PLANNING EDUCATION, ACCREDITATION AND INTER-PROFESSIONAL LINKS

Authors

  • Mohamed Thalha Alithamby Fellow MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v3i1.44

Keywords:

Education, Accreditation, Skill, Knowledge, Planning Schools

Abstract

Planning education is changing with the changing vision on the needs of society for the 21st century. The core ideas of planning centres on: (a) spatial - the management of competing uses of land and the making of places; (b) sustainable - that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs; ( c) integrative - that takes account of the wider set of issues plus bringing together a range of professional skills and disciplines to influence spatial planning delivery mechanisms; and ( d) inclusive - that recognises a wide range of people and opinions that shape planning. Planning is also value driven and action oriented. Professional status of planners comes through providing critical thinking that aims at achieving outcomes and not just procedures, emphasising locational relationships and inter-relationships of the sectoral on the spatial and focusing on what could and should be done based on ethics, values and facts. Based on this the paper outlines the proposed content of planning education. Accreditations of planning schools are then discussed based on the new RTPI recommendation of partnership agreements that are less regulatory and more constructive. Under this topic the qualities possessed by effective planning schools are discussed. Good examples of inter-professional links are then examined with a view towards encouraging similar programs in other Commonwealth countries.

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References

REFERENCES

European Council of Town Planners Charter (1988)

The Education of Planners Policy Statement and General Guidance for Academic Institutions offering Initial Professional Education in Planning†RTPI, March,2001

A New Vision for Planning Delivering Sustainable Communities,

Settlements and Communities “Mediating Space—Creating Place†The Need for Action, RTPI, 27 June, 2001

RTPI Education Commission - Final Report, January, 2003

Towards an Urban Renaissance: Report of the Urban Task Force, Executive Summary, United Kingdom, 28 pages, 1999

The education of Planners: Policy Statement and general Guidance for academic Institutions offering Initial Professional Education in Planning, RTPI, last revised in March 2001

Policy Statement on Initial Planning Education, RTPI, 27th January, 2004

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Published

2006-09-30

How to Cite

Alithamby, M. T. (2006). PLANNING EDUCATION, ACCREDITATION AND INTER-PROFESSIONAL LINKS. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v3i1.44