Section 6: Documentation of Academic and Professional Growth
Note: According to the GMU Portfolio Guidelines, items in this section should include only those documents that are previously listed in Sections 3 - Research Experiences and Plans, 4 - Professional Experiences and Plans, and 5 - Evidence of Analytical and Integrative Thinking. In my case, section 5 either directly refers to every document listed in the section 3 and 4 or it points to the two sections. I have included only those papers that I have mentioned in the three sections earlier, i.e., 3, 4, and 5. The comprehensive list of every assignment and every paper is available under individual course details page.
- Important course papers, projects, and exams
- Goals and competencies related:
- Analytical paper(s):
- Policy briefing/advocacy paper(s):
- Descriptive paper(s):
- Book review(s):
- Book(s)/topic(s) reflections:
- "Legacy of Apartheid," its key aspects, and policy implications in Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa
- Send or not to send children to school - an Indian poor family perspective in The Child and the State in India
- Book(s) critique:
- Class presentation(s):
- EDRS 810 Exam(s): midterm • final
- Research related:
- Research rationale excercise paper(s): question/rationale • rewrite (days of struggle with writing)
- Literature review(s): first draft • final draft
- Conceptual framework: Comprehensive School Reform Selection: Decision-Making Processes Used and Teacher "buy-in" -- A Conceptual Framework
- Proposal: Comprehensive School Reform Selection: Decision-Making Processes Used and Teacher Buy-in -- An Organizational Perspective
- Quantitative (pilot study report): Student Demographics, Teacher self-efficacy and student expectations, and Math achievement -- A quantitative study
- Qualitative:
- observation exercise
- HSRB approval proposal
- Idea memo
- Researcher identity memo
- Research relationship and data collection memo
- Interview transcripts: interview 1 • interview 2 • interview 3
- Data analysis and conclusions memo
- Transition of Muslim Adolescents to Public or Secular Private High Schools: Stand Up and Do Not Hide Who You Are(research report)
- Mixed-mthods:
- Program/Curriculum Evaluation related: Evaluation of Integrated Islamic Education Program
- Documents relating to research activities and accomplishments
- Documents relating to professional activities and accomplishments
- See Section A under professional activities - No specific documents, only links to the ByLaws and duties performed in education-related professional work
- Documents providing evidence of analytical/integrative thinking
- See Analytical and Integrative Thinking page for the list of ducuments weaved into the reflections on the evolution of analytical and integrative thinking. All the documents are included in the documents list under Section A
- Other relevant documents
- Every document mentioned in the sections 3, 4, and 5 is listed above. See every course-specific details page, by clicking course specific button on the side menu, for each single document for the course.