Military education in the age of the Bologna Process

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• Juha Mäkinen Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu

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Military education, fundamental questions, dimensions

Abstrakti

In the midst of this turbulent, even chaotic, global environment, the educational challenges are increasing at an accelerating pace. At the same time, our military educational systems are in a continuous process of change. But how systematic are these changes and what kind of a role do individual teachers play in them? What about the decentralized practices of our teachers in lecture rooms and practice fields - must we just forget these while "transforming" our education? If educational "transformations" executed in a top-down manner are not the final answer to our challenges, how should we face these situations? How can we guide our decentralized school system in practice?
When considering appropriate answers to such tough questions, instead of traditional secondary questions some fundamental pedagogical questions are introduced in this article. The "final" answer starts to get its proper shape when recognizing the fact that the teachers are either going to transform the educational system or not. In this article it is proposed that the forthcoming educational transformation is achieved by the balanced daily and dimensional actions and activities of the teachers."