Zwischen Struktur und Subjekt: Lehrkompetenzentwicklung  zwischen  institutionellen  Anforderungen und individueller Professionalisierung

Gudrun Ingrid Salmhofer; Lisa Scheer

doi:10.21240/zfhe/20-3/03

Based on various social and educational policy changes and global challenges, this article explores the consequences that can be derived from these for the appointment of professors, the structural framework for teaching competence development, and the strengthening of a teaching culture. After a brief theoretical overview of teaching competence, the article uses the example of professor appointments to show how teaching competence can be strengthened in a sustainable manner that goes beyond the individual. We also discuss how a differentiated teaching culture can be promoted, taking into account faculty and disciplinary characteristics, and which university stakeholders are necessary for a holistic approach to university development.

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Not only society, but also the higher education landscape is undergoing fundamental change. This poses major challenges for the quality of higher education teaching at universities and colleges in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: Digitalisation of all areas, educational expansion and mass universities, demands for higher labour market relevance of studies, promotion of future skills, questions about economically sustainable education funding and socio-political challenges of our time call for new skills for contemporary teaching. These developments are contributing to a reflection and readjustment of the goals of academic education and are gradually bringing university teaching more into the focus of politics and society. The increased attention paid to teaching is accompanied by the question of the (further) development of university didactic professionalisation, which is increasingly moving away from traditional forms of knowledge transfer and further towards project-based and more open teaching and learning environments.

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Gudrun Ingrid Salmhofer BIO WWW
Universität Graz
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7593-8204

Gudrun Ingrid Salmhofer

Leiterin der Abteilung Lehr- und Studienservices (http://www.uni-graz.at/lss)

Stellvertretende Geschäftsführerin des Zentrums für Lehrkompetenz (ZLK) (http://www.uni-graz.at/zlk)

Nominierte Bologna-Expertin für das BMWF in der Funktionsperiode 2011-2013
Lisa Scheer
Universität Graz
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1020-6758

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Salmhofer, G. I., & Scheer, L. (2025). Between structure and subject: Teaching competence development between institutional requirements and individual professionalization. Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (Journal for Higher Education Development), 20(3), 61–76. https://doi.org/10.21240/zfhe/20-3/03

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