Memory work - the conscious remembering and study of individual and shared memories - is increasingly being acknowledged as a key pedagogical tool in working with children. Giving students opportunities and support to remember and study their selves as individuals and as communities allows them to see their future as something that belongs to them, and that they can influence in some way for the better. This edited volume brings together essays from scholars who are studying the interconnections between pedagogy and memory in the context of social themes and social inquiry within educational...

What should be the role of the portfolio in teacher education? As an exit requirement for teacher education programs, the -professional teacher portfolio- is increasingly being tied to the accountability and standards movement, as well as to evidence-based practices. Despite becoming an all-too-common feature of faculties of education worldwide, uses of the portfolio vary widely. Pre-service teachers (its intended beneficiaries) are often those most mystified by the portfolio s use and value; is there really a benefit or have we created more empty rhetoric? The Emperor s New Clothes?...

What should be the role of the portfolio in teacher education? As an exit requirement for teacher education programs, the -professional teacher portfolio- is increasingly being tied to the accountability and standards movement, as well as to evidence-based practices. Despite becoming an all-too-common feature of faculties of education worldwide, uses of the portfolio vary widely. Pre-service teachers (its intended beneficiaries) are often those most mystified by the portfolio s use and value; is there really a benefit or have we created more empty rhetoric? The Emperor s New Clothes?...