Video narratives: creativity and growth in teacher education

Portfolios are widely used as instruments in initial teacher education in order to assess teacher competences. Video footages provides the opportunity to capture the richness ad complexity of work practices. This means that not only a larger variety of teacher competences can be demonstrated, but also the context in which competences are shown. In order to prevent ‘ticking the boxes’ method of assessment, video narratives are introduced, integrating a more holistic view on teaching. A case study is presented of the post-graduate teacher education programme of the University of Amsterdam. The results show that the video narrative could be a valuable, valid component of a video portfolio in initial teacher education.