ABSTRACT

The accentuation of the academic aspects of the officer's education and the rather sharp separation of military training and academic studies caused a number of educational and organizational problems, as was shown by a survey-investigation carried out in 1970. Military training takes place in the so-called cadets' battalion, naturally under military command and by military instructors. The officers, on the whole, think military training even more important than the cadets do. Also to an even higher degree than the cadets the officers think the military element should be stressed more, while in their opinion the academic studies should receive rather less attention. The difficulties in the relations between the military and the academic dimensions also appear in the way officers and civilian teachers think about their own and each other's role performance, especially with regard to mutual communication and co-ordination.