Studying the Built Environment

This unique book introduces students to the themes and aspects of studying the built environment. Contemporary issues such as sustainability and urbanization preface the explanation of the core subject disciplines of architecture, construction management, planning, real estate management and surveying. The distinctive student experience of learning about the built environment is explored with a focus upon learning and teaching methods, learning skills and assessment. The final chapter of the book looks at the links between academic study and professional practice.>

List of contents

Introduction
PART 1: THEMES AND CHALLENGES
Connecting Themes
Contemporary Challenges
PART 2: SUBJECTS AND COURSES
Curriculum and Content
Courses in the Built Environment
PART 3: STUDYING, SKILLS AND ASSESSMENT
Studying the Curriculum
Learning Skills and Techniques
Learning and Assessment
PART 4: STUDY AND PRACTICE
Academic Study and Professional Practice
Questionnaire for Readers
Bibliography
Index.

About the author

MARION TEMPLE is Head of Professional and Academic Development, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Marion Temple
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2004
• EAN: 9780333969199
• ISBN: 978-0-333-96919-9
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Palgrave Study Skills; Macmillan Study Skills; Bloomsbury Study Skills
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; B, Earth and Environmental Science, Study skills, Study and Learning Skills