WHAT MOTIVATES ME…. My inspirations + Influences for being in the field of design and design education.

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  I had just graduated with a bachelor is science, with a major in therapeutic nutrition and biochemistry, valedictorian and all, but I had no clue what I wanted to do with my life. My mum assumed I would do … Continued

CREATIVITY – It’s not all roses

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As someone in the ‘creative’ field, how many times have we been told, as a compliment, how creative we are, what a great idea that was, or how imaginative this or that is; and yes it’s great to be complimented. … Continued

Examining the Design History Course

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The need to think and act globally, the fact that our world is more interconnected than what we would like to think and the fact makes me want to say that we need to relook at the way we teach … Continued

DESIGN HISTORY: Globalisation and the Critical Thinking Process

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John Dewey (1910) introduced the term ‘critical thinking’ as the name of an educational goal, which he identified with a scientific attitude of mind. More commonly, he called the goal ‘reflective thought’, ‘reflective thinking’, ‘reflection’, or just ‘thought’ or ‘thinking’. [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/critical-thinking/]. … Continued