THE PROBLEM OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN LEARNING PROCESS STUDIES

Introduction. The process of convergence and integration of scientific disciplines involves research in the field of education. Polydisciplinary studies wherein the knowledge is integrated from various scientific disciplines, do not meet the requirements of the solution of complex didactic problems, such as organization of the educational process in the information and educational environment, the construction of education for sustainable development of society, education in modern geopolitical conditions, etc. Thus, the importance of interdisciplinary research with a single subject matter, complementarity of research methods, integrated theoretical grounds and results, will make the contribution to all those scientific fields that are involved in assigned task solution.

The aim of the article is to present intermediate results on identification and characteristic features of interdisciplinary studies in the field of education.

Methodology and research methods. General scientific theoretical methods of research were used: analysis, comparison, fact-finding, generalization.

Results and scientific novelty. An attempt to differentiate the concepts of interdisciplinarity, polydisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity is made. In spite of the fact that these issues are actively discussed in the field of philosophy, there are no precise and unambiguous definitions of these terms; though, there is a research framework, the author of the article makes reference to. The features of an interdisciplinary study are formulated.

The functions of didactics as a scientific field are specified. Updating of interdisciplinary studies in education, need of formation of their specific methodologies and expansion of the research field of didactics by means of other interdisciplinary studies and scientific directions are proved. Psycho-didactic and cognitivedidactic studies are considered. Cognitive didactics at the moment does not seem to claim the status of independent scientific discipline as predicted by revealed criteria of interdisciplinarity. It should, however, be noted that in future didactics and cognitive science will combine research efforts on the basis of understanding of common problems and will carry out an ontologization of new scientific reality – cognitive didactics. Realization of this strategic prospect will require not only integration of intellectual resources, but also attraction of organizational and administrative ones, as well as creation of scientific collaborations (associations).

The received intermediate results demonstrate updating of cross-disciplinary researches in training, expansion of the research field of didactics at the expense of cross-disciplinary areas of scientific knowledge.

Practical significance. Possibilities and scopes for implementation of interdisciplinary studies in the field of didactics, designing of methodologies will allow the experts to deal with current problems of the organization and implementation of education, therefore, to resolve the problems that can not be solved in monoand multidisciplinary studies. 

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