Definition of Academic Discipline
“An academic
discipline is a field or branch of learning affiliated with an academic
department within a university, formulated for the advancement of research and
scholarship and the professional training of researchers, academics, and
specialists.”
-
Zongyi Deng
“An academic
Discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and
researched as a part of higher education.”
-
Anthony
Biglan
Meaning and concept of Academic
Discipline
The term academic discipline originates from the Latin words ‘discipulus’ which
means ‘pupil’ and ‘disciplina’ which means ‘teaching’. Related to it, there is
also the word ‘disciple’ as it is in the ‘disciple of Lord Budha’. The lexicon
will give a whole range of quite different meaning of the term; from training
to submission to an authority or to the control and self- control of behavior.
The term discipline as a verb means training someone to follow a rigorous set
of instructions and also imposing and enforcing obedience.
The term academic
(scientific) discipline can be defined as the academic studies that focus on a
self-imposed limited field of knowledge. It is the subject that one teaches and
researches as part of higher education is the academic discipline of that
person
It can also be
defined as form of specific and rigorous scientific training that will turn out
practitioners who have been disciplined by their discipline (subject) for their
own good.
An academic
discipline or academic field is a branch of knowledge. It incorporates
expertise, people, projects, communities, challenges, studies, inquiry, and
research areas that are strongly associated with a given scholastic subject
area or college department. For example, the branches of science are commonly
referred to as the scientific disciplines, eg. Physics, mathematics, and
biology.
Individuals associated with academic
discipline are commonly referred to as or specialists. Others, who may have
studied liberal arts or systems theory rather than concentrating in specific academic discipline, are classified
as generalist.
