The Contribution of 'Hochschuldidaktik' to Academic Staff Development

‘Hochschuldidaktik’ includes more than Academic Staff Development and vice versa. But there is one point, however, where both converge: The professional development of teachers in higher education. In 2003 a network of offices and centers of ‘Hochschuldidaktik’ in Northrhine-Westphalia was founded to agree upon a modular training pro- gram for university teachers and to get adapted to European standards of professional qualifications in higher education. The contribution of ‘Hochschuldidaktik’ to Academic Staff Development involves a wide range of items: the improvement of teaching and learning to develop competence in communication, advising, presentation, publishing and reflecting, the establishment of faculty development in order to develop quality standards for teaching, grading and communication skills, the assessment of quality through evaluation and needs assessment, and student integration and faculty commitment to the institution to reduce anonymity and decrease student attrition.

03.01.2007 | Sigrid Dany (Dortmund)