International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2024, pp. 570~579 ISSN: 2252-8822, DOI: 10.11591/ijere.v13i1.26083  570 Journal homepage: http://ijere.iaescore.com An integrative review of secondary school quantum physics curricula in Malaysia Jedol Dayou 1 , Laurah Markus 2 1 Energy, Vibration and Sound Research Group (e-VIBS), Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah, Malaysia 2 Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Libaran, Sandakan, Malaysia Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Nov 28, 2022 Revised Aug 19, 2023 Accepted Sep 22, 2023 As a relatively new subject in the physics curriculum of Malaysian secondary schools, quantum physics (QP) raises questions about its relevance to students and the best approach for teaching it. This paper aims to analyze the content of the QP curriculum to provide students with a meaningful learning experience and expose them to the nature of science (NOS). To accomplish this, the Malaysian standard curriculum document known as Dokumen Standard Kurikulum dan Pentaksiran (DSKP) and the textbook were analyzed through integrative review. Frameworks and perspectives identified by Stadermann and co-workers on the common trust of the QP curriculum in 15 different countries were used as a benchmark for this analysis. It is found that the QP curriculum in Malaysia focuses on the fundamental principle of understanding the quantum energy of light and its interaction with matter. However, it is also found that there are specific NOS aspects that can be highlighted to help students develop their scientific literacy. These might include emphasizing the philosophy of complementarity in explaining the wave-particle duality principle, the ultraviolet catastrophe, and the contradiction of classical physics interpretation with QP. It is suggested that the QP curriculum be improved by including these and other relevant examples to be on par with other countries. Overall, this analysis provides insight into the relevance and content of QP in Malaysian secondary schools. The proposed changes may help improve students’ learning experience and provide a more comprehensive understanding of the NOS. Keywords: Curriculum Historical science Integrative review Nature of science Quantum physics Secondary school This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license. Corresponding Author: Jedol Dayou Energy, Vibration and Sound Research Group (E-VIBS), Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Email: jed@ums.edu.my 1. INTRODUCTION Education in Malaysia has been evolving through curriculum transformation. One of the efforts was to revise and restructure the curriculum content to provide students with knowledge, skills and values relevant to current needs to face the challenges of the 21st century [1]. This transformation has to include quantum physics (QP) in the physics curriculum at the secondary school level as it is closely related to the technology that is significantly relevant to today’s generations [2], and its exposure is important in bridging the gap that arises from the challenges of the 21st century [3]. Although there is no specific explanation to introduce QP to secondary school students in Malaysia, it is suggested that QP topics for secondary schools