Teaching Quality and Staff Development at Austrian Universities
- Status Quo and Opportunities of Development
What are the starting points for reforming universities concerning
teaching and staff development? Teaching is seen as tiresome burden
without reputation; staff development degenerates to pure staff
administration; the changing image of the university as an organization
might lead to changes in both areas. The social environment of the
university is especially interested in the teaching function of
universities; taking staff development more serious will be an prerequisite
for increased institutional autonomy. The main challenges are to
be seen in the development of forms of staff development and modes
of teaching and learning, that support the positive specifics of
universities.