The Future of Education Main Menu The Future of Education Table of Contents 1. Prologue: Is School Useless? Issues in Contemporary Education 2. Interdisciplinary Education Why Do We Need Interdisciplinary Studies? Interdisciplinarity Example: Environmental Studies How Many Courses at McGill Are 'Really' Interdisciplinary? Interdisciplinary Learning: Linear Reading & Hyperreading Brain Synchronization and Creativity The Value of Liberal Arts Education Anticipated Problems in Interdisciplinary Education 3. Digital Education The Growing Importance of Digital Education Multi-versity: Beyond Physical Space and Time VR: Beyond Physical Space and Time VR Facilitates the Learning Effectiveness The First Day of School in VR The AI: Beyond the Self Anticipated Problems in Digital Education 4. Curriculum for the Future 1) Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning 2) Enhance Real-World Skills in the Classroom 3) Apply the Socratic Method in All Stages of Education 4) Provide more Field Education Opportunities to High School/College Students 5) Devise New Evaluation Methods 5. Discussion Questions

Interdisciplinarity Example 2: Digital Humanities

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- Another significant example is the fast-growing field of the Digital Humanities which deals with a rich agenda of thematic and methodological issues (Braidotti, p.162, 2013).

- Steve Jobs touted the importance of liberal arts and humanities. The key to good design is a combination of empathy and knowledge of the arts and humanities. 

- Vivek Wadhwa's research teams at Duke and Harvard surveyed 652 U.S.-born chief executives and heads of product engineering at 502 technology companies in 2008. They found that hardly 37 percent held degrees in engineering or computer technology, and 2 percent did in mathematics. The rest had degrees in fields as diverse as business, accounting, health care, and arts and the humanities (Wadhwa, 2008).


- Relevant examples

  • YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki majored in history and literature

  • Slack founder Stewart Butterfield majored in English

  • Airbnb founder Brian Chesky majored in the fine arts. 

  • Alibaba chief executive Jack Ma has a bachelor’s in English.


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References

Braidotti, Rosi. The Posthuman. Polity Press, 2013.

Wadhwa, Vivek. Education and Tech Entrepreneurship. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2008.
https://www.kauffman.org/-/media/kauffman_org/research-reports-and-covers/2008/06/education_tech_ent_061108.pdf
 

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