Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

Soft Disciplines: Soft disciplines are those disciplines that rely on qualitative data. They
generally do not use experimental methods and hence cannot make conclusive predictions
concerning the future. Examples of soft disciplines are Languages, Law, Anthropology and
Education. The soft disciplines as being characterized by greater concern for general
education development, character development, critical thinking and ‘scholarly’ activities
(such as the reading of research articles)
iii. Concerned with life systems vs those not concerned with life systems.
The third classification of Academic Disciplines given by Biglin (1970) is concerned
with life systems and those not concerned with life systems.
Academic Disciplines like Biology and Psychology that deal with life systems or
living beings are classified into one group and Academic Disciplines like Physics,
Mathematics, Geology that deal with inanimate objects are classified into another category.
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