Pearson Institute of Higher Education (MGI)

Pearson Institute of Higher Education, previously known as Midrand Graduate Institute (MGI) was established in 1989 as a private university-level, degree-conferring institution – one of the first of its kind in Southern Africa. We offer 16 undergraduate degrees, lecture-based support for UNISA's Bachelor of Laws degree, three honours degrees and one masters degree within six faculties. All courses are externally examined and moderated by well-qualified academics, public higher institutions, and industry practitioners. All our degrees are registered and accredited.

Every student who enrolls for a 1st year MGI degree or Pre-degree Foundation programme receives a tablet PC, including all course material and electronic textbooks, as part of their course fee. The benefits of TEL include: managing and organising learning easily, access to electronic textbooks (ebooks), being able to learn anywhere, anytime.

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Cultivating voice through personal manifesto-making – a strategy for developing accountability, ethics and integrity in tertiary design curricula

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Staden-Garbett, MiranthePearson Institute of Higher Education (MGI)

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Design Education Strategy
Cultivating voice through personal manifesto-making

 

There has never been a better time for tertiary curricula to provide a learning framework for the development of personal as well as professional ethics and accountability. Research shows that tertiary education today should address the development and transformation of the self (Mezirow

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Team mentoring – a vehicle to foster and encourage ethics and accountability in design education

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Le Cornu, BiancaPearson Institute of Higher Education (MGI)
Linde, DoretPearson Institute of Higher Education (MGI)

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Design Education Strategy
Team mentoring – a vehicle to foster and encourage ethics and accountability in design education
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Creating a Community of Assessment Practice for Graphic Design through the use of E-portfolios

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Giloi, SusanPearson Institute of Higher Education (MGI)

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Graphic Design & Visual Art
Creating a Community of Assessment Practice for Graphic Design through the use of E-portfolios

An area that currently challenges and will continue to challenge design education in the future is that of assessment. Current research in design assessment has identified approaches such as a holistic assessment, designed to evaluate product, person and process (de le Harpe et al., 2009) and authentic assessment both of which move towards a more learner-centered and process concentrated approach. With these changes come new challenges for design educators to substantiate and validate what they do when it comes to the assessment of student work.

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DEFSA conferences

DEFSA promotes relevant research with the focus on design + education through its biennial conferences, to promote professionalism, accountability and ethics in the education of young designers. Our next conference is a hybrid event. See above for details.

Critical skills endorsement

Professional Members in good standing can receive a certificate of membership, but DEFSA cannot provide confirmation or endorsement of skills whatsoever. DEFSA only confirm membership of DEFSA which is a NPO for Design Education in South Africa (https://www.defsa.org.za/imagine).