ABSTRACT

Background

Quantum physics has found its way into upper secondary school physics curricula worldwide. This trend coincides with increased attention for conceptual understanding in physics education in general and quantum physics education in particular. Students’ conceptual difficulties of learning quantum physics are regularly reported. Little systematic attention has been paid to the opportunities and challenges teachers and students experience for teaching and learning quantum physics.

Purpose

The opportunities and challenges secondary school teachers and their students experience were examined to gain insights into their perspectives teaching and learning quantum physics. These insights inform improvements in teaching and learning quantum physics at the secondary school level.

Sample

Three teachers and five of each teacher’s students participated in this study.

Design & Methods

A context analysis was conducted to explore the experiences of the teachers and students. Teachers were individually interviewed; students were interviewed in a focus group session. The semi-structured interviews were analysed resulting in three case reports. These case reports were used to conduct a cross-case analysis to find common opportunities and challenges among teachers’ and students’ experiences.

Results

Teachers and students felt that teachers had an important role in supporting students’ understanding of quantum physics. Teachers were challenged to enthuse their students for quantum physics as they struggled to convey the relevance of the subject to their students. Freely available digital materials were considered as an opportunity to support students’ conceptual understanding as they have the potential to engage students and benefit their conceptual development.

Conclusion

Several implications are discussed to improve teaching and learning of quantum physics, such as opportunities for teacher professional development as well as ways to effectively use freely available digital materials.

中文翻译：

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调查教师和学生的量子物理课程体验：机遇与挑战

摘要

背景

量子物理学已进入全球高中物理课程。这一趋势与普通物理教育，尤其是量子物理教育中对概念理解的关注度增加相吻合。定期报告学生学习量子物理的概念困难。很少系统地关注教师和学生在教授和学习量子物理方面的机遇和挑战。

目的

研究了中学教师及其学生经历的机遇和挑战，以深入了解他们对量子物理教学和学习的看法。这些见解为改善中学阶段的量子物理教学和学习提供了信息。

样本

三名教师和每位教师的五名学生参与了这项研究。

设计与方法

对教师和学生的经历进行了背景分析。个别采访教师；学生在焦点小组会议中接受采访。对半结构式访谈进行了分析，得出了三份案例报告。这些案例报告被用来进行跨案例分析，以找出教师和学生经历中的共同机遇和挑战。

结果

教师和学生都认为教师在支持学生理解量子物理方面发挥着重要作用。在努力向学生传达该学科的相关性时，教师们面临着激发学生学习量子物理学的热情的挑战。免费提供的数字材料被认为是支持学生概念理解的机会，因为它们有可能吸引学生并有利于他们的概念发展。

结论

讨论了改善量子物理教学和学习的若干影响，例如教师专业发展的机会以及有效使用免费提供的数字材料的方法。