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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.
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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  Data: 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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