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Multidisciplinary Approach in Higher Education: An Action in relation to India’s National Education Policy 2020
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Abstract
Disciplinary knowledge was the basis of 19th and 20th century
university. In the 21st century there is real need to understand the
advances in knowledge through the lens of disciplines as well as the
dynamic interactions of disciplines in order to find solutions to the
problems of society. The perspective on interdisciplinarity is related to a
postmodern approach of learning for a fluctuating market conditions and
transferrable job skills. Interdisciplinarity is lauded as the gold standard
of the progressive modern university Angelique Chettiparamb (2007)
presents an overview of literature on multidisciplinary education. A
seminar on interdisciplinarity was convened in 1970 and based on the
deliberations the report was prepared in 1972. OECD (1972) presents the
following definitions of discipline and multidisciplinary education and
related terms.
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India
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Asia
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2021
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Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)