Studies on physics identity have shown that it is one of the main factors that can predict a person’s persistence in the field; therefore, studying physics identity is critical to increase diversity within the field of physics and to understand what changes can allow more women and minorities to identify with the field. In this study we investigate informal physics programs as spaces for physics identity exploration. These programs provide unique conditions under which to study physics identity development along with other identities. Informal physics spaces allow for voluntary engagement, as well as elements of agency and autonomy within the exploration of physics, thus allowing an identity to form outside of the constraints traditionally found in academic settings. In this work, we use an operationalized version of the Community of Practice framework to study the development of physics identities within university students who facilitate informal physics programs. We use a case study approach of two physics graduate students to provide a context for testing the feasibility of the extended framework and to identify how experiences within an informal physics program impact physics identity development. This paper presents the operationalized constructs within the Community of Practice framework, how these constructs are applied to the narrated experiences of our participants and highlight how can we use this framework to understand the nuances of physics identity development as well as the factors that can influence that development.

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实践社区框架，用于理解非正式物理学课程中的身份发展

对物理特性的研究表明，它是可以预测一个人在该领域的坚持不懈的主要因素之一；因此，研究物理学身份对于增加物理学领域的多样性并了解哪些变化可以使更多的妇女和少数民族认同该领域至关重要。在这项研究中，我们调查非正式物理程序作为探索物理身份的空间。这些程序提供了学习物理身份发展以及其他身份的独特条件。非正式的物理空间允许自愿参与，以及在物理探索中的代理和自治要素，因此可以在传统的学术环境之外形成身份。在这项工作中 我们使用实践社区框架的可操作版本来研究促进非正式物理课程的大学生中物理身份的发展。我们使用两名物理研究生的案例研究方法，为测试扩展框架的可行性提供了背景，并确定了非正式物理计划中的经验如何影响物理身份发展。本文介绍了实践社区框架内的可操作结构，如何将这些结构应用于我们参与者的叙述体验，并重点介绍了我们如何使用此框架来理解物理特性发展的细微差别以及可能影响物理特性发展的因素。发展。