THE TEACHING OF QUANTUM PHYSICS: A COMPARISON OF THREE COUNTRIES

In the teaching of quantum theory at intermediate levels, teacher education and university careers is a major topic. This paper presents some of the researchers' studies on this subject, carried out jointly with their colleagues from Spain, Argentina, and Colombia, in this temporal order. The methodology used was the analysis of current mid-level curricula, teacher training techniques, textbooks, and semi-structured interviews with teachers. A reflection is added on some didactic transformation proposals in which the researchers participated. It is very interesting that, besides the differences in time and training systems, there seems to be much similarity in the difficulties encountered in the educational reality of this subject-they both face strong prejudice and lack of complex approaches that can facilitate their evolution.