NDLI: An Ethnographic Study: Becoming a Physics Expert in a Biophysics Research Group

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An Ethnographic Study: Becoming a Physics Expert in a Biophysics Research Group

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Rodriguez, Idaykis
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	In this chapter I explore how the global trends of the larger biophysics research community influence a cultural shift in a local biophysics research group research techniques and individual member’s expertise. Using a practice-focused analysis of a biophysics research group interacting with a chemistry research group for a period of four weeks, I describe the ways in which knowledge is shared across community boundaries. Community boundaries are defined within Wenger’s theory of Communities of Practices and guide my understanding of the shared boundary objects, boundary encounters, and brokering experienced between the two research groups. I also examine how the boundary interactions between the biophysics and chemistry group shift individual graduate student research projects and expertise as a result of trends in the larger biophysics community. Analysis of different forms of brokering practiced by the research group’s mentor show to facilitate and expedite the flow of knowledge between the chemistry and biophysics group. The evaluation of the influence of global community research trends on graduate student expertise development informs the literature of a factors in the graduate student experience that encourage graduate students to persist in their physics careers.
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DOI	10.25148/etd.FI13080915
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.25148/etd.FI13080915
Language	English
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Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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