The community as text : using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2011.
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2011
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| author | Ritchie, Frances C. (Frances Cunningham) |
| author2 | Anne Whiston Spirn. |
| author_facet | Anne Whiston Spirn. Ritchie, Frances C. (Frances Cunningham) |
| author_sort | Ritchie, Frances C. (Frances Cunningham) |
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| description | Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2011. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/672362019-04-12T20:36:14Z The community as text : using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education Using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education Ritchie, Frances C. (Frances Cunningham) Anne Whiston Spirn. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-146). Many American schools fail to teach students about the built environment. However, there is both scholarly and anecdotal evidence that using students' communities as a teaching tool is an effective method for increasing student engagement and increased knowledge retention, as well as improving their knowledge transfer and higher-level thinking skills. In this thesis, I argue that schools are missing an educational opportunity to by failing to incorporate students' neighborhoods into curricula in a sustained and interdisciplinary way. I argue that planning is an ideal vehicle for interdisciplinary education, but is also a worthwhile topic as an end in itself, teaching students about republicanism and civic engagement at a local level. This thesis looks at three programs that teach students about the built environment, and then offer a case study of how a more sustained program could implemented in an eighth-grade classroom in Dorchester, Massachusetts. by Frances C. Ritchie. M.C.P. 2011-11-18T21:18:06Z 2011-11-18T21:18:06Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67236 759122675 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 146 p. application/pdf n-us-ma Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Urban Studies and Planning. Ritchie, Frances C. (Frances Cunningham) The community as text : using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education |
| title | The community as text : using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education |
| title_full | The community as text : using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education |
| title_fullStr | The community as text : using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education |
| title_full_unstemmed | The community as text : using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education |
| title_short | The community as text : using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education |
| title_sort | community as text using planning as a vehicle for interdisciplinary education |
| topic | Urban Studies and Planning. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67236 |
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