TY - JOUR
T1 - Delivering the discipline
T2 - teaching geography and planning during COVID-19
AU - Fuller, Sara
AU - Ruming, Kristian
AU - Burridge, Andrew
AU - Carter-White, Richard
AU - Houston, Donna
AU - Kelly, Linda
AU - Lloyd, Kate
AU - McGregor, Andrew
AU - McLean, Jessica
AU - Miller, Fiona
AU - O'Gorman, Emily
AU - Suchet-Pearson, Sandie
AU - Taylor, Hollis
AU - Walkerden, Greg
AU - Williams, Miriam
AU - Ziller, Alison
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - COVID-19 has radically changed the higher education sector in Australia and beyond. Restrictions on student movement (especially for international students) and on gatherings (which limited on-campus sessions) saw universities transition to fully online teaching modes almost overnight. In this commentary, we reflect on this transition and consider the implications for teaching the disciplines of geography and planning. Reflecting on experiences at the Department of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University, we explore a series of challenges, responses and opportunities for teaching core disciplinary skills and knowledge across three COVID-19 moments: transition, advocacy, and hybridity. Our focus is on the teaching of core disciplinary skills and knowledge and specifically on geographical theory, methods, and fieldwork and professional practice skills. In drawing on this case from Macquarie University, we offer insights for the future of teaching geography and planning in universities more broadly.
AB - COVID-19 has radically changed the higher education sector in Australia and beyond. Restrictions on student movement (especially for international students) and on gatherings (which limited on-campus sessions) saw universities transition to fully online teaching modes almost overnight. In this commentary, we reflect on this transition and consider the implications for teaching the disciplines of geography and planning. Reflecting on experiences at the Department of Geography and Planning at Macquarie University, we explore a series of challenges, responses and opportunities for teaching core disciplinary skills and knowledge across three COVID-19 moments: transition, advocacy, and hybridity. Our focus is on the teaching of core disciplinary skills and knowledge and specifically on geographical theory, methods, and fieldwork and professional practice skills. In drawing on this case from Macquarie University, we offer insights for the future of teaching geography and planning in universities more broadly.
KW - curriculum
KW - fieldwork
KW - methods
KW - online teaching
KW - pedagogy
KW - professional skills
KW - theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104248285&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1745-5871.12472
DO - 10.1111/1745-5871.12472
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104248285
SN - 1745-5863
VL - 59
SP - 331
EP - 340
JO - Geographical Research
JF - Geographical Research
IS - 3
ER -