For which purposes it is used

Portraits can be used both for coaching and for assessment purposes by students and teachers.

“Portraiture as a method for professional identity development’: a new holistic way of a feasible (self-assessment) instrument that should provide (longitudinal) meaningful information for learning.” (Cees van der Vleuten, Maastricht University, The Netherlands)

Portraiture has an underlying philosophy and process that enables the illumination of real people in real settings through the ‘painting’ of their stories.