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Fox MFJ, Kandiko Howson C, Kingsbury M, 2023, Equity, diversity, and inclusion - does social justice from the top trickle down?, Journal of Further and Higher Education, Vol: 47, Pages: 850-861, ISSN: 0013-1326
We analyse an institutional curriculum change initiative from the perspective of academics in a physics department to identify the barriers faced when curriculum change is used as a process to increase equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). We explore what curriculum means in physics, how power relationships within the university affect the response to top-down change, and ultimately who has control over the curriculum. We find that the different conceptualisations of curriculum in physics compared to educational research mean that a directed top-down approach stalls when concepts that fall outside of the physics curriculum, such as EDI, are introduced. Nevertheless, initiatives that are in response to EDI concerns that would be considered to be curriculum change from an educational research perspective are enacted within the department on a localised scale. Understanding the different conceptualisations of curriculum and how they interact to support or hinder change should help guide future institutional change efforts.
Archer M, Hartinger M, Cottingham M, et al., 2023, Lend Me Your Ears: Space Weather Citizen Science Through Harnessing Sonification
<jats:p>The changing conditions in near-Earth space cause space weather. This poses a risk to our everyday lives through the technology we rely upon through impacts on crucial power, communications, navigation, and transport systems. Analogues of sound in the space plasmas around our planet, known as Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) waves, are one means by which energy is circulated from the solar wind to the radiation belt, auroral, and ionospheric regions. Time-series data of ULF waves is often analysed visually, however, such data lends itself more naturally to our sense of sound. Guided by experts in audio, citizen science, and public engagement, we have developed sonification tools that render ULF waves audible. Alongside this, a graphical user interface has been developed, enabling citizen scientists to highlight signals within this audible data that standard methods can struggle to identify. These efforts are part of a NASA-funded pilot project called HARP (Heliophysics Audified Resonances in Plasmas), where high-school students and members of the public contribute to space weather science through listening. We provide an overview of how we carefully developed and tested this citizen science project before launching it publicly.</jats:p>
Werth A, Hoehn JR, Oliver K, et al., 2022, Instructor perspectives on the emergency transition to remote instruction of physics labs, PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol: 18, ISSN: 2469-9896
Borish V, Werth A, Sulaiman N, et al., 2022, Undergraduate student experiences in remote lab courses during the COVID-19 pandemic, PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol: 18, ISSN: 2469-9896
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Archer M, Cottingham M, Hartinger M, et al., 2022, Listening to the magnetosphere: How best to make ULF waves audible, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Vol: 9, ISSN: 2296-987X
Observations across the heliosphere typically rely on in situ spacecraft observations producing time-series data. While often this data is analysed visually, it lends itself more naturally to our sense of sound. The simplest method of converting oscillatory data into audible sound is audification—a one-to-one mapping of data samples to audio samples—which has the benefit that no information is lost, thus is a true representation of the original data. However, audification can make some magnetospheric ULF waves observations pass by too quickly for someone to realistically be able to listen to effectively. For this reason, we detail various existing audio time scale modification techniques developed for music, applying these to ULF wave observations by spacecraft and exploring how they affect the properties of the resulting audio. Through a public dialogue we arrive at recommendations for ULF wave researchers on rendering these waves audible and discuss the scientific and educational possibilities of these new methods.
Asfaw A, Blais A, Brown KR, et al., 2022, Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION, Vol: 65, Pages: 220-242, ISSN: 0018-9359
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Fox MFJ, Bland S, Mangles SPD, et al., 2022, Expectations of how student views on experimental physics develop during an undergraduate degree, Physics Education Research Conference (PERC), Publisher: AMER ASSOC PHYSICS TEACHERS, Pages: 182-187, ISSN: 2377-2379
Hoehn JR, Fox MFJ, Werth A, et al., 2021, Remote advanced lab course: A case study analysis of open-ended projects, PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol: 17, ISSN: 2469-9896
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Aiello CD, Awschalom DD, Bernien H, et al., 2021, Achieving a quantum smart workforce, QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Vol: 6, ISSN: 2058-9565
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Fox MFJ, Hoehn JR, Werth A, et al., 2021, Lab instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic: Effects on student views about experimental physics in comparison with previous years, PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol: 17, ISSN: 2469-9896
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Fox MFJ, Zwickl BM, Lewandowski HJ, 2020, Preparing for the quantum revolution: What is the role of higher education?, PHYSICAL REVIEW PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH, Vol: 16, ISSN: 2469-9896
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Harrison JR, Akers RJ, Allan SY, et al., 2019, Overview of new MAST physics in anticipation of first results from MAST Upgrade, NUCLEAR FUSION, Vol: 59, ISSN: 0029-5515
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Kirk A, Adamek J, Akers RJ, et al., 2017, Overview of recent physics results from MAST, NUCLEAR FUSION, Vol: 57, ISSN: 0029-5515
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Fox MFJ, Field AR, van Wyk F, et al., 2017, Experimental determination of the correlation properties of plasma turbulence using 2D BES systems, PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, Vol: 59, ISSN: 0741-3335
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Fox MFJ, van Wyk F, Field AR, et al., 2017, Symmetry breaking in MAST plasma turbulence due to toroidal flow shear, PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION, Vol: 59, ISSN: 0741-3335
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Kim J, Fox MFJ, Field AR, et al., 2016, Conditions for generating synthetic data to investigate characteristics of fluctuating quantities, COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, Vol: 204, Pages: 152-158, ISSN: 0010-4655
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Chapman IT, Adamek J, Akers RJ, et al., 2015, Overview of MAST results, 25th Fusion Energy Conference (FEC), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, ISSN: 0029-5515
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Henderson SS, Garzotti L, Casson FJ, et al., 2014, Neoclassical and gyrokinetic analysis of time-dependent helium transport experiments on MAST, Nuclear Fusion, Vol: 54, Pages: 093013-093013, ISSN: 0029-5515
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