BEST PRACTICE PRINCIPLES FOR PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION: A LITERATURE REVIEW

This paper reviews the best practice principles that support the tertiary level military education programmes, as highlighted in the existing literature. It draws attention to some of the tensions existing around military education, and issues with a traditional approach to this. Recognising that military curricula need to change, the author focuses on the challenges of ensuring critical thinking, openness, and diversity are addressed by stakeholders and military educators alike and summarises key principles which should be implemented during three phases (planning, delivery, and post-delivery) of a professional military education programme.