No common understanding? A scoping review of professional military education in the twenty-first century.
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| Title: | No common understanding? A scoping review of professional military education in the twenty-first century. |
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| Authors: | Enstad, Kjetil (AUTHOR), Hagen, Anne Marie (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. Feb2026, Vol. 70 Issue 1, p80-100. 21p. |
| Subjects: | Military education, Twenty-first century, Knowledge gap theory, Thematic analysis, Scientific literature |
| Abstract: | In 2010, a report on EU member state military higher education concluded that "[t]here is no common understanding between the Member States about how the education of a young officer should be organized or what competences he or she should have" (Paile, 2010, p. 11). Similarly, Syme-Taylor and Jalili describe the field as "somewhat ill-defined; an heterogenous collection of diverse articles with discernible thematic linkages, rather than a unified literary tradition with consistent conventions and a self-referential process of evolution" (2018, pp. 98–99). A survey of this field is therefore timely. This article is the first scoping review of the peer-reviewed literature in English on professional military education (PME) in the twenty-first century. Following the conventions of scoping reviews we describe the characteristics of the peer-reviewed literature on PME, identify its main thematic concerns, and pinpoint some gaps in the literature that can inspire and guide further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | In 2010, a report on EU member state military higher education concluded that "[t]here is no common understanding between the Member States about how the education of a young officer should be organized or what competences he or she should have" (Paile, 2010, p. 11). Similarly, Syme-Taylor and Jalili describe the field as "somewhat ill-defined; an heterogenous collection of diverse articles with discernible thematic linkages, rather than a unified literary tradition with consistent conventions and a self-referential process of evolution" (2018, pp. 98–99). A survey of this field is therefore timely. This article is the first scoping review of the peer-reviewed literature in English on professional military education (PME) in the twenty-first century. Following the conventions of scoping reviews we describe the characteristics of the peer-reviewed literature on PME, identify its main thematic concerns, and pinpoint some gaps in the literature that can inspire and guide further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00313831 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00313831.2025.2459408 |
