Has our education system become too appreciative of the specialists? While a move towards specialization of the curricula promises a more efficient division of labor in the society, it certainly overlooks the dangers associated with narrower outlook. We could hypothesize that the incidence of various international challenges - be it environmental pollution, increasing cancer rates or even wars - can in part be attributed to narrow perspective of the engineers, industrialists, policy makers, diplomats etc. Had we cared about things outside our focus areas, we'd have created more responsible solutions.
But wouldn't going cross-disciplinary vastly diminish the value that experts are able to bring? Well, we certainly need to draw a new line. 'Where' and 'how' still need to be figured out.
Inspiration:
Ted Conference - A call to reinvent liberal arts education
But wouldn't going cross-disciplinary vastly diminish the value that experts are able to bring? Well, we certainly need to draw a new line. 'Where' and 'how' still need to be figured out.
Inspiration:
Ted Conference - A call to reinvent liberal arts education
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