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Giving young people experiences of the curiosity, creativity and wonder of thinking like a physicist

让年轻人体验像物理学家一样思考的好奇心、创造力和奇迹

基本信息

批准号：
ST/T005564/1
负责人：
Berry Billingsley
金额：
$ 2.1万
依托单位：
Canterbury Christ Church University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FT005564%2F1
关键词：
Giving young people experiences curiosity

项目摘要

MotivationSchool students generally enjoy practical work in physics but dislike the rigidity of so-called recipe investigations - which are investigations that follow a set method, designed to guide them to an expected answer. Further, over the long term, an overuse of recipe investigations fosters a disinterest in science, misperceptions about how science is done and confusion about what physics tells us about the nature of universe.In addition, the entrenched subject compartmentalisation of secondary school science and exam pressure means that physics becomes disconnected from real-world contexts and the multidisciplinary topics discussed in other subjects. Students miss out on opportunities to explore the relationships between physics and Big Questions as part of their formal learning.Students in areas of deprivation frequently struggle to access employer-based and science enrichment activities and have low science capital - and are hardest hit by these negative aspects of school science. Our project is designed to address this gap.Aims, outcomes, outputs, impactThe project will transform how 600 participating students (age 8-12) in six schools in areas of deprivation and will enrich their understanding of physics by providing them with workshop activities linked to real world contexts and Big Questions in which to see the value, relevance and power and limitations of physics. As a result, students develop a deeper appreciation of the curiosity, creativity and wonder that is involved in real-world science exploration.Each school will have three in-school workshops for up to 100 students. Students are in groups of about 30 and the workshops run concurrently three times. 180 students (30 per school) also attend a showcase event on campus. Six workshops will be designed - three for primary students aged 8-10 and three for secondary students aged 11-13. The workshops brief is to help students to experience the curiosity, creativity and wonder of thinking like a physicist while tackling misperceptions and negative attitudes towards physics associated with compartmentalisation, exam pressure and recipe investigations. Expert physicist Prof John Wood (honorary scientist at RAL) will provide scenarios that inspire students' imaginations about how physics works drawn from solar and particle physics, cosmology and accelerator science. These workshops will supplement two existing physics workshops from a previous project.Professional Development in participating schools will build 24 teachers' understanding of how to create activities that link classroom physics with big questions about the nature of reality.Five University Outreach Ambassadors will gain expertise in science communication and ways to teach physics to students. Our aim is that our Ambassadors who are mostly Education Studies undergraduates will become experienced and passionate STEM influencers in future;During the workshops the students will create a project for a showcase event on campus. The challenge and excitement of the showcase will create a focus while giving students the freedom to research and devise their own responses. 180 students will come on campus for a day of sharing questions, ideas and demonstrations. The showcase will be promoted to university teacher trainees, university staff and the media. Project dissemination will provide a case study of how researchers, experienced scientists and university outreach ambassadors can work with students to enhance their understanding of the nature of physics. The case study together with resources for successful activities will be published and promoted to STEM professionals and teachers via organisations such as the ASE. Research findings will be disseminated to academics, teachers and policy makers via National Curriculum Policy groups via conference presentations, policy reports, journal articles and a special edition of School Science Review.

动机学校的学生通常喜欢物理学的实际工作，但不喜欢所谓的食谱调查的僵化-这是遵循一套方法的调查，旨在引导他们获得预期的答案。此外，长期以来，过度使用配方研究会导致人们对科学不感兴趣，对科学是如何进行的误解，以及对物理学告诉我们的宇宙本质的困惑。此外，中学科学根深蒂固的学科划分和考试压力意味着物理学与现实世界的背景以及其他学科中讨论的多学科主题脱节。学生们错过了探索物理和大问题之间关系的机会，而这正是他们正规学习的一部分。贫困地区的学生往往难以获得雇主提供的科学丰富活动，科学资本也很低，受到学校科学这些负面影响的打击最大。我们的项目旨在弥补这一差距。目标、成果、产出、影响该项目将改变贫困地区六所学校的600名参与学生（8-12岁）的生活方式，并将通过为他们提供与真实的世界背景和大问题有关的讲习班活动，丰富他们对物理学的理解，让他们看到物理学的价值、相关性、力量和局限性。因此，学生们对现实世界的科学探索所涉及的好奇心、创造力和奇迹有了更深的认识。每所学校将有三个校内研讨会，最多可容纳100名学生。学生大约30人一组，工作坊同时进行三次。180名学生（每所学校30名）也参加了校园展示活动。工作坊共有六个，其中三个为八至十岁的小学生而设，三个为十一至十三岁的中学生而设。工作坊简介是帮助学生体验好奇心，创造力和像物理学家一样思考的奇迹，同时解决与划分，考试压力和配方调查相关的误解和对物理学的负面态度。专家物理学家约翰·伍德教授（RAL荣誉科学家）将提供激发学生想象力的场景，这些场景来自太阳和粒子物理学、宇宙学和加速器科学。这些工作坊将补充先前项目中的两个物理工作坊。参与学校的专业发展将使24名教师了解如何创建将课堂物理与现实本质的重大问题联系起来的活动。五名大学外展大使将获得科学传播和向学生教授物理的方法方面的专业知识。我们的目标是，我们的大使谁大多是教育研究本科生将成为经验丰富，充满激情的干在未来的影响力;在研讨会期间，学生将创建一个项目，在校园里的展示活动。展示的挑战和兴奋将创造一个焦点，同时让学生自由研究和设计自己的反应。180名学生将来到校园，分享问题，想法和演示的一天。将向大学教师培训生、大学工作人员和媒体推广这一展示。项目传播将提供一个案例研究，说明研究人员、经验丰富的科学家和大学外联大使如何与学生合作，提高他们对物理学本质的理解。案例研究以及成功活动的资源将通过ASE等组织发布并推广给STEM专业人员和教师。研究结果将通过国家课程政策小组通过会议介绍、政策报告、期刊文章和《学校科学评论》特刊传播给学者、教师和决策者。