The graduate identity of the professional planner in South Africa

[摘要] English: The professional identity of planning is contested in planning literature. In SouthAfrica three stakeholder areas drive professional planning education; these areSACPLAN as regulatory body, SAP! that represents planning practice, and planningacademics. A strong agreement among the three stakeholder areas on thecompetency profile of a professional planner will strengthen the planning professionand clarify the identity of a professional planner in South Africa.The study investigated whether the 20 core and functional themes in the draftSACPLAN competency guidelines describe the graduate identity of a professionalplanner in South Africa. The study found that there is little consensus among thethree stakeholder areas on the competency profile of professional planners. Thisdoes not indicate that the 20 core and functional themes in the draft SACPLANguidelines should not form the basis of a graduate identity for professional planning,but rather that more debate is needed regarding competency profiles for planners inSouth Africa.

[发布机构] University of the Free State