Quantum Physics in Teacher Education

<p>Teacher education forms the decisive link between physics education research and the realization of research results in school. The actions of teachers are influenced by their own experience from school, from study at university and the need to follow the school curriculum. Discrepancies between these factors have to be overcome. In quantum physics, the gap between teaching traditions at university, recent experimental results and the possibilities of teaching at school is especially big. Therefore it seems desirable to study this gap in detail in order to diminish it within given resources</p

Decolonising imperial heroes:Britain and France

The heroes of the British and French empires stood at the vanguard of the vibrant cultures of imperialism that emerged in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. Yet imperial heroes did not disappear after 1945 as British and French flags were lowered around the world. On the contrary, their reputations underwent a variety of metamorphoses in both the former metropoles and the former colonies. The introduction to this special issue of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History presents an overview of the changing history and historiography of imperial heroes half a century after the end of empire