Role of Key Competences in Physics Teaching and Learning

The paper's aim is to portrait an interpretation of Key Competences in physics education context through some key characteristics of physics teaching and learning processes basing on presentations delivered during the conference of International Research Group on Physics Teaching and European Physical Society-Physics Education Division-GIREP-EPEC Wroclaw 2015. The general conference topic was Key Competences in Physics Teaching and Learning. The paper presents the basic roles of Key Competences in science education and technology in the framework of creation of knowledge, gaining skills and developing attitudes, basing on conference presentations and literature review. We have suggested our proposals after careful and critical view on selected findings concerning Key Competences already published (e.g. Rychen and Salganik 2003). The final proposals are presented in a form of statements that might be of interest to both physics education researchers and teachers and serve as an introduction to the entire book.