Cultivating the Pedagogy of Experience Through International Field Trips

Urban and regional planners, in the era of globalization, require being equipped with necessary skill sets to better deal with complex and rapidly changing economic, sociocultural, political, and environmental fabrics of cities and their regions. To provide such skill sets, urban and regional planni...

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Main Author: Tan Yigitcanlar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-03-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244013489560
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spelling doaj-cd9b5b810e024fa5bf263714de2a65da2020-11-25T04:00:30ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402013-03-01310.1177/215824401348956010.1177_2158244013489560Cultivating the Pedagogy of Experience Through International Field TripsTan Yigitcanlar0 Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaUrban and regional planners, in the era of globalization, require being equipped with necessary skill sets to better deal with complex and rapidly changing economic, sociocultural, political, and environmental fabrics of cities and their regions. To provide such skill sets, urban and regional planning curriculum of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, offers planning practice in the international context. This article, first, reports the findings of pedagogic analyses of the international field trips conducted to Malaysia, Korea, Turkey, and Taiwan. The article, then, discusses the opportunities and constraints of exposure of students to planning practice beyond the Australian context.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244013489560
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title_short Cultivating the Pedagogy of Experience Through International Field Trips
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description Urban and regional planners, in the era of globalization, require being equipped with necessary skill sets to better deal with complex and rapidly changing economic, sociocultural, political, and environmental fabrics of cities and their regions. To provide such skill sets, urban and regional planning curriculum of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, offers planning practice in the international context. This article, first, reports the findings of pedagogic analyses of the international field trips conducted to Malaysia, Korea, Turkey, and Taiwan. The article, then, discusses the opportunities and constraints of exposure of students to planning practice beyond the Australian context.
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