Folio Thinking To Consolidate Learner-centered Pedagogy In Foreign Language Classrooms

Résumé: Education in the constructivist theory is no longer restricted to what is acquired in the classrooms. Personal experiences have become an integral part of learning, and the latter might be extended outside the educational setting. These experiences may create spaces that enable learners to go back to their previous achievements so as to assess themselves. So, the mechanisms of documenting and organising the learning outcomes are practiced under a habit of mind named folio thinking. This innovative pedagogy is underused in Algerian universities, more specifically in the language classrooms despite the fact that there are several strategies that help embodying it. In action, this may be tackled from both learning and assessment perspectives where learners need to have some skills that are the crux of folio thinking. This paper strives to give an accessible overview to folio thinking process. Also, it advocates the adoption of adequate learning and assessment tools that nurture students’ folio thinking skills.

Publié dans la revue: جسور المعرفة