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, these spaces allow an identity to form outside of the constraints traditionally found in academic settings. In this work, we operationalized the community of practice framework to study the development of physics identities within university students who facilitate informal physics programs. We present the stories from two physics graduate students out of our sample to provide a context for testing the feasibility of the extended framework and to identify how experiences within an informal physics program can shape 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 highlights how we can 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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实践社区方法，用于理解非正式物理课程中的身份发展

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，我们调查非正式的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，以及物理探索中的代理和自治要素。因此，这些空间允许身份形成在学术环境中传统上不存在的限制之外。在这项工作中 我们实施了实践社区框架，以研究促进非正式物理课程的大学生中物理学身份的发展。我们从样本中介绍了两名物理研究生的故事，以提供一个背景来测试扩展框架的可行性，并确定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身份发展的细微差别以及可能影响物理身份发展的因素。发展。