TCP8902 : The Reflexive Practitioner (MSc version)
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Geoff Vigar
- Lecturer: Dr Andrew Law, Dr Abigail Schoneboom
- Owning School: Architecture, Planning & Landscape
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
•to critically discuss ethics and their relation to planning practice;
to review ideas about responsibility, professional duty and professionalism, with particular regard to planning;
to critically review the ways in which planners contribute their knowledge, skills and values in different contexts;
to critically review the organizational contexts in which planning is practised.
Outline Of Syllabus
Introduction : Twenty-First Century Town Planning and ideas of reflexive practice
Roles : what planners do in public, private and voluntary work settings
Clients : Who and what are planners working for?
Ethics : Consequentialist, deontological and virtue ethical schools
Power and Corruption in planning
Kindness and Compassion in Planning
Planning Work and Workplaces
Careers and organisational 'fit'
The Planning Profession
Conclusion: Becoming reflexive practitioners
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 11 | 2:00 | 22:00 | N/A |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 54:00 | 54:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Practical | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | Planning committee exposure: could be done online or in person selected by students themselves |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 11 | 2:00 | 22:00 | Reading to follow-up each lecture, one article per week for eleven weeks |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Structured lecture sessions will typically consist of a c.60 minute lecture followed by a more interactive second part focused on discussing a film, short article or other material.
Attendance at a planning committee and contributions from practising planners will explore the practical application of theories in practice.
Academic readings support and develop material from the structured sessions.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1 | M | 100 | 1 x essay (2,500 words) |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The theoretical nature of the material and the need for students to demonstrate discursively the complexities of ethical planning dilemmas makes an essay the obvious and best choice given their need to demonstrate: an understanding of relevant theories; an ability to connect theory and practice; an ability to make insightful, analytical comment; and, the construction of a logical argument
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- TCP8902's Timetable