Mapping urban ecology education in the UK

Francis, Robert A.

doi:10.1080/00219266.2018.1490803

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“…The natural/humanistic theory module in the landscape architecture design major of the Chongqing University and Beijing Forestry University includes ecology and pays attention to the cultivation of ecological literacy. Landscape ecology is included in the basic courses of landscape architecture in Northeast Forestry University and other agricultural and forestry colleges [7,8] . Therefore, how to organically integrate and rationally position the ecology with interdisciplinary characteristics according to the specialty characteristics of landscape architecture has become the key link to improve the teaching effect of ecology and realize the cultivation goal of landscape architecture professionals.…”

Section: ．Ecology Teaching Situation Of Landscape Architecture Specialty In Universitiesmentioning

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Reform of Ecology Teaching Based on the Specialty Characteristics of Landscape Architecture

Cheng¹,

Yu²

2019

Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2019)

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Ecology is a comprehensive discipline involving natural science and humanities. Under the background of global economic development and national ecological civilization construction in China, ecology is facing with unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Landscape architecture is a specialty to cultivate application-oriented professionals who can meet the needs of the country and the industry in the new era as well as undertake the greening of urban and rural areas, rural revitalization and ecological civilization construction. The teaching of ecology is an important part of realizing the goal of talent cultivation of landscape architecture specialty. In this paper, through the questionnaire survey, literature review and the investigation of ecology teaching in colleges and universities at home and abroad, we analyzed the current situation of ecology teaching in the landscape architecture specialty. The results of the investigation pointed out that there are some problems in ecology teaching, such as too much emphasis on theory, lack of specialty features, weak practice teaching, single teaching and assessment methods, and low learning initiative of students. A series of measures of ecology teaching reform are put forward to improve the teaching effect and promote the sustainable development of ecology teaching in landscape architecture specialty. 1.Introduction

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Section: ．Ecology Teaching Situation Of Landscape Architecture Specialty In Universitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reform of Ecology Teaching Based on the Specialty Characteristics of Landscape Architecture

Cheng¹,

Yu²

2019

Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2019)

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“…Interestingly, much of the teaching on urban ecology (in the UK at least) seems to be housed within the environmental sciences and geography rather than biology (e.g. Francis, 2018), although understanding of urban systems necessitates pan-disciplinary learning. This is why books such as Menno Schilthuizen's Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution are so important.…”

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