Sodankäynnistä ja sotilaskoulutuksesta

Abstract

Military instruction needs to renew itself and follow trends of continuous development. In this second anthology of the research theme Group, leader, soldier four peer-reviewed papers address contemporary issues from different viewpoints based on the authors’ expertise in the field of military science and education. Overarching framework, military pedagogy, is educational science in the military context. The aim is to describe and understand learning and instruction in order to optimize and innovate educational methods and processes to benefit instructors and trainees in the military.

The anthology is edited by Lieutenant Colonel, PhD (Ed.), Docent Antti-Tuomas Pulkka who currently is military professor at the National Defence University, Finland and Lieutenant Colonel (G.S.), D.Sc (Mil.Sc.) Juha Hollanti. Lieutenant Colonel (G.S.), D.Sc (Mil.Sc.) Juha Hollanti and Lieutenant Colonel (G.S.) Teemu Hassi examine the concepts of creativity and surprise in the framework of Finnish tactics. In order to succeed in battle, the numerically inferior party needs to utilize certain factors to exploit full capacity of his forces. The authors clarify the significance of the two concepts in tactics and describe how this is represented in the reserve officers’ training.

In his paper, Lieutenant Colonel (G.S.), D.Sc (Mil.Sc.) Mika Penttinen examines of- ficers´ education and training system as part of knowledge and competence management in the Finnish Defence Forces. Topic is addressed with points of view on four paradoxes: the significance, the objectives, the ways and means, and the enablement of competence management. With these four viewpoints, the paper construes factors, that are embedded in the officers´ education and training system, that either promote or obstruct knowledge and competence management.

D.Sc (Mil.Sc.), M.A. (Ed.) Jarkko Kosonen, M.Soc.Sc Reetta Riikonen and D.Soc.Sc Ilona Bontenbal examine how Finnish people with immigrant background relate to national defence and how this relation is constructed. Conscription and Finnish defence policy appear to be somewhat unfamiliar to those with immigrant background. Military service plays an important role in the development of the individual stance toward national defence. Youth with immigrant background feel that service strengthens their belongingness in Finland in general as well as in different communities, and their own agency in national defence.

Major, D.Sc (Mil.Sc.) Hannu Rentola discusses contributions of military pedagogy, through its collaboration networks, by both substance and methods, in building core capabilities and developing the art of war. The author postulates need for interdisciplinary research and co-operation between the branches of science, with a purpose to examine aspects of warfare with a wider perspective than at the present.

Sotilaspedagogiikka on erityisesti kasvatustieteistä teoriaperustansa ja menetelmänsä nostava sotatieteiden tutkimusalue, joka sotilaskoulutuksen kontekstissa tarkastelee osaamisen ja erilaisten valmiuksien kehittämistä. Sotilaskoulutuksen ja sotilaallisia valmiuksia palvelevan koulutuksen tulee elää ajassa ja perustua jatkuvan kehittämisen periaatteelle.

Tämä on Johtamisen ja sotilaspedagogiikan laitoksen tutkimusteeman Joukko, johtaja, sotilas toinen julkaisu, jonka vertaisarvioidut artikkelit on kukin tavallaan ankkuroitu sotilaspedagogiikan viitekehykseen. Kirjoittajien edustamat vaihtelevat sotatieteiden alat ja heidän monivaiheiset uransa ja asiantuntijuutensa sotilaskoulutuksen eri aloilta muodostavat mielenkiintoisen yhdistelmän eri näkökulmista samaan ilmiökenttään.