General Education—A Wider Perspective

General education plays a vital and dynamic role in the present educational system. This has been one of the requirements in many undergraduate institutions for the students to fulfill in various field of interest that prepares them in the real world and context which are broad and extensive. In the present modern world, there’s a need for diverse and increasing disciplines that are developed. There are different unifying innovations in science that break down the different frontiers and complexity of various field of knowledge.

Different new fields also emerge that aim in coping with the different changes in the society and humanitarian culture. Advancements in a distinguished field have a great contribution in interdisciplinary systems with its underlying theories and instruments. The complexity of a certain subject requires it to incorporate other disciplines in explaining different processes and phenomena, simultaneously.

Today’s world has been facing a lot of major problem and issues due to the different findings, studies and discoveries such as the threat of the emerging nuclear war and environmental degradation. It involves various issues that pertains to science, ethics and economy which every individual must be aware of. These particular problems does not just involve a certain discipline and needs other approaches and teaming up with other disciplines. The interaction of the different aspects of discovery and knowledge is inevitable and vital in dealing with the complex and multifaceted issues.

Though in the previous century, the studies and theories are geared in providing solutions for simple issues which can be embraced by a certain discipline. However in the fast paced and modernized world, such approach is deemed lacking. The features which are essentially the main issues needs consideration of numerous factors wherein technology and the social aspects tend to overlap. The uncertainty is given attention through acquiring more precise processes and the multiple interactions are bounded no more. Technological revolution has been widespread and interdisciplinary bridging the gaps to attain a broader outlook and other approaches which is beyond the extent and range of a certain discipline. Data processing has arrived to extraordinary expansion in various sectors such as technical, practical, scientific and cultural aspects these are required due to simultaneous and complex problems which needs to cope with the profound changes in human lives.

It is very apparent that due to the division of every discipline has contributed to the individualization and modifications in the society. The new trends aimed in surpassing every compartment where knowledge has become narrower that affects the growth of the certain body of knowledge as a whole discipline. The integration of varied approaches has made impacts in increasing the responsiveness in dealing with the issues and problems in the contemporary times.

Moreover, general education also helps individuals to relate and adapt with social, political, and other economic factors which focuses on their interactions to science and ethics. Unity has been greatly emphasized to give a broader description of an individual roles together with the better understanding of their personality and other behavioral aspects. The theories and knowledge obtained through general education and built upon the interdisciplinary principles demonstrates the linkages of how it developed in dealing with the changing world.