KADETTIDE ARUSAAMAD ŐPPIMISEST JA ŐPETAMISEST

This article gives an insight into a phenomenological survey that was conducted at the ENDC in order to analyze cadets’ concepts about learning and teaching.The data for this survey was collected from 2nd year land force curriculum cadets in the spring 2013 while they were studying in the trainer course.There were 32 males, and 1 female cadet who took part in the survey with an average age of 22.6 years. All the questions were open ended and the cadets were advised to freely write down their ideas.Learning and teaching was mostly seen as a one way process amongst the cadets, wherein the teacher’s role is to give information and the learner’s role is to receive that information. The purpose of learning and teaching was described in the same way – the purpose is to,one way or an other, pass on or acquire knowledge and skills. A need for the active construction of knowledge and skills by learners was mentioned infrequently.Attitude, whether it be the learner’s attitude, or a possible outcome of learning, in addition to the acquisition of knowledge and skills, was not mentioned by the cadets, nor was student/teacher virtues, even though those are considered to be a very important part of military training.