Working Group on Curriculum Development
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Working Group on Curriculum Development. Meeting At the NATO Defense College Rome, 2-3 April 2001. Website: Intention and Purpose. WG CD intends to have its one section within the PfP Consortium website which is openly accessible and which can be linked by websites of other institutes.
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Working Group on Curriculum Development Meeting At the NATO Defense College Rome, 2-3 April 2001
Website: Intention and Purpose • WG CD intends to have its one section within the PfP Consortium website which is openly accessible and which can be linked by websites of other institutes. • To disseminate information via Internet • To inform members of the WG and persons interested in WG CD
Website: Re-design • What have we done? • Simple re-design of the website • Structured by different activities (meetings, core curricula, database, contacts) • Posted major documents on-line • Integration of the website (one access point to all information)
Website: Future • Constant up-date of the website • Trying to intensify the discussion or the activities via online platform • To use it as a platform regarding core curricula • Adjust website to the needs of participants (feedbacks are welcome)
Website of the Working Group on Curriculum Development http://www.pfpconsortium.org/wgcd
WG CD Database • Components • Institutions • Courses • Purpose: to serve as a reference tool and means of experience exchange for interested institutions in the EAPC area
WG CD Database • How to Contribute? • via Internet • via P. Lehmann or M. Troitski • Why to Contribute? • share your own experience in course design • receive feedback
WG CD Database • Problems with maintenance and enlargement • Translation into English― please send documents in the original language if there is no way you can translate them • Technical requirements to entries in the Database • Lack of information about the WG CD ― please encourage potential contributors to consult the webpage
Core Curricula • Our vision: • contributed by WG CD participants • address the key issues of security policy • intended to stimulate discussion on curriculum design and ensure the diversity of views on the content of military education • presented according to special technical requirements to serve as a reference tool
Core Curricula: Contributions • BG Constantin Gheorghe Balaban: CC on International/National Security Dimension • Samir Basic: CCon National Defence Planing and Case Studies • Prof. Boris Ivanovitch Berezin: CC on Information Technology and Revolution in Military Affairs • Dr.Virginia Charles: CC on a variety of subjects, including International Law and Ethics • Anja Ebnöther: CC on Civil-Military Reform • Dr. Michel Hess: CC on Information Resources Management • Lt. Col. B.F.M.Ben Klappe: CC on International Humanitarian Law • Mikael Mineur: CC on Peace Supporting Operation and Conflict Management • Prof. Tzvetan Semerdjiev: CC on Information Technology, Case Studies, and Reform in Military Affairs • Dr.Fred Tanner and Col. Michael Hübner: CC on International Security Dimension, Integration, and Arms Control
Core Curricula • Suggested topics: • International security dimension • Euro-Atlantic security dimension • Emerging and global security challenges • Defence policy / Strategy • Regional / international security organisations • Revolution in military affairs • Civil-military relations • Conflict management / Peace support operations
Core Curricula • Format: • Background • Definitions • Objectives • Concept: topics of lectures / seminars and breakdown of teaching time • Reading list • Course requirements
Core Curricula • Questions: • Approaches to design: • General: e.g. course on International Security • Country-specific: e.g. course on Defence / Security Policy of Country X • Problems in creating Core Curricula • Language • Format • Concept
The Way Ahead (Moscow/others) Secure Database Website Bosnia and Herzegovina Categories of Subjects Definition of Terms “Four Examples” Accreditation Template Categories ? Language Format Further Contact Core Curriculum? What to do with them? ? ? ?
The Way Ahead (Moscow/others) • How to proceed? • Who does it? • What to do and to brief in Moscow?