“Thanks for helping me find my enthusiasm for physics”: the lasting impacts “research in schools” projects can have on students, teachers, and schools

Archer, Martin O.; DeWitt, Jennifer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-169-2021

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-169-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-169-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

Research article

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08 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 08 Apr 2021

“Thanks for helping me find my enthusiasm for physics”: the lasting impacts “research in schools” projects can have on students, teachers, and schools

Martin O. Archer and Jennifer DeWitt

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Ref. comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to RC1', Martin Archer, 22 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to RC2', Martin Archer, 22 Nov 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (18 Dec 2020) by Luis Azevedo Rodrigues

AR by Martin Archer on behalf of the Authors (11 Jan 2021)

ED: Publish as is (02 Feb 2021) by Luis Azevedo Rodrigues

ED: Publish as is (03 Feb 2021) by Sam Illingworth (Executive editor)

AR by Martin Archer on behalf of the Authors (03 Feb 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

The impacts upon a diverse range of students, teachers, and schools from participating in a programme of protracted university-mentored projects based on cutting-edge physics research are assessed. The lasting impacts on confidence, skills, aspirations, and practice suggest that similar research in schools initiatives may have a role to play in aiding the increased uptake and diversity of physics/STEM in higher education as well as meaningfully enhancing the STEM environment within schools.