Mirror,mirror on the wall,who is the most offensive of them all? – Explaining the offensive bias in military tactical thinking

This article explores why the offensive predominates military tactical thinking. With survey results showing an offensive bias among 60 per cent of senior Swedish officers and as many as 80 per cent in the case of the army, it is clear that this is not just a problem of the past but is equally relevant today. The article asks why there is a tendency to perceive and understand offensive tactics as the preferred choice and the way to conduct battle that should be encouraged and preferred. Drawing on existing research and the findings of a pilot study, ten propositions for why the offensive bias exists are tested using a mixed-method approach. Based on the findings, the article develops a model to understand why the offensive dominates military tactical thinking. It is found that the two key constitutive factors behind the offensive bias are military culture and education. These factors most directly and profoundly influence an officer’s identity, perceptions, and thinking. Military culture and education, in turn, work as a prism for four other factors: military history, the theory and principles of war, doctrine and TTPs, and psychological factors.     

从规训教育到生命教育

生命教育是以学生生命过程和价值为本的教育理念,这种教育理念认为：教育的主题是艺术地生活、教育的目的是培育活跃的思维、教育的过程就是生活探险的过程。我们迫切需要转变目前的规训教育模式,将教育回归到人之中,从学生主体内在生成过程的视角去理解教育过程,努力寻求和建立一种追求生命价值的教育模式。     

优化边防情报资源管理模式探析

边防情报在公安边防部门开展对敌斗争,维护沿边沿海地区政治、社会稳定和预防打击犯罪中发挥着越来越重要的作用。对边防情报进行科学管理,更好地发挥边防情报的服务功能,需要对边防情报资源管理模式进行优化。引入知识管理模式,以期实现边防情报资源管理模式的优化。     

在科学发展观教育实践活动中推进马克思主义学习型政党建设

党的十七届四中全会首次向全党发出努力建设“马克思主义学习型政党”的号召,当前,如何把握住科学发展观教育实践活动的有利契机,大力加强马克思主义学习型政党建设,整体提升其创建水平,从而巩固教育成果,形成长效机制,既是搞好科学发展观教育实践活动的内在要求,也是推进马克思主义学习型政党建设的必然选择。     

新疆高校毕业生到兵团就业的思想政治教育探析

兵团肩负着屯垦戍边、“稳疆兴疆、富民固边”的特殊使命。通过思想政治教育,积极引导新疆高校毕业生到兵团就业,不仅有利于缓解当前严峻的就业形势,也有利于新疆的稳定和兵团各项事业的发展。     

高校人才引进中人事档案重建的探讨

近年来,为突破某些单位利用人事档案阻碍人才流动的限制,高校推出了重建人事档案的进人机制,希望以此解决人才紧缺问题,解除外来高层次人才“人档分离”的后顾之忧,取得人才竞争的优势。重建人事档案的做法,突破了传统人事档案管理制度,成为当前人事制度和人事档案管理改革的新课题。     

从生态式教育的角度读《窗边的小豆豆》

生态式教育是一种整体性、融合性、开放性的教育,关注教育目标的整合性,教育活动的综合性,教育评价的开放性和师生关系的平等性。《窗边的小豆豆》一书是曾任联合国儿童基金会亲善大使的黑柳彻子的一部自传体小说,主要叙述了巴学园中小林宗作校长的教育活动。这本书中充分展示了生态式教育的基本内涵,体现了＂对话＂这一生态式教育的核心理念,塑造了一个成功的学校模式和教育家的形象。     

高等院校研究生培养质量评估结果分析

建立评估体系,采取问卷调查的形式,对本校研究生培养质量进行评估。通过对评估结果分析,得出以下结论：第一,从整体水平上来看,我校研究生培养质量处于良好水平。第二,从各个一级指标来分析,我校研究生培养质量各个环节发展不同步。总之,我校研究生培养质量和内地高校相比,还有一定的差距,有待于提高。在各个培养环节,尤其是培养过程环节,提升的空间还较大。     

Intellectual spring cleaning: it’s time for a military “Do Not Read” list; and some sources that should be on that list

Military reading lists, intended to promote professional reading and in turn enhance education and develop critical thinking skills and sound judgement, recommend key texts to military personnel. This is a noble intent but the lists themselves, while generally good, are not flawless. Critiques of military reading lists often focus on what sources they are missing. This article offers its own critique but from a different perspective. It does so by analysing why some sources, which have become outdated, are based on faulty or incomplete research, have been thoroughly disproven, or some combination of the above, nevertheless linger on military reading lists. It then offers a short list of such sources, which it recommends be either removed from existing reading lists or accompanied by other sources that place the original source in appropriate historical context. Where applicable, it also recommends alternative sources that provide insights into the same subject matter. In so doing, this article is intended generate debate and to assist militaries to achieve a better balance between evaluation, induction and retention of valid knowledge on one hand, and rejection of outdated or flawed knowledge on the other.     

高等教育应重视科学精神与人文精神的培养

对学生进行科学精神与人文精神培养,已成为世界高等教育普遍关注的问题。在我国,不论是从历史经验的总结、科学发展、中华民族优秀文化传统和革命传统的承传,还是新世纪的要求都表明,高等教育应重视对学生科学精神与人文教育的培养。