Pilot for The Elusive Ms Higgs:a detective fiction of elementary truths

开发《难以捉摸的希格斯女士：一部基本真理的侦探小说》的试点项目将开发和评估一些基于物理的叙事场景，对象是选定中学的学生。特别是，我们将与来自低收入家庭(FSM)、黑人和少数民族(BME)背景的学生以及女孩--所有传统上不参与这一主题的群体--进行接触。这些场景是基于在发现希格斯玻色子的过程中克服的关键方面和挑战，需要学生积极使用科学方法和物理原理，他们将通过侦探谜题类型被介绍到任务中。这既是一种非传统的教学方法，也是一种非传统的教学方法，我们将尝试通过这种方法接触到目标群体。同时，我们将确定将这些情景发展成身临其境和参与式的戏剧作品，作为一种替代教学方法来教授科学科目的可行性和有效性，这些科目通常是用非常传统的方法教授12-14岁的学生。我们希望确定如何利用这种方法来促进学生群体参与科学活动，这些学生群体通常不会因为没有榜样或其他更复杂的社会、文化和经济因素而在义务教育之外接触这些学科。通过评估这种方法对学生的影响，我们的目标是确定促进学生参与所教科目的关键因素，并在这样做的同时了解我们如何才能发展一种全面的沉浸式和参与式的表演，这反过来又可以作为实践的典范，以加强学生对其他科学科目的参与。

The pilot project for the development of "The Elusive Ms Higgs: a detective fiction of elementary truths", will develop and evaluate a number of physics-based narrative scenarios with pupils in selected secondary schools. In particular, we will engage with pupils from low-income families (FSM), black and ethnic minority (BME) backgrounds and girls - all groups that have traditionally not engaged with the subject. The scenarios are based on key aspects and challenges overcome in the process of discovering the Higgs boson, and will require the active use of scientific method and physics principles by pupils who will be introduced to the task through the genre of a detective mystery. This is a non-traditional approach to teaching both particle physics and the scientific method through which we will attempt to reach the target groups.At the same time, we will determine the feasibility and effectiveness of developing these scenarios into an immersive and participatory theatre piece as an alternative pedagogical method for the teaching of scientific subjects that are usually taught using very traditional methods to school pupils aged 12 - 14 years old. We wish to determine how such an approach can be used to promote engagement with science by groups of pupils who do not normally engage with these subjects beyond compulsory science education either through an absence of role models or for other more complex socio-cultural and economic factors. Through the evaluation of the impact of this approach on school pupils, we aim to identify the key factors that promote engagement with the subject being taught and in so doing understand how we might develop a full scale immersive and participatory performance, which in turn can be used as a model of practice to enhance pupil engagement with other science subjects.