Work

�Construction workers for the bridge�: relationalities encountered by a physics teacher in an RET program

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: RET (Research Experience for Teachers) summer programs have gained popularity as spaces to support teachers in bringing cutting edge topics in science classrooms.Previous research has utilized teacher identity as a construct to understand teachers' experiences in RET programs as they learn new scientific ideas in research-based settings and experiment with strategies to translate this learning into classroom curricula.In this work, we adopt relationality, a precursor of identity, as a construct to examine the journey of one teacher participant through a quantum science summer RET program.Using a qualitative case study approach, we analyze this participant's pre and post interviews at the beginning and end of the summer program and identify emergent relationalities of importance.We demonstrate how this teacher's relationalities with both human actors as well as non-human entities evolved and influenced the realization of the goals of the program towards teachers' learning and curriculum development.

Source: Physics Education Research Conference (PERC)

Authors: Roshni Bano, Minjung Ryu

Institution: University of Illinois Chicago

Language: English

Topic: Science Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: QLCI-CI: NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Quantum Sensing in Biophysics and Bioengineering