Abordări pluri-, inter- și transdisciplinare din perspectiva educației moderne

Abstract

Education is the cornerstone of society. The present and future of generations depends on its quality. At the current stage, the education system, as well as society, is in a constant state of change. The time in which technologies, techniques and concepts in education appear and evolve, influencing the educational process as a whole, is an alert one. The new generations of students have easier access to information, they know and operate efficiently with technologies, they are flexible and original in their way of approaching things, they have different and innovative visions, perceptions, and they are often one-step ahead of those who educate them. In this context, new paradigms of education appear, in which learning is centering on the student and his needs, and in which it is important that the learner not only acquires knowledge in certain subjects, but also can use it in certain situations, problems in life. This aspect can only be achieved through an integrated approach to curricular contents, capitalizing not only on the concept of pluridisciplinarity, but also inter- and transdisciplinarity. These approaches help the student to form an integrated view of aspects of life, applying connections between disciplines. Content integration is relevant to all curriculum areas, including Arts and Technologies. The training-educational process in the mentioned fields cannot be a rigid, template-type and monodisciplinary one, since the realities and needs of the present are different from one day to the next and require adaptability and flexibility on the part of teaching staff. This requires effort, appropriate conditions, resources, and an appropriate level of training and constitutes a „sine-qua-non” condition of modern education. From this perspective resides the relevance and actuality of the topic addressed.