Completed project · 2018–2021
Developing and testing an e-portfolio for career guidance for high-achieving upper secondary pupils
The project develops and tests an e-portfolio to support career guidance for upper secondary pupils in Bremen as part of a ‘Special programme for career guidance for high-achieving pupils’ under the federal–state ‘Education Chains’ agreement. It builds on an e-portfolio concept for career guidance already developed at the ITB through the Berufswahlpass.online project.
The e-portfolio will document all stages and aspects of pupils' individual career guidance processes. As a digital learning environment, it will substantially support decisions on careers and university study. Materials collected and prepared through portfolio work should remain available beyond school to support applications and further career development. The e-portfolio can therefore make an important contribution to lifelong learning.
E-portfolio work places considerable demands on pupils' ability to learn independently. Achieving strong acceptance among pupils and teachers therefore requires all project measures and existing and forthcoming materials to be interconnected. This can be achieved through the established statewide itslearning platform, already available to all schools, combined with information and professional development for teachers.