After successful completion of the course, students are able to....

• comprehend planning theory models and concepts,
• participate in the discipline's communication about itself,
• understand the role of self-reflection and critique in planning through the development of theory,
• recognize connections between planning theory paradigms and the constant change in planning practice,
• relate planning theories to planning practice,
• recognize basic positions of ethics and political philosophy as benchmarks of individual or political action,
• develop a critical understanding/awareness of values using cases and conflicts of spatial planning as examples,
• apply reflection and argumentation from an ethical perspective.

The course consists of three course blocks on the topics of planning theory and planning ethics, each containing a lecture and an exercise:

• Planning theory I (communicative turn, cultural turn in planning theory)

• Planning theory II (international planning theory and space, everyday life and democracy)

• Planning ethics: ethics in spatial planning, ideologies and values in space, justice (lecture, workshop, reflection)

Text comprehension through hermeneutic analysis and interpretation

Research (literature, projects, media)

Lecture, discussion, workshop

Self-directed and self-organized learning

Immanent examination, 3 components, all must be successfully completed.

Examination for Part II (International Planning Theory and Space).

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