With the aim of effectively designing teaching and learning processes, new demands have been placed on the pedagogical competencies of teaching staff since Bologna. This book offers a compact introduction to the fundamentals and methods of good higher education teaching. It connects practical action orientation with the theoretical and empirical insights of modern higher education didactics and instructional research. From these foundations, concrete recommendations for specific teaching methods are developed and illustrated through best-practice examples. The book provides practical knowledge of didactic fundamentals that is helpful for improving teaching and teaching competence.