'From Pedagogy to Paideia Physical Planning Education in Nigeria

Moving from pedagogy to paideia (Hi-dee-a) in planning entails practical civic engagement and authentic dialogue with the community through collaborative rationality in planning education in Nigeria. Planning education is changing from the normal spaces (classroom) to the virtual spaces (online teaching, Webinar, Twitter, Facebook, blogging, Linkedln etc.) and the adoption of GIS and other new technologies. Pedagogy is the art/science of teaching, which is the methodology while paideia is the education of the Mole person. Paideia is a system of education or learning that empowers the planner to focus and situate planning within the context of a person's assets (intellectual, physical, spiritual, social, natural, political, environmental and financial capital). In what ways do Planners seek to achieve Paideia or just Pedagogy? This paper contends that physical planning education should seek to impart knowledge and empower the Mole person planner in attempts to produce new knowledge, skills and imaginaries that prepare practitioners to inform, influence and integrate new frontiers in planning.