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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
One of the strategic aims of the modernisation of NATO is to develop military forces that can be deployed to conflict areas where and when the need arises, and that have capabilities that are as well-adapted to the situation as possible. What consequences will this have for how we think about skills acquisition in the professional military communities of practice of the future? The intention of this article is to seek understanding concerning precisely this: how situation-dependent skills can be acquired. In examining this issue, I draw attention to new learning-related concepts and insights that may provide solutions to the complex situational challenges that [post]modern military operations present to soldiers and their communities of practice in relation to skill utilisation and skills acquisition. I therefore seek to link the ongoing military transformation with the growing debate about practice-centred learning generally, and apprenticeship-like forms of learning, such as situated learning, in particular.
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