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来源

URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH,Vol.36,Issue1,P.11-19

语言

英文

关键字

Planning studio education; planning graduates; planning employer perspectives; job readiness; critical thinking; technical skills

作者单位

[Pojani, Dorina; Johnson, Laurel; Darchen, Sebastien; Yang, Katie] Univ Queensland, Sch Geog Planning & Environm Management, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Pojani, D (reprint author), Univ Queensland, Sch Geog Planning & Environm Management, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. E-Mail: d.pojani@uq.edu.au

摘要

Planning education is often criticised for being "too theoretical" and subsequently producing graduates who lack the requisite technical skills for the job market-who, in other words, are not "work ready." It is assumed that employers will prefer graduates with technical and procedural know-how. This article reports on an employer workshop to evaluate the urban planning studio courses at the University of Queensland in Australia. The results were surprising. The attending employers agreed that procedural planning skills can be learned "on the job" while the university environment is an opportunity to develop critical and spatial thinking.