Reinventing planning education

Whitzman, Carolyn

doi:10.1080/07293682.2009.9995284

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“…"BPlan only" units were positioned as more useful than other units (94 per cent of students surveyed, Table 6). Students positioned "BPlan only" units as those which emphasized "job-ready" skills (Gurran, Norman, & Gleeson, 2008;Whitzman, 2009), and there was a desire for an increased number of planning only units (91 per cent of students surveyed, Table 6). Institutional pressures limited the number of units we could offer just to BPlan students, as we explained above.…”

Section: Students and Planning As More Than Geographymentioning

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Synergies between geography, planning and vocationalism in curriculum development and implementation

Dowling

Ruming

2013

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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Geography curricula are being transformed by the increasing emphasis on skills, employability and professional competencies. In this paper, we contribute to these ongoing debates through reporting and reflecting on one curriculum transformation introduced in response to these pressures: the development of a Bachelor of Planning pedagogically framed within geography at Macquarie University. We explore the ways in which the vocational orientations of a planning degree can be woven through a geography curriculum, and its communication to a cross section of stakeholders. The paper highlights the complexity of implementing vocationally oriented curricula and provides signposts for those considering such a transformation.

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Synergies between geography, planning and vocationalism in curriculum development and implementation

Dowling

Ruming

2013

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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“…The concept of resilience, together with sustainability and other innovative concepts, is considered important in contemporary urban planning and design as an approach to the multifaceted nature of local and global challenges (e.g. [1], [2]). It also becomes a challenge to incorporate these concepts into the curriculum in planning education.…”

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The Research-Led Pedagogy in Contemporary Planning Education

Chen

2015

EDU

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This paper aims to explore the research-led pedagogy in contemporary planning education. A case study was conducted in the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, to show a range of teaching and learning methods which aimed to embed research into the academic experience, thereby facilitating students' active learning. The application of these new teaching models (e.g. integrated teaching across different modules, interdisciplinary workshops, field studies, summer undergraduate research projects, games, etc.), as a move away from the lecture-based approach to a hands-on approach, provides an opportunity for students to engage with some innovative concepts (e.g. sustainability, resilience, etc.) and explore their applicability and value in practice. It was found from this study that there is an urgent need to foster a research-led learning environment which can facilitate innovative educational practices or similar. Such an ongoing process can also help students deepen their understanding of the latest requirements of China's overall strategic development plans (e.g. the integrative development of urban and rural areas) and thereby cope with new issues arising in the urban-rural transformation. Since the host institution of this study (XJTLU) is itself a joint venture between Xi'an Jiaotong University China and the University of Liverpool UK, some findings from this case study reflect the differences of educational practices between the UK and China.

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Participatory Action Research in Affordable Housing Partnerships: Collaborative Rationality, or Sleeping with the Growth Machine?

Whitzman

2017

Planning Practice & Research

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Reinventing planning education

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Synergies between geography, planning and vocationalism in curriculum development and implementation

Synergies between geography, planning and vocationalism in curriculum development and implementation

The Research-Led Pedagogy in Contemporary Planning Education

Participatory Action Research in Affordable Housing Partnerships: Collaborative Rationality, or Sleeping with the Growth Machine?

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