Preface to the Fourth Edition.

About the Authors.

About the Contributors.

Part I: The Teaching Portfolio: What, Why, How.

1. The Teaching Portfolio.

2. Choosing Items for the Teaching Portfolio.

3. Preparing the Teaching Portfolio.

4. Steps to Creating a Teaching Portfolio.

5. The Importance of Collaboration.

6. Suggestions for Improving the Teaching Portfolio.

7. Evaluating the Teaching Portfolio.

8. Answers to Common Questions.

9. ePortfolios for Teaching Improvement (Monica A. Devanas).

10. Clinical Education Portfolios (Annalise Sorrentino).

Part II: How Portfolios Are Used.

11. Teaching Portfolios at Loyola University Maryland (Peter Rennert-Ariev).

12. Exploring the Future of Teaching Portfolios with Graduate Students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (Mathew L. Ouellett).

13. Developing Teaching Portfolios at Elgin Community College: The Early Years (Kimberly Tarver).

14. Implementing the Teaching Portfolio at Florida Gulf Coast University (Donna Price Henry).

15. Reviewing the Teaching Portfolio: Considerations from a Provost/VPAA (Ronald B. Toll).

Part III: Sample Portfolios from Across Disciplines.

16. Biological Sciences (Martha S. Rosenthal).

17. Chemistry and Biochemistry (David E. Smith).

18. Chemistry and Mathematics (Richard Schnackenberg).

19. Communication and Philosophy (Mary Pelak Walch).

20. English and Communication (Margaret Loring).

21. Family and Consumer Sciences (Esther L. Devall).

22. Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology (Wiebke J. Boeing).

23. Government (Nancy V. Baker).

24. Justice Studies (Heather A. Walsh-Haney).

25. Law (Marc Jonathan Blitz).

26. Music (Stephanie Jensen-Moulton).

27. Nursing (Vicki D. Lachman).

28. Pathology (Peter G. Anderson).

29. Physical Therapy (Kimberly Tarver).

30. Physics (Michaela Burkardt).

31. Physiology and Developmental (Michael D. Brown).

32. Political Science (Richard R. Johnson).

33. Psychology (Aaron Kozbelt).

34. Social and Behaviroal Sciences (Kristine De Welde).

35. Social Work (Amanda Evans).

36. Theater (Amy E. Hughes).

References

Index.