Full Description
This book delves into how India's National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisions multidisciplinary higher education as a transformative approach to equip learners with diverse perspectives and skills to address complex global challenges. Tracing the evolution of multidisciplinary higher education from ancient centres of learning such as Takshashila and Nalanda to modern specialized institutions, it advocates for a return to holistic learning.
Unlike narrow disciplinary silos, multidisciplinary higher education integrates insights from diverse fields, blends methods and approaches to create innovative solutions, and transcends traditional boundaries to address real-world challenges. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of multidisciplinary higher education across five critical themes: foundational principles, global and local perspectives, governance and leadership, skill development and technology integration, and teacher professional development. Written by leading academicians, researchers, and policymakers, it combines theoretical frameworks with empirical evidence to demonstrate how multidisciplinary higher education institutions can drive innovation, enhance problem-solving capabilities, and strengthen India's position in the global knowledge economy.
Essential for researchers, academics, and policymakers, this book serves as a roadmap for reimagining higher education to meet 21st-century challenges while honouring India's rich educational heritage. It will be of interest to those working in education, public policy, the social sciences, the sociology of education, and higher education research.
Contents
List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Foreword. Preface 1. Multidisciplinary Higher Education: An Overview Theme I: Foundations of Multidisciplinary Higher Education 2. Interdisciplinarity and Multidisciplinarity in the Methodology of Social Sciences 3. Critical Thinking Pedagogy in Higher Education Theme II: Global and Local Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Higher Education 4. Applied Public Humanities and Multidisciplinary Higher Education for the 21st Century: Global Perspectives and Pathways 5. Perspectives of Multidisciplinary Higher Education: Global and vs. Local 6. Multidisciplinary Education and Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS): Beyond Colonial Legacies Theme III: Governance, Leadership, and Multidisciplinary Higher Education 7. Governance and Leadership for Multidisciplinary Higher Education 8. Dovetailing Academic and Administrative Roles: Leadership Matters for Multidisciplinary Higher Education 9. Multidisciplinary Liberal Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges from a Governance and Leadership Perspective 10. Financing of Multidisciplinary Higher Education Theme IV: Technology, Skill Development, and Employment in Multidisciplinary Higher Education 11. Effecting Multidisciplinarity in Higher Education through Technology-mediated Shared Pedagogical Practices 12. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Digital Technology in Higher Education: Perspectives and Cases from Teacher Education 13. Future-ready Workforce through Multidisciplinary Education Theme V: Professional Development of Teachers and Pedagogies for Multidisciplinary Higher Education 14. Social Entrepreneurship and Heutagogy as Immersive, Experiential Pedagogies for Multidisciplinary Education 15. Empowering Teachers for Multidisciplinary Higher Education: Lessons from IGNOU Experience 16. Developing Professional Competency of Teachers for Multidisciplinary Higher Education 17. Multidisciplinary Initial Teacher Education in India: Context, Prospects and Challenges. Index.
