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Exploration for Professional Degree Postgraduate Education at Military Academy

Xiaofeng Gu, Kai Kang, Jiabao Wang, Ning Qi, Yong Li, and Bin Wang
Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, 210007, China

Abstract—Professional degree postgraduates at military academy are served to the demands of national defense and military development. With regard to current demands of troops for high-level talents, military postgraduate education shall focus on both academic abilities and military occupational abilities. In this paper, we investigate state-of-the-arts of professional degree postgraduate education in America, Britain, Germany and Japan, and compare them from four main influencing factors. Then, we analyze the current problems of professional degree postgraduate education in military academy. Finally, we propose several strategies to tackle the problems and to promote the military occupational abilities.

 
Index Terms—postgraduate education, professional degree postgraduate, competency based education, military occupational abilities

Cite: Xiaofeng Gu, Kai Kang, Jiabao Wang, Ning Qi, Yong Li, and Bin Wang, "Exploration for Professional Degree Postgraduate Education at Military Academy," International Journal of Learning and Teaching, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 22-27, March 2020. doi: 10.18178/ijlt.6.1.22-27

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