PART I: The development of curriculum materials and their impact on everyday school lifeChapter 1: From, inbetween and towards curricula and standards1.1 Curriculum development and related research yesterday and today - the example of the IPN Curriculum Physics Hans Niedderer / Stefan von Aufschnaiter1.2 Standards of science education Hans E. Fischer / Alexander Kauertz / Knut Neumann1.3 A"Scientific literacyA" and its implications as a curriculum aim Robin MillarChapter 2: Physics schoolbooks - their history and futureHelmut F. MikelskisPART 2: Understanding and interest - a prerequisite of teaching and learningChapter 3: Student conceptions and their interest3.1 Energetic aspects of students' conceptions before and after first formal instructionChristoph von Rhoneck3.2 Students' interest in physics Peter HauA lerChapter 4: Connecting theory and practice: towards a broader understanding of conceptual change in scienceDavid F. TreagustChapter 5: Analogies5.1 Making science concepts meaningful to students: teaching with analogiesShawn M. Glynn5.2 Individual and self-generated analogies in physics teaching - a study about the concept of voltage in the A"HauptschuleA"Ernst KircherChapter 6: Constructivism6.1 The role of constructivism in science education: yesterday, today, and tomorrowPeter Labudde6.2 The confusion of Constructivism in science educationSvein SjA bergChapter 7: The Model of Educational ReconstructionMichael Komorek / Ulrich KattmannPART 3: Teachers' professional development and quality improvementChapter 8: Teaching and learning processes in physics instruction - chances of videotape classroom studiesMaja Bruckmann / Birte KnierimChapter 9: How to foster teachers' professional development by action researchHelmut Kuhnelt / Helga StadlerChapter 10: Physics in Context - teacher professional development, conceptions and findings of evaluation studiesSilke Mikelskis-Seifert / Thorsten BellChapter 11: What can be learnt from model experiments? Thoughts on the dissemination of results and findingsManfred PrenzelChapter 12: The challenging road ahead: Thoughts on naturalizing constructivism and engineeringinnovation in science and technology education Manfred Euler