Inter-Disciplinary Education: A Pattern for History and Sociology

Abstract

Inter-disciplinary studies in the field of social sciences such as history and sociology are unequivocally vital to gaining a more penetrating insight into human behavior. The article commences with a comparison of the concepts of “inter-disciplinary” and “disciplinary”, an explication of Mikhail Bakhtin’s Dialogism, along with an explanation of other learning theories. The article subsequently delineates the method of inter-disciplinary teaching for history and sociology by emphasizing the necessity of inter-disciplinary studies.

Key Words: Inter-Disciplinary Studies, Inter-Disciplinary Education, Dialogism and Historical Sociology