Open AccessMultidimensional and multifunctional context of national defense training in Latvian schools
Author(s) -
Sandra Kreija-Gaikste,
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Irēna Katane,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research for rural development/research for rural development (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.212
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2255-923X
pISSN - 1691-4031
DOI - 10.22616/rrd.27.2021.048
Subject(s) - national security , context (archaeology) , political science , duty , promotion (chess) , preparedness , curriculum , public relations , national curriculum , training (meteorology) , public administration , politics , pedagogy , sociology , law , paleontology , biology , physics , meteorology
Continuous changes in the world’s political and geographical space are highlighting our national interests in security issues, when thinking about the sustainability of our society and country. Both civic preparedness to act in crisis situations and civic participation in strengthening national security are important. This is a duty of every citizen of our country. Therefore, following the introduction of a comprehensive National defence system in Latvia, the acquisition of the subject of National Defence Training in secondary education programs will be compulsory in Grades 10 and 11 of secondary schools starting from the academic year 2024/2025, but by 31 August 2024, National Defence Training in secondary education will be implemented within the framework of a pilot project. The aim of the research is to analyse the content of the curriculum of the subject National Defence Training from the point of view of curricular didactics, civic education and patriotic upbringing. The research results show that the content of National Defence Training is highly multidimensional and important in the context of the promotion of comprehensive national defence and versatile development of young people as well as in supporting their career development. The concept of comprehensive national defence has four dimensions: military, informational, psychological and civilian. All four of these basic dimensions have been taken into consideration when developing the content of National Defence Training. This has been ensured by integrating the content of military education, civic education and career education into the unified curriculum National Defence Training. The content of military education, civic education and career education has a scientific basis, formed by the results of theoretical and empirical research obtained from the research activities of both Latvian and foreign scientists.