Improving elementary school teaching. This practical volume provides concrete suggestions for designing contemporary and challenging lessons in elementary schools, consistently following the motto of the new series "Developing Schools - Improving Teaching." The starting point is the current discussion areas of elementary pedagogy and didactics, as well as educational research regarding lesson design, lesson quality, and lesson development, which are compactly and clearly discussed in a foundational chapter. The professional competence of teachers is reflected, among other things, in the creation of individualized and differentiated learning environments, the selection and development of "good tasks," and the observation and support of children in their learning processes with a competency-oriented perspective. Teamwork plays a crucial role in these tasks.