The appropriateness, usefulness and impact of the current urban planning curriculum in South African Higher Education

联合国等国际机构强调了规划作为一门学科在促进更可持续的环境和应对非洲面临的核心经济、社会和环境挑战方面的重要性。因此，在南非高等教育中提供成功的城市规划培训将对解决南非国家政府关于公平、社会正义和民主的优先事项作出关键贡献。多年来，后殖民和后种族隔离时期的南非一直以西方制度为模板，其城市规划做法已反映在高等教育课程中。有人对这些西方理论和方法在规划非洲城市时的相关性和适用性提出了关切(Watson，2003,2009)。到目前为止，很少或根本没有持续的工作，将后殖民时代和南方的辩论理论结合起来，研究将北方的规划理论转移到南非。关于高等教育以及过去10年规划课程及其相关教学方法的适当性、有用性和影响，主要的不确定性仍然存在。这项拟议的研究还旨在更广泛地反映SA研究对英国规划教育的影响；鉴于最近来自全球南方的学生在英国注册与规划相关的课程的人数增加，这一点尤其重要。O1：调查SA规划教育的社会和经济价值，特别是高等教育目的地选择、毕业率和就业结果中的公平和多样性问题。O2：解构城市规划本科生和研究生课程的发展和交付如何解决不断变化的后殖民背景下提出的问题。03：借鉴O2，评估英国本科生和研究生规划课程在多大程度上考虑和解决了不断变化的殖民背景带来的问题。通过这样做并反思O1的经验教训，这项研究将探索在与来自非洲和更广泛的全球南方的学生合作时对英国城市规划讲师的影响。O4：创建一个在世界各地的SA学者、专业人员和学生之间分享想法的平台，以便连接并提供信息(尤其是通过SACPLAN)规划教育的课程设置、教学方法和更广泛的高等教育战略。O5：为能够应对南澳和更广泛的大陆的全球南方挑战的高等教育规划战略开发一套循证资源。拟议研究的潜在应用和好处是多样的。将立即对现有的教学方案和SACPLAN/RTPI战略作出贡献。还将通过SA处理城市问题的方式、这对规划者接受培训和再培训(CPD)的意义以及规划课程、教学方法和规划政策的内容作出中长期贡献。传播项目成果的主要对象不仅限于传统的学术受众，还包括规划从业者、政策制定者和更广泛的社区团体。它将包括编写报告、简报、良好做法指南、循证学习和教学材料以及学术论文和一本书。开发一个在线论坛将最大限度地扩大该项目的国际传播，并通过为南非(和非洲)规划者之间的辩论创造一个充满活力的平台而产生长期影响。

International institutions such as the United Nations have highlighted the significance of planning as a discipline in promoting more sustainable environments and dealing with the core economic, social and environmental challenges faced by Africa. Delivering successful urban planning training in SA Higher Education will thus make a key contribution to addressing SA national Government priorities around equity, social justice and democracy.For many years post-colonial and post-apartheid SA has modelled its urban planning practices on Western systems which has been reflected in HE curricula. Concerns have been raised about the relevance and applicability of these Western theories and methods when planning African cities (Watson, 2003, 2009). To date, there has been little or no sustained work that brings together post-colonial and Southern debate theories with an examination of transferring northern planning theories to South Africa. Major uncertainties remain about HE and the appropriateness, usefulness and impact of planning curricula in the last 10 years and their associated teaching methods. The proposed research also aims to reflect more widely on the implications of the SA study for UK planning education; this is especially important given the recent increase in students from the Global South registering for planning-related courses in the UK.O1: To investigate the social and economic value of planning education in SA particularly questions of equity and diversity in HE destination choices, graduation rates and employability outcomes.O2: To deconstruct how the development and delivery of the urban planning undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum addresses issues raised by a changing post-colonial context in SA.O3: Drawing on O2, to assess to what extent issues raised by a changing colonial context is considered and addressed in the UK undergraduate and postgraduate planning curriculum. By doing so and reflecting on lessons from O1, the research will explore the implications for urban planning lecturers in the UK when working with students from Africa and the wider Global South.O4: To create a platform for ideas-sharing between SA academics, professionals and students across the world in order to connect and inform curriculum shaping, teaching methods and wider HE strategies for planning education (especially via SACPLAN)O5: To develop a set of evidence-based resources for HE planning strategies that can address the Global South challenge in SA and across the wider continent.The potential applications and benefits of the proposed research are diverse. There will be an immediate contribution to existing teaching programmes and to SACPLAN/RTPI strategies. There will also be a medium to long-term contribution through the way urban issues are dealt with in SA, what this means for planners when trained and re-trained (CPD) and for the content of planning curricula, teaching methods and thus planning policy. The main targets for dissemination of the project findings go beyond traditional academic audiences to planning practitioners, policy-makers and wider community groups. It will include the production of reports, briefing notes, good practice guides, evidence-based learning and teaching materials as well as academic papers and a book. The development of an online forum will maximise international dissemination of the project and provides long-term impact by creating a dynamic platform for debates among South African (and African) planners.