Community of practice approach for understanding identity development within informal physics programs

Studies on physics identity have shown that it is one of the main factors that can predict a person’s persistence in the field; therefore, studying physics identity is critical to increase diversity within the field of physics and to understand what changes can allow more women and minorities to ide...

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Autores principales:	Claudia Fracchiolla, Brean Prefontaine, Kathleen Hinko
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Publicado:	American Physical Society 2020
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:614a416e69b343cbb40e23108c9e457e2021-12-02T10:53:24ZCommunity of practice approach for understanding identity development within informal physics programs10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.0201152469-9896https://doaj.org/article/614a416e69b343cbb40e23108c9e457e2020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020115http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020115https://doaj.org/toc/2469-9896Studies on physics identity have shown that it is one of the main factors that can predict a person’s persistence in the field; therefore, studying physics identity is critical to increase diversity within the field of physics and to understand what changes can allow more women and minorities to identify with the field. In this study, we investigate informal physics programs as spaces for physics identity exploration. These programs provide unique conditions under which to study physics identity development along with other identities. Informal physics spaces allow for voluntary engagement, as well as elements of agency and autonomy within the exploration of physics. Thus, these spaces allow an identity to form outside of the constraints traditionally found in academic settings. In this work, we operationalized the community of practice framework to study the development of physics identities within university students who facilitate informal physics programs. We present the stories from two physics graduate students out of our sample to provide a context for testing the feasibility of the extended framework and to identify how experiences within an informal physics program can shape physics identity development. This paper presents the operationalized constructs within the community of practice framework, how these constructs are applied to the narrated experiences of our participants and highlights how we can use this framework to understand the nuances of physics identity development as well as the factors that can influence that development.Claudia FracchiollaBrean PrefontaineKathleen HinkoAmerican Physical SocietyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691PhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review Physics Education Research, Vol 16, Iss 2, p 020115 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Physics QC1-999 Claudia Fracchiolla Brean Prefontaine Kathleen Hinko Community of practice approach for understanding identity development within informal physics programs
description	Studies on physics identity have shown that it is one of the main factors that can predict a person’s persistence in the field; therefore, studying physics identity is critical to increase diversity within the field of physics and to understand what changes can allow more women and minorities to identify with the field. In this study, we investigate informal physics programs as spaces for physics identity exploration. These programs provide unique conditions under which to study physics identity development along with other identities. Informal physics spaces allow for voluntary engagement, as well as elements of agency and autonomy within the exploration of physics. Thus, these spaces allow an identity to form outside of the constraints traditionally found in academic settings. In this work, we operationalized the community of practice framework to study the development of physics identities within university students who facilitate informal physics programs. We present the stories from two physics graduate students out of our sample to provide a context for testing the feasibility of the extended framework and to identify how experiences within an informal physics program can shape physics identity development. This paper presents the operationalized constructs within the community of practice framework, how these constructs are applied to the narrated experiences of our participants and highlights how we can use this framework to understand the nuances of physics identity development as well as the factors that can influence that development.
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title	Community of practice approach for understanding identity development within informal physics programs
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Community of practice approach for understanding identity development within informal physics programs

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