Situating learning: experiences of danish students through DUCED's traineeship and field studies programme (TFS) in South Africa and Thailand.

This paper looks at learning experiences in South Africa and Thailand by highlighting the role of context and culture in the learning process. The authors are based at Danish and South African higher education institutions and have contributed to DUCED's TFS programme in the positions of overall supervisor, local supervisorand evaluator. It describes teaching experiences through DUCED's Traineeship and Field Studies programme (TFS), whereby the environment, stakeholders and the relationships between them are not presented as discrete, tect book entities, but are explored in practice. Such exploration involves the participation of students as actors in the process of urban management and in the implementation of environmental projects by NGO's, CBO's and public institutions. It involves contact with communities and interaction with students and staff from local universities under the LUCED co-operation agreements.