QUILT - Quanteninformatik in der Lehrerbildung mit Transfer in den berufsorientierenden Unterricht
Contents of the project
In undergraduate teacher training, a course is being developed, in which the central theoretical content of quantum information is taught in an attractive way, experimentally and by using digital methods. This prepares physics teacher students for an integrated, university-supported didactic internship, which they complete with partners from industry and research.
On this basis, the students develop and test teaching concepts that are suitable for providing an authentic insight into career prospects in the field of quantum computing at schools.
With the help of the results obtained, suitable concepts can be developed in the training and further education of teachers in order to modernize the teaching of quantum physics in schools.
Our network partners
- HQS Quantum Simulations GmbH
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- QUARTIQ GmbH
- Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS)
- Leipzig University, Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Applied Quantum Systems
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden
- Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB), Applied Systems Technology Branch (AST)
Research Focus
Starting in the winter term 2022/2023, the quantum information course developed for teacher students will be conducted and optimized three times using a design-based research approach. Survey instruments will be developed to evaluate the following areas:
- Influence of the teaching of subject-specific content and STEM career orientation in the field of quantum information with regard to the attitude of student teachers within the university framework of teacher training
- Implementation of the teaching content and experiences of the didactic internship in career-oriented teaching units
Teaching-Learning Materials
Developed teaching-learning materials on Quantum Technologies can be found here in German language.
Publications
Förster, M. & Pospiech, G. (2025). Bridging the theory - practice gap: a university course on quantum information science and transfer to career-oriented physics teaching. EPJ Quantum Technology, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-025-00441-3
Förster, M., Pospiech, G. & Unger, J. (2026). Quantum Technology as Occupational Field: Twofold Practice in Physics Teacher Preparation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 3203(1), 12069. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3203/1/012069
Pospiech, G. & Förster, M. (2024). Quanteninformatik in der Lehrerbildung mit Transfer in den berufsorientierenden Unterricht. In H. Grötzebauch & S. Heinicke (Hrsg.), PhyDid B - Didaktik der Physik - Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung Greifswald.
Funding measure
Quantum Futur Education – Netzwerk interdisziplinärer Aus- und Weiterbildungskonzepte in den Quantentechnologie (BMBF)
Project duration: 01.01.2022 to 30.06.2025
