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2026, no. 10
THEORY & PRACTICE OF EDUCATION

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ORGANIZING PRACTICAL TRAINING IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION

Olga V. Zorkina, Natalia A. Suprun

DOI 10.20339/am.10-26.048pp. 48–54UDC 37.09:378::6280 RUB

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Abstract

This article examines the organization and methodology of practical training for students enrolled in the 35.03.01 Landscape Architecture bachelor’s program (profile: Landscape Design and Ornamental Horticulture) at Volgograd State University. The study aims to describe the structure, content, and pedagogical experience of two types of intensive practical training: introductory and creative. The authors show how these forms of practical training reinforce theoretical knowledge acquired in specialized disciplines, including the history of landscape architecture, botany, geodesy, plant physiology, and agrochemistry, while also contributing to the development of professional competencies. The article provides a methodological synthesis of the authors’ experience in organizing safety briefings, field visits to natural and designed landscapes (including the Volgograd Regional Botanical Garden, the Mamayev Kurgan Memorial Complex, and turf-production facilities), hands-on agrotechnical work at an experimental training plot, and final student conferences. Pedagogical observations indicate that botanical gardens have considerable educational potential as practical training sites, enabling students to work directly with living plant collections, natural and anthropogenic landscapes, and real landscape-design objects.

Keywords

  • landscape architecture
  • practical training
  • botanical garden
  • field training
  • ornamental horticulture
  • landscape design
  • competency development
  • project-based learning
  • agrotechnical skills
  • natural and anthropogenic landscapes

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