Topic outline

  • Planning Theory home

    THIS COURSE IS ONLINE


    Participatory etc. wrap-up and final lecture ZOOM 08.12. 14:15


    This Autumn, this course will be arranged totally online. There will be a lot of flexibility concerning scedules, and the emphasis will be on LEARNING the basics of planning theory, not on staring at your computer/mobile. 

    Planning theory will be learned through reading, writing, and debating. We will concentrate on a limited number of key themes and get familiar with the stuff that is needed in order to UNDERSTAND what you are learning further down planning studies and become knowledgeable planners. For those coming from outside SPT, the course will provide a platter of planning theoretical basics and insights that will enable you to grasp what has been and is going on in planning, from theoretical points of view but with practical connections. 

    The contact teaching sessions are on Tuedays from 14 to 16 via Zoom. 

    The contact teaching dates are:

    September 8: history of planning thought and theory
    September 15: modern planning theories 1: rational planning and its critique
    (Week of September 22: off-line chat, "Forum" discussion)
    September 29: modern planning theories 2: communicative planning and its critique
    (Week of October 6: off-line chat, "Forum" discussion)
    October 13: modern planning theories 3: critical and radical planning ideas
    (Week of October 20: off-line chat, "Forum" discussion)
    October 27: specific themes 1: integration of land use and transport planning
    (Week of November 3: off-line chat, "Forum" discussion)
    November 10: specific themes 2: strategic planning
    (Week of November 17: off-line chat, "Forum" discussion) 
    November 24: specific themes 3: participation, justice, equity and gender
    (Week of December 1: off-line chat, "Forum" discussion)
    December 8: final seminar

    There is no Tuesday Zoom during the in-between weeks.

    SEE SYLLABUS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION!

    Materials under each week do NOT represent what is required in the assignments - the assignments will be published shortly.

    Vesa Kanninen --> "Vesku"

  • Course schedule (links)

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    Here you will find everything - there are/will be links to all relevant course content.

    September 8: history of planning thought and theory
    ZOOM | lecture slides | assignment | Flinga group notes | theme texts | group selection

    September 15: modern planning theories 1: rational planning and its critique
    ZOOM | lecture slides | assignment | Flinga group notes | theme texts 
    21.09.-25.09. Forum R (Rational planning) | overview | archive 

    September 29: modern planning theories 2: communicative planning and its critique
    ZOOM | lecture slides | assignment | Flinga group notes | theme texts 
    05.10.-09.10. Forum C (Communicative planning) | overview | archive 

    October 13: modern planning theories 3: critical and radical planning ideas
    ZOOM | lecture slides | assignment | Flinga group notes | theme texts 
    19.10.-26.10. Forum X (critical planning) | overview | archive 

    October 27: specific themes 1: integration of land use and transport planning
    ZOOM | lecture slides | assignment | theme texts 
    02.11.-06.11. Forum I (LUT integration) | overview | archive 

    November 10: specific themes 2: strategic planning
    ZOOM | lecture | assignment | theme texts 
    16.11.-20.11. Forum S (Strategic planning) | overview | archive 

    November 24: specific themes 3: participation, justice, equity and gender
    ZOOM | lecture slides | assignment | theme texts 
    30.11.-04.12. Forum P (Participatory planning) | overview | archive 

    December 8: final seminar

    Final notebook assignment
    Essay on planning theory assignment

  • Assignments

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  • Materials

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  • Essay on planning theory - materials archive

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    The assignment on essay writing will be found in Assignments.

    This archive contains the core material for your final essay work. You can but you need not stay within this material, but please do discuss with the teacher if you are planning on using something totally different.

    Remember: take your picks, either from within a section or across them, don't try to include everything. If there's something you are not seeing but you'd need or like for your argument, try the Aalto-Finna search. If you don't find it there, contact the teacher.


  • Final grades + info

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    Below you shall find the grades given so far. The grades have been in WebOodi for weeks, but only now did I find time now to place everything here. Sorry about the delay! Please do note that the grading report in MyCourses does NOT give correct weights to individual assignments, and I've used discretion especially in course activity. Hence the final grade is NOT the weighted average of the assignments. Also, you shall find a grade for your chat activity in the "group work" tab, so I have NOT graded group work (well I decided that all groups should get a "5" for effort and/or skill) but your individual engagement in chat conversations.

    If you have questions about your grade or you wish to complain about the grading, please ends e-mail to me within the next two weeks. 

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     now did 

    If you want to improve your grade, you can attempt to send new assignments, depending on the area in which your grade is lacking. One additional assignment may, if of higher quality than the previous one, up your grade by one (e.g. 3->4, 4->5). Ask me if in doubt. Here are the options:

    1. take one of your worse notebook entries and turn it into an essay, with same specs as the final essay
    2. send me an additional essay, with same specs as the final essay
    3. take one of your chat entries and turn it into an essay, with same specs as the final essay

    If you wish to attempt to improve your grade, please let me know within two weeks from now The final deadline for the grade-improving assignments is April 1st, 2021.  

    Vesku