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Location:
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KFC Courts |
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Date:
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Monday, Aug.01 |
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Time:
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8:00PM - 8:45PM
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Author:
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Idaykis Rodriguez, Florida International University
305 348-4881, irodr020@fiu.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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Eric Brewe, Laird H Kramer
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Abstract:
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Expertise research in physics has focused heavily on differences between experts and novices. In an effort to extend the scope of expertise research, we are engaged in an ongoing study of the development of expertise in a physics research group. To capture the features of the development of expertise in physics, we present an ethnographic, qualitative study within a physics research group. We utilize video recordings of the physics research group's weekly research meeting and guided interviews with each of eight participants in the group. These data are analyzed using Lave and Wenger's [2] perspective of learning as legitimate peripheral participation within a community of practice. We present data from this study to characterize stages of expertise and posit a trajectory novices take toward expertise.
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Footnotes:
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[1] Supported by NSF Award # PHY-0802184
[2]Lave J., & Wegner, E. (1991). Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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