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| Abstract Title: | Applications of PER in Diverse Settings: Perspectives on Audience, Method and Implementation |
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| Abstract: | Physics education research has traditionally not addressed variation in student population. Are the tools, practices, and findings of PER relevant, applicable and valid across populations? This session includes four PER groups working with underrepresented student populations differing by audience, method and implementation. Brewe, Kramer and O'Brien at Florida International University, a Hispanic-Serving Institution, use reform to develop community; Sabella, Coble and Bowen of Chicago State University, a Black-Serving Institution, apply PER methods to identify underrepresented university students' resources; Finkelstein and Mayhew of the University of Colorado investigate impacts and institutional implications of informal education programs; Steinberg of City College of New York implements PER-based approaches as a science teacher at a mixed public high school in Harlem. These researchers are united by the goal of identifying problems within the structures of physics/science education relevant to encouraging student successes. These posters identify a diversity of approaches to improving educational opportunities for underrepresented student groups and limitations, challenges and opportunities for broadening inclusion. |
| Abstract Type: | Targeted Poster Session |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Eric Brewe Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street ZEB 259a Miami, FL 33199 Phone: 305-348-3507 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Laird Kramer, George O'Brien Florida International University Mel S. Sabella, Kim Coble, and Samuel Bowen Chicago State University Noah Finkelstein and Laurel Mayhew University of Colorado at Boulder Richard Steinberg City College of New York |
Targeted Poster Session Specific Information | |
| Poster 1 Title: | Using Educational Reform as a Kernel for Growing Community at a Hispanic Serving Institution |
| Poster 1 Authors: | Eric Brewe, Laird Kramer, George O'Brien Florida International University |
| Poster 2 Title: | Utilizing the Individual and Collective Resources of Urban University Students to Develop an Effective Instructional Environment |
| Poster 2 Authors: | Mel S. Sabella, Kim Coble, and Samuel Bowen Chicago State University |
| Poster 3 Title: | Acting in Our Own Self-Interest: Blending University and Community |
| Poster 3 Authors: | Noah Finkelstein and Laurel Mayhew University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Poster 4 Title: | Challenges Gaced by a (White) Idealist Teaching Science in a Public High School in Harlem |
| Poster 4 Authors: | Richard Steinberg City College of New York |
