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| Abstract Title: | Analysing discourse and identity in physics education: Methodological considerations |
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| Abstract: | Physics education research has for a long time primarily been concerned with helping students to learn physics and to "think like a physicist". The results I present here contribute to the emerging subfield where students' identity development is analyzed to explore processes of "becoming a physicist" in a wider sense. Drawing on sociocultural theories and methodologies, and specifically analyzing identity and discourse, I focus on what happens when students with different outlooks on physics encounter advanced physics courses. A discourse analytical framework allows me and my colleagues to inquire into the messages about "who one should be as a physicist", communicated to students during courses. This enables a discussion of what physicist identities are made available to physics students. I argue that focusing on these social aspects of physics learning contributes to a better and more inclusive physics education that may also attract a more diverse student body. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
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| Primary Contact: |
Anders Johansson Department of Physics and Astronomy & Centre for Gender Research, Uppsala University Box 516 Uppsala, 75120 |
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