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With the increasing industrial relevance of new quantum technologies, a well-educated quantum workforce becomes increasingly crucial. The foreseeable lack of workforce raises important questions. What are the expectations regarding the future relevance of second-generation quantum technologies? What are the requirements for the workforce in the coming quantum industry? Which competences, knowledge, and skills should future employees have? In this paper, we report the results of our study that were aimed at mapping requirements and forecasts for the future quantum workforce. Our study consisted of three consecutive survey rounds. In total, we gathered 188 responses from industry and academic experts across Europe. Our study results served as an input for the development of the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies, delivered by the project QTEdu CSA for the European Quantum Flagship. In addition, we will discuss predictions from experts related to the future quantum workforce, including the expected industrial relevance of the main areas of quantum technologies, the need for educational efforts, and the expected influence of quantum technologies on everyday life.

With the increasing industrial relevance of new quantum technologies, a well educated quantum workforce becomes increasingly crucial. The foreseeable lack of workforce raises important questions. What are the expectations regarding the future relevance of second generation quantum technologies? What are the requirements for the workforce in the coming quantum industry? Which competences, knowledge and skills should the future employees have? In this paper, we report the results of our study that was aimed at mapping requirements and forecasts for the future quantum workforce. Our study consisted of three consecutive survey rounds. In total, we gathered $188$ responses from industry and academic experts across Europe. Our study results served as an input for the development of the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies, delivered by the project QTEdu CSA for the European Quantum Flagship. In addition, we will discuss predictions from experts related to the future quantum workforce, including the expected industrial relevance of the main areas of quantum technologies, the need for educational efforts, and the expected influence of quantum technologies on everyday life., 19 pages, 10 figures; reviewed version to be published in Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res

Quantum physics is considered to be equally important and challenging for teaching physics at school. This paper aims to provide an empirical basis for the construction of guidelines for a teacher training course on quantum physics, which is particularly focused on teachers’ needs. The educational reconstruction for teacher education leads the presented investigation. The reconstruction is based on the analysis of existing concepts for quantum physics teaching in schools and the empirical collection of teachers’ views on them. The focus of this paper is on the collection and evaluation of teachers’ views. For this purpose, an iterative communication technique was used to collect and quantify expert opinions, the Delphi method, which is established in didactic research. As a result of the educational reconstruction, six guidelines are presented which support the lecturer in planning and conducting the teacher training. The guidelines imply an advanced training program that follows the path from classical to quantum physics with special emphasis on key experiments., Das Themengebiet Quantenphysik gilt als gleichermaßen bedeutend wie herausfordernd für den Physikunterricht in der Schule. Die Erzeugung einer empirischen Basis für die Konstruktion von Leitlinien für eine im besonderen Maße adressatenspezifische Lehrerfortbildung zum Thema Quantenphysik ist Gegenstand dieses Beitrags. Die Didaktische Rekonstruktion zur Erarbeitung von Leitlinien für Lehrerfortbildungen leitet die vorgestellte Untersuchung. Basis der Rekonstruktion bilden die Analyse von bestehenden Konzepten zum Quantenphysikunterricht in der Schule und die empirische Erhebung von Sichtweisen der Lehrenden auf diese. Der Fokus liegt in diesem Beitrag auf der Erhebung und Auswertung der Sichtweisen von Lehrenden. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine iterative Kommunikationstechnik zur Erhebung und Quantifizierung von Expertenmeinungen verwendet, die Delphi-Methode, welche in der fachdidaktischen Forschung etabliert ist. Als Ergebnis der Didaktischen Rekonstruktion werden sechs Leitlinien vorgestellt, die Dozenten bei der Planung und Durchführung der Fortbildung unterstützen. Die Leitlinien implizieren eine Fortbildung, die den Weg von der klassischen zur Quantenphysik beschreitet und dabei Schlüsselexperimente in das Zentrum stellt.