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An Exploratory Study of The Use of Teaching Portfolios by Accounting Faculty
Lizabeth A Austen,
East Carolina University
Edwin A Doty Jr., East Carolina University
Brian O' Doherty, East Carolina University
ABSTRACT. The teaching portfolio has been suggested as a tool to enhance the scholarship of teaching and to provide a tool to assist in faculty evaluation. A survey of accounting professors was used to determine the 1) extent to which teaching portfolios are used, 2) the purpose of their use, 3) the effort required to prepare the portfolio, 4) the most common components they contained, and 5) their perceived benefits. Our results show that only 31% of accounting faculty had prepared a teaching portfolio. The majority of teaching portfolios were prepared for use in the tenure decision. The average time spent to prepare a portfolio was 15.8 hours. Student evaluations, syllabi and teaching responsibilities were the components most often required. Although the preparation of a portfolio was considered burdensome, ninety percent of faculty recommended they should be used in evaluation and the same percentage indicated they would prepare a teaching portfolio again.
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