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MOREIRA, Jacinta Rosa  e  FERREIRA, Maria José. Webfolios reflexivos: contributos para o desenvolvimento profissional do professor. Educ. Form. Tecnol. [online]. 2011, vol.04, n.02, pp.61-75. ISSN 1646-933X.

Increasing technological development commands the adaptation of strategies for training teachers, introducing different devices that demonstrate the interaction between theory and practice, as tools for achieving a professional upgrade. The potentiality of the information technology for the development of teaching portfolios alters their design and development, enlarging the scope of this tool. Combining Web 2.0 technology with the process of building reflective portfolios, when teachers assume the leading role playing an active and independent part, we have designed the reflective webfolio. This tool provides the teacher with a space to reflect about his/her practices and thus enhance both his personal and professional development. In this context, the present study aimed at assessing the actual contributions of using this tool as a strategy for lifelong learning based on systematic reflective practice leading to the professional development of teachers. The analysis and discussion of the results have showed that the assumptions pointed out by the theoretical references are confirmed. Actually, the reflective webfolio has been proved as a strategy for teacher´s professional knowledge inducing a systematic reflective practice leading to self-knowledge, supporting the (re) construction of their conceptions and having an impact on their acts.

Palavras-chave : Reflective Webfolio; Reflective Practice; Professional Development; Self-Education.

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