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标题：Challenges and opportunities for informal physics learning in the COVID era
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作者：Michael B. Bennett
期刊名称：Physical Review ST Physics Education Research
电子版ISSN：1554-9178
出版年度：2021
卷号：17
期号：2
页码：23102
DOI：10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.023102
出版社：American Physical Society
摘要：The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted every aspect of academic activity, including the informal education and public engagement efforts of physics departments and institutions. As part of a large-scale national survey of the landscape of informal physics education programs, we have conducted a series of short interviews with directors and facilitators for a variety of programs in order to create a snapshot of whether and how programs have been able to adapt to the challenges and risks of the pandemic. Broadly, we find that programs are struggling to maintain any activity at all, and that those programs still in operation have relied largely on the efforts of individual director or facilitators to make substantial adaptations. Additionally, we find that those programs that have been most successful in maintaining activity benefit from strong, ongoing institutional support; we present the findings of this study both to complement existing research on formal spaces and to advocate for the continued support of informal physics education, which continues to play a crucial role in connecting departments to the public.