Why Teach Quantum?: Elementary Teachers Initial Beliefs about Quantum
Physics Education
2025-08-07 v1
Abstract
This paper examines the initial beliefs held by elementary educators (n=11) and their students about teaching and learning quantum concepts at the elementary level. All teachers were participants in a grant-funded project focused on developing teachers' quantum content knowledge and creating curricular resources to use in elementary classrooms. Although elementary teachers had limited knowledge of quantum at the beginning of the project, they expressed excitement and a belief that learning quantum would create future possibilities for their students.
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@article{arxiv.2508.03849,
title = {Why Teach Quantum?: Elementary Teachers Initial Beliefs about Quantum},
author = {Xiaolu Zhang and Nancy Holincheck and Jessica L. Rosenberg and Stephanie Dodman and Ben W. Dreyfus and Jennifer Simons},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.03849},
year = {2025}
}