Why it should be ‘and’ not ‘or’: Physics and music

Mullen, Claire; Fracchiolla, Claudia; Prefontaine, Brean; Hinko, Kathleen A.

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Why it should be ‘and’ not ‘or’: Physics and music

written by Claire Mullen, Claudia Fracchiolla, Brean Prefontaine, and Kathleen A. Hinko

Participation in informal physics programs as a facilitator has an effect on a person's identity within their own discipline. This paper discusses a case study, based on Lave and Wenger's Community of Practice framework, with analysis of three interviews of facilitators of an Irish informal learning program for eight to twelve-yearolds that aims to combine physics and music. The facilitators are university students in Music Education, Science Education, and Physics; an interview of a facilitator from each field was used. We look to see how the differing backgrounds of each interviewee affects their science identity within the various communities they are a part of. The identity code Nexus of Multimembership is studied in detail leading to a discussion of the importance of acknowledging multimembership in informal physics programs.

Physics Education Research Conference 2019
Part of the PER Conference series
Provo, UT: July 24-25, 2019
Pages 390-395

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Mullen, C., Fracchiolla, C., Prefontaine, B., & Hinko, K. (2019, July 24-25). Why it should be ‘and’ not ‘or’: Physics and music. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT. Retrieved June 8, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15305&DocID=5217

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Mullen, C, C. Fracchiolla, B. Prefontaine, and K. Hinko. "Why it should be ‘and’ not ‘or’: Physics and music." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2019, Provo, UT, July 24-25, 2019. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15305&DocID=5217 (accessed 8 June 2025).

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Mullen, Claire, Claudia Fracchiolla, Brean Prefontaine, and Kathleen Hinko. "Why it should be ‘and’ not ‘or’: Physics and music." Physics Education Research Conference 2019. Provo, UT: 2019. 390-395 of PER Conference. 8 June 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15305&DocID=5217>.

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