Higher Order Thinking in the Australian Army Suite of Logistic Officer Courses

<p>The Chief of Army (CA) has clearly directed the Australian Army's Training Command (TC-A) to provide training and education that equips soldiers with the intellectual tools they need for creativity and is prepared to resource structures that support innovation as part of his Twenty-first Century Army Capability Requirement campaign. (Leahy 2004 27) In order to undertake this directive TC-A must determine the requirements necessary to effectively and efficiently carry out this directive. The current Suite of Logistic Officer Courses (SOLOC) has been recently criticized for failing to meet this requirement with the general perception that there is a distinct lack of higher order thinking competencies within this continuum. Unless the SOLOC is able to include competencies and learning methodologies that foster higher order thinking skills in its junior logistic officers TC-A will be unable to meet the CAs intent in preparation for the twenty-first-century warfighting environment as described within the HNA construct.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>