Title | Generic skills for sustainable communities: Design principles for a learning support environment |
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Type | Journal article |
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Authors | Hockey, A., Jimenez-Bescos, C., MacLean, J. and Spaul, M. |
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Abstract | This paper explores the design problems which arise in the development of an on-line learning environment for built environment professionals. The guiding educational philosophy embraced an analysis of the institutional context within which skills were used, and how practitioners interpret the pre-existing generic skills literature. A learning environment was designed in which ownership of the skills agenda passes to participants in open-ended learning projects. Experience from focus groups and a trial learning project challenged the idea that there are widespread 'skills gaps'. The framing of the skills agenda may be seen as problematic, requiring a deeper understanding of institutional constraints. |
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Journal | Town Planning Review |
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Journal citation | 81 (5), pp. 523-540 |
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ISSN | 0041-0020 |
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| 1478-341X |
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Year | 2010 |
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Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2010.20 |
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Web address (URL) | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78049377072&partnerID=MN8TOARS |
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Published | 01 Jan 2010 |
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