Let students vote – The teaching award as a sign of good teaching

Teaching awards are an established means of initiating discussions about good teaching at universities. This paper discusses the design of a teaching award with a view towards this goal. An analysis of the data collected during voting for the teaching awards explores the question of what good teaching actually means for students at the Hochschule Kaiserslautern. After comparing the analysis results with current research, the paper offers a brief outlook for future research opportunities.