An analysis of the conceptual evolution of 14 Physics Teachers attending a 4 credit discipline "Introductory Quantum Physics" from August to December 2005 is presented in this work. They were all regular students in the Professional Masters Degree Program in Instituto de Física (UFRGS). Our analysis focuses on answers to learning questionnaires on the particular phenomenon of quantum interference. This study is part of a current project concerned with the preparation of Physics Teachers in Topics of Modern and Contemporary Physics. The project has so far resulted in the elaboration of learning questionnaires on Quantum Physics, the elaboration and evaluation of a teaching unit based on virtual experiments and the elaboration of a freeware interactive software that simulates the quantum interference in the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer. From questions synthesis and student´s answers, outcomes here related show aspects of a conceptual evolution in Quantum Physics introducty topics.
Teacher preparation; Quantum interference; Learning evaluation
