Student representations of a community of practice

Lane, W. Brian; Headley, Cortney

doi:10.1103/physrevphyseducres.18.020110

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“…CoPs are also widespread in the educational sector where they support teachers and educators in reflecting on their practice [11]. In physics education, however, CoPs are used mainly as a pedagogical tool [12,13] or as an instrument to acquire research data [14,15]. Applying CoPs as a framework to support TAs seems to be a rather novel approach.…”

Section: Ept-hub Operating As a Community Of Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Teaching Assistants in a Community of Practice

Bondar,

Nuber,

Zeyen

et al. 2024

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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We present a framework that supports physics teaching assistants in their teaching duties during exercise classes and that fosters their professional teaching development. The framework relies on the concept of Communities of Practice combining pedagogy with strategies and support for social interaction. We are discussing the positive effects of this novel approach on teaching, as well as its challenges.

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Section: Ept-hub Operating As a Community Of Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Teaching Assistants in a Community of Practice

Bondar,

Nuber,

Zeyen

et al. 2024

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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Using drawing to study student research experiences

Lane,

Zavala,

Khazal

et al. 2024

Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res.

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The communities of practice (COP) framework describes learning as a process of navigating one’s position of membership within a community of professionals pursuing a set of common goals using established practices. As students navigate their membership within a community like a physics research group, they develop a mental model of the community of practice and use this model to guide their future career decisions. Drawing has been shown to illustrate students’ perspectives and experiences, offering important benefits as a source of qualitative information. In this proof-of-concept paper, we explore how a drawing survey can be used to identify elements of a student’s COP model in the context of a research group. We describe the development and validation of this drawing survey using the response process evaluation method. This method establishes the degree to which students interpret survey prompts as intended. We then review a sample of seven student drawings made in response to the survey to investigate the degree to which the survey generates sufficient data to examine a student’s COP model. Finally, we demonstrate a use case examining N=23 drawings that allow us to identify patterns and possible differences in responses from different student groups (physics majors and biology majors). We then reflect on this use of a drawing survey by highlighting important aspects of the process and discussing limitations. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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Student representations of a community of practice

Cited by 2 publications

References 82 publications

Supporting Teaching Assistants in a Community of Practice

Supporting Teaching Assistants in a Community of Practice

Using drawing to study student research experiences

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