BAGHDAD - Professional Military Education (PME) instructors with NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) completed a series of lessons on the ‘Structure of an EDIP’ at the Education Cadre Development Centre in Baghdad on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.
Major Samantha Warner and Staff Sergeant Michael Qasim led the Iraqi senior leaders through a series of classes based on the teaching theory of EDIP –
Explain
Demonstrate
Imitate
Practice. The lessons concluded with a practical lesson where the class learned to use the EDIP concepts in order to construct a Double Fisherman’s Knot, a most effective hands-on method to emphasise the teaching of practical tasks.
Professional Military Education (PME) instructors with NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) completed a series of lessons on the ‘Structure of an EDIP’ at the Education Cadre Development Centre in Baghdad on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. - Photo by NATO Mission Iraq
“Professional Military Education is one of the most important parts of NATO Mission Iraq,” said Colonel Josef Melichar, NMI Defence University for Higher Military Studies Lead.
PME is liaising, advising and facilitating support to Iraqi Professional Military Education institutions in capacity building. PME’s lines of effort are Curriculum, Faculty and Institution development.