Student trajectories in physics: the need for analysis through a socio-cultural lens |
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| Authors: | Mara Zapata |
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| Institution: | (1) Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL 33132, USA |
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| Abstract: | An analysis of student connections through time and space relative to the core discipline of physics is attempted, as viewed
through the lens of actor-network-theory, by Antonia Candela. Using lenses of cultural realities, networks, and perceived
power in the discourse of one specific university in the capital city of Mexico and one undergraduate physics classroom, the
trajectories and itineraries of students are analyzed, relative to a physics professor’s pedagogical practices. This ethnographic
study then yields comparisons between Mexican undergraduate students and students from the United States. Actor network theory
recognizes that the symbiotic relationship existing between an actor and a continuum of space and time is defined by the symbiotic
yet interdependent relationships and networks of practice (Lemke in Downward causation: Minds, bodies, and matter 2000). As part of this study and in line with actor-network-theory, human actors and non-human participants were viewed in relation
to how subjects acted and were acted upon within networks of practice. Through this forum I reflect on this work with particular
focus on the issues of situatedness of actors from a sociocultural perspective and how established networks viewed within
this perspective frame and subsequently impact student trajectories and itineraries. In essence I argue for a need to look
at a myriad of further complexities driving the symbiotic relationships being analyzed. |
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