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Associate Professor Kåre Kildevang
Danish Army Academy
WE ARE PART OF THE OVER-ALL ARMY OFFICER TRAINING; SO NO LANGUAGE-ONLY COURSES
CONSTANT (AND UNFAIR!) COMPETITION FROM OTHER SUBJECTS
CLASSES MORE OR LESS INTEGRATED WITH TACTICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
BASIC COURSE (3 YEARS)ADVANCED COURSE (1 YEAR)
High-school graduates
NCOs (1-3 years) Many have been
deployed Early-mid 20s
1st lieutenants (3-5 yrs)
Almost all have been deployed more than once
Early 30s Most have the
entire family package
Participate effectively in conversations on practical, social, and professional topics.
Discuss particular interests and special fields of competence with considerable ease.
Answer objections, clarify points, justify decisions, respond to challenges, support opinion, state and defend policy.
Convey abstract concepts in discussions of such topics as economics, culture, science, technology, philosophy as well as their professional field.
CONDITIONS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKE STUDENTS WANT TO TAKE PART IN CLASS ACTIVITIES
MAKE CLASS ACTIVITIES STUDENT-DRIVEN, NOT MERELY TEACHER-ENFORCED
IN THE (CONDENSED) WORDS OF NATION (2001): TECHNICAL-VOCAB SPEAKING ACTIVITIES FOCUSING ON CONVEYING INFORMATION; ENABLING NOTICING AND NEGOTIATION; FACILITATING INCIDENTAL VOCAB LEARNING AMONG AUTONOMOUS LEARNERS
WHENEVER FEASIBLE, FORM SMALL GROUPS MAKE PARTICIPATION COOL WHENEVER POSSIBLE, DELEGATE TASKS AND
EMPOWER STUDENTS RESPECT AND BUILD ON STUDENTS’ EXPERTISE
AND EXPERIENCE FOSTER AND UTILIZE RESPECTFUL
DISAGREEMENT MAKE EVERY STUDENT ”THE ONLY DANE IN
CLASS” USE AUTHENTIC AND UP-TO-DATE TEXTS AND
EVENTS DON’T FEEDBACK EXCESSIVELY DO PREPARE OBSESSIVELY ON TERMINOLOGY
WE ARE NOT SMEs AND WE KNOW IT WE ARE FACILITATORS WHO
ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE WE DON’T JUDGE OPINIONS AND
ATTITUDES, BUT WE DO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION
WE TRUST IN STUDENTS’ INTEGRITY WE REALIZE THAT WE NEED TO GIVE
UP (SOME) CONTROL
DO STUDENTS READ/SKIM/SKIP ASSIGNED READINGS?
INITIAL CADET COMPLACENCY ADVANCED-COURSE STUDENT DOING
”LEVEL-3 RE-RUN” INTROVERTS NO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
TACTICAL ASSIGNMENTS RUN BY THE INSTRUCTOR-OF-THE-DAY
ELECTION; PRESENT PARTY PLATFORMS AND IN-CLASS VOTE
LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE; REFLECTION AND DRAFTING
HEROES; A SIGN OF FAILURE? SAND-TABLE EXERCISE; DOING IT THE
USMC WAY PREPARATION FOR EXAM