Methodological Suggestions For Developing The Moral Profile Of Military Students

The paper addresses some pedagogical problems that occur in the process of developing the moral profile of military students. A particular issue is that the educators (military instructors, officers or civilian teachers) have the official responsibility to build up the cadets’ ethics, but they have no special training in this field and they are not given specific tasks. It is challenging for educators to design and formalize the optimal routes, the appropriate methods and tools for approaching the moral education, and also to find the most efficient ways to assess the results of this process. In this paper we present some theoretical guidelines related to the education in the ethical domain, some relevant pedagogical experiences of Romanian and foreigner officers, and also some “lessons learned” by military trainers. In order to contribute to the improvement of the quality of the cadets’ forming process, we outline some teaching methods and pedagogical tools that have already proved their effectiveness in the development of the military moral profile, concurrently with their moral conscience and moral conduct.