Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session R62: Toward Inclusive Physics Education: Research and Practical StrategiesDiversity Education Invited Live Outreach Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FED Chair: Ted Brzinski, Haverford College |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 8:00AM - 8:36AM Live |
R62.00001: The Practicing Professionalism Framework: Redefining "Physicist" To Reflect Inclusivity Within The Physics Community Invited Speaker: Martha-Elizabeth Baylor Students sometimes perceive the physics community as an exclusive community that values innate intelligence, impressive research, and individuals who can assimilate into a white male-dominated culture. In fact, the physics community, broadly, values hard work, any research that advances our understanding of the physical world, and a spectrum of identities. By framing one course as an opportunity to practice multiple aspects of being a professional physicist, I provide an opportunity to change student perceptions of who is a physicist and what it means to be a physicist. This framework, called Practicing Professionalism, has two major aspects. First, the framework promotes rigor in developing traditional physics content knowledge and skill competencies through a growth mindset. Second, the framework allows for the natural inclusion of coursework that focuses on issues that professional physicists care about that do not typically fall into traditional physics courses such as diversity and inclusion. I will present the Practicing Professionalism Framework along with activities that I use to support this framework. I will present evidence demonstrating student’s broadened and more inclusive definition of a physicist and the physics community. |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 8:36AM - 9:12AM Live |
R62.00002: Equity and Inclusion in inquiry-based labs Invited Speaker: Natasha Holmes While group work is common in most introductory physics labs, research in physics education has found that students' experiences in those groups are not necessarily in common. I'll discuss our recent work evaluating how students participate in the hands-on aspects of physics labs, particularly illuminating imbalances between men's and women's participation. I'll also describe how nuances in students' perceptions of these experiences and differences in single-gender versus mixed-gender groups motivate different types of instructional interventions (or even no intervention at all!). |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 9:12AM - 9:48AM Live |
R62.00003: Using a belonging and intelligence mindset intervention to promote inclusivity in undergraduate physics courses Invited Speaker: Emily Marshman Instructors often focus on content and pedagogical approaches to improve student engagement and learning in physics courses. However, students’ motivational characteristics can also play an important role in their engagement and success in physics. For example, students’ sense of belonging in a physics class, their self-efficacy, and views about whether intelligence in physics is “fixed” or “malleable” can affect engagement and learning. These types of concerns can especially impact the learning outcomes of women and other underrepresented students in physics classes and stereotype threats can exacerbate these issues while learning physics. We will discuss prior research studies that show how different types of interventions (e.g., social belonging and growth mindset) have improved the motivation and learning of all students, especially women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields and how these interventions can be adapted and implemented in physics classes. We will also describe a belonging and growth mindset intervention that we have incorporated in introductory physics courses and findings from the intervention. The types of interventions discussed in this workshop are short, requiring less than one hour of regular class or recitation time even though they have the potential to impact student outcomes significantly—especially for women and other underrepresented students in physics classes. |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 9:48AM - 10:24AM Live |
R62.00004: Community-driven financial support for students during a pandemic: the Access Network Emergency Fund Invited Speaker: Brianne Gutmann Co-presenters: Benjamin Pollard (Univ of Colorado) and Gina Quan (SJSU). |
Thursday, March 18, 2021 10:24AM - 11:00AM Live |
R62.00005: Inclusive Teaching: From Theory to Practice Invited Speaker: Chad Topaz Inclusive teaching is a set of approaches and practices that help create environments where students feel safe and valued, and where they have equal access to learning. Learning environment matters because a student's sense of belonging correlates with learning outcomes. In this talk, I will present key literature on inclusive teaching and, guided by this literature, provide numerous practical strategies that can be implemented in and out of the classroom. |
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