Zur Verbesserung von Schlüsselkompetenzen in universitären Lehrveranstaltungen

The article tries to answer the question empirically, whether and under which conditions the key competencies 'acting autonomously' and 'interacting in socially heterogeneous groups' as well as some forms of motivation and forms of the self concept can be improved by university courses, which are specially implemented for these reasons. It is a central result that the improvement of the key competencies and - to a smaller degree - of achievement motivation is depending on the quality of teaching, which is followed by the quality of learning of the students. Thus, to improve the key competencies as well as the professional competencies, it is necessary to improve the quality of teaching by effective means.