There has been some progress in the last few years for interdisciplinary studies. It's a trend still in its infancy, but it is beginning to catch on due to great successes from early adopters. Schools are challenging their students with problems requiring learning from traditionally disparate subjects. What will be the next technology in education design to use the best methods of learning in siloed core subjects and applying those methods to other subjects? The first, and most obvious example, will be the use of the scientific method in traditionally non-science classes.
Since birth, every child understands the scientific method at its core. Not only that, they're supreme practitioners of it. Beg to differ? Well, if you understand the basic principles, it's easy to see that even the smallest of children conduct "scientific experiments" to understand the world around them.
Picture a toddler left unsupervised in her family's kitchen. What is this? It's shiny, and a strange color! She crawls over to the object. Will it burn me? Maybe. Can I be sure? Let's try. Nope, but what about this one?
When introduced in school, the scientific method isn't so much taught as a new concept as it is implemented