Influencing factors of new teaching and learning concepts at private higher education institutions

Private HEIs usually have supervisory bodies, such as boards of trustees. Various societal and business stakeholders are involved in such decision-making structures – partly due to their financial commitment. In addition to creating a mapping of formal governance structures of private higher education institutions in Germany, sub-project 1 studied the connection between governance structures and teaching and learning approaches and identified forms of governance that support the introduction of new teaching and learning approaches.

Management Sub-project 1: Prof. Dr. Liudvika Leišytė

Project Staff: Dr. Anna-Lena Rose

Sub-project 2 focused on teaching and learning concepts and an analysis of innovative forms of knowledge transfer. For this, specific framework conditions, learning needs and priority setting were examined.  The sub-project aimed at furthering understanding on the influence of stakeholders on the development of new concepts and examine the flexibility and adaptability of new teaching and learning concepts. Furthermore, it analysed how the teaching staff implements these concepts into practice, and how they react to new social trends. Finally, investigations focused on the question to what extent joint learning with other groups of professions, i.e. interprofessional education, is anchored didactically in teaching and learning concepts.

Management Sub-project 2: Jun.-Prof. Dr. phil. Daniela Schmitz (Witten/Herdecke University)

In literature, the special expectations of students are not only justified by the selection process of private universities, but also by the customer relationship established by payment in a service relationship. Sub-project 3 investigated whether this leads to a certain expectation with regard to the teaching-learning approach offered. The aim of the sub-project was to clarify which expectations students bring with them and whether they are fulfilled. It further investigated the question whether professors have specific expectations regarding the teaching and learning concepts.

Management Project Group and Management Sub-project 3: Prof. Dr. Uwe Wilkesmann

Project Staff: Olga Wagner