Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

Applied Disciplines: Applied disciplines as the phrase indicates it relates existing knowledge
to real world situations. These disciplines make significant contributions to the world by
articulating the theoretical foundations in their field of study. The Applied Disciplines use
knowledge from one or more disciplines as its sole purpose is Application to solve problems
related to the world around us. For example, Human Resource Development is an applied
discipline that draws heavily from pure disciplines like Psychology and Sociology.
Engineering is an applied science dependent on the pure sciences of Mathematics and
Physics. Similarly, in Education we draw knowledge from the foundation subjects namely,
Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology and History and focus our attention on applying the
knowledge to the field of Education.  Hence, Education is an Applied Discipline.