourage Reflective Practice Among Preservice English Teachers / Robert P. Yagelski -- 16. Teacher Portfolios: Lessons in Resistance, Readiness, and Reflection / Kathleen Blake Yancey -- 17. Finding Out What's in Their Heads: Using Teaching Portfolios to Assess English Education Students-and Programs / C. Beth Burch.

18. A Different Understanding / Pearl R. Paulson and F. Leon Paulson -- 19. Revising Our Practices: How Portfolios Help Teachers Learn / Irwin Weiser -- IV. Technology -- 20. Wedding the Technologies of Writing Portfolios and Computers: The Challenges of Electronic Classrooms / Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe -- 21. A Hypertext Authoring Course, Portfolio Assessment, and Diversity / Gregory A. Wickliff -- 22. Down the Yellow Chip Road: Hypertext Portfolios in Oz / Katherine M. Fischer -- 23. Reflections on Reading and Evaluating Electronic Portfolios / Kristine L. Blair and Pamela Takayoshi -- 24. Portfolios, WAC, Email, and Assessment: An Inquiry on Portnet / Michael Allen, William Condon, Marcia Dickson, Cheryl Forbes, George Meese and Kathleen Blake Yancey -- Works Cited -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.