“THEIR SATISFACTION IS CRITICAL”, MEASURING LEVEL OF SATISFACTION AMONG FIELD TRAINEE URBAN PLANNING STUDENTS OF FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY, JEDDAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Keywords:
Work based learning, field training, urban and regional planning.Abstract
Work based learning is highly critical for urban planning students. Specially the field training equips planning students with necessary skills required in job market. Field training supplements the traditional classroom based learning, indeed. A survey of 52 students with BSc Urban and Regional Planning students at Faculty of Environmental Design, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, divulges that trainees are overall satisfied with the skills acquired from the field training however the training unit needs to go case by case and offer remedial support to the trainees who have shown their neutrality or less satisfaction with some of the field training components such as report writing among others.References
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