Conceptual Freedom in Planning Education and Students’ Methodological Learning

Autor(en)
Alois Humer
Abstrakt

We reflect on a master’s seminar in Applied Geography and Planning, where students had great conceptual freedom in developing their empirical approaches towards group work. First, we assess the inductive, grounded learning design of the course. We then develop thoughts on the degree to which it was fruitful for the students’ methodological learning to allow for a conceptual framework within a single university course. Inductive course designs can foster students’ methodological learning, albeit at the expense of actual content. We close with considerations for designing future courses, putting the findings into the perspective of future challenges of the planning profession.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
Journal
Planning Practice & Research
Band
37
Seiten
412-426
Anzahl der Seiten
15
ISSN
0269-7459
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2020.1758429
Publikationsdatum
2022
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
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Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geography, Planning and Development
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/024cc7db-07e4-4e47-90a3-5ac416c67e03