Nurturing an adaptive disposition in the context of security training through the approach of Disciplinary Intuitions

Abstract

This paper describes a study-in-progress conducted by a team of researchers and a training school within the security organization of a country in Asia. The collaboration started in October 2015, as part of a larger review of training curricula within the organization. One of the primary objectives of the study is to investigate how the disposition of adaptivity (Hung, Lim, & Jamaludin, 2014) might be fostered among members of the organization. The work reported in this paper describes the initial phase of the study, in which a particular component of the curriculum – the Protection of Critical Localities through Scenario-Based Learning – was observed and dialogued about between the research team, instructors, and trainees, with a view to enhancing Professional Learning in the training curriculum. <br>Specifically, the study was commissioned to investigate the feasibility of incorporating the theory of learning known as Disciplinary Intuitions (Lim, 2015) into what might eventually be a technologically-mediated curriculum design, which leverages the affordances of immersive environments with regard nurturing the disposition of adaptivity among the security personnel.</br>