Challenges and Opportunities for Informal Physics Learning in the COVID Era

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, Michael B.; Hinko, Kathleen A.; Izadi, Dena
Titel	Challenges and Opportunities for Informal Physics Learning in the COVID Era
Quelle	In: Physical Review Physics Education Research, 17 (2021) 2, Artikel 023102 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bennett, Michael B.) ORCID (Izadi, Dena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2469-9896
Schlagwörter	Barriers; Physics; Science Instruction; COVID-19; Pandemics; Informal Education; National Surveys; Administrator Attitudes; Risk; Educational Change; School Community Relationship; Facilitators (Individuals); School Closing; Futures (of Society); Program Descriptions; Videoconferencing; Distance Education; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Risiko; Bildungsreform; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Future; Society; Zukunft; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted every aspect of academic activity, including the informal education and public engagement efforts of physics departments and institutions. As part of a large-scale national survey of the landscape of informal physics education programs, we have conducted a series of short interviews with directors and facilitators for a variety of programs in order to create a snapshot of whether and how programs have been able to adapt to the challenges and risks of the pandemic. Broadly, we find that programs are struggling to maintain any activity at all, and that those programs still in operation have relied largely on the efforts of individual director or facilitators to make substantial adaptations. Additionally, we find that those programs that have been most successful in maintaining activity benefit from strong, ongoing institutional support; we present the findings of this study both to complement existing research on formal spaces and to advocate for the continued support of informal physics education, which continues to play a crucial role in connecting departments to the public. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01