Educating U
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The challenge for organizations is to provide a professional development program for senior executives that will prepare them for the strategic level of management and leadership. Executive education has been an evolving process. It has been moving away from the normal pedagogical styles of the traditional classroom to the andragogical styles appropriate for adult learners. Andragogical methodology is characterized by the use of the experiential baggage of the adult learner. It is in effect case method learning in action. The United States Army War College is an educational institution that uses this type of learning as it prepares its future senior leaders for the strategic arena. This paper discusses the rational for using adult learning methodology as well as the system applied at the USAWC.
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