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Van Doorn and Beyond

From Teaching Sociology to Interdisciplinary, Problem-Based Learning in Dutch Officer Training

René Moelker

Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda, the Netherlands, r.moelker{at}nlda.nl

Joseph Soeters

Netherlands Defence Academy and Tilburg University

In the 1960s, Jacques van Doorn started teaching (military) sociology as a formal, scientific discipline at the Netherlands Military Academy. Since then, the way military sociology was taught at the academy has seen a great number of developments; the philosophy of education at the academy changed into an interdisciplinary and problem-based learning approach. These changes evolved into military sociology becoming a recognized perspective for analyzing military operations while being valued for its contribution to the functioning of future officers. With this shift, military sociology has developed a more pragmatic character. Even though theoretical development has sometimes been hampered by this preoccupation with pragmatics, in most times the blending of theory and praxis has stimulated the development in this field of knowledge.

Key Words: military sociology • officer training • problem-based learning

This version was published on October 1, 2008

Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 35, No. 1, 36-48 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X08314969
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