Defence Higher Education Trainer (International)

The DHET (I) course is designed for international Directing Staff (DS) and will train you to facilitate adult learning in the military Higher Education and Further Education environments.

The course focuses primarily on the delivery of Professional Military Education (PME) to a course, class or syndicate in command and staff colleges.  The course offers practical guidance on adult teaching techniques such as facilitation, the management of syndicate room discussions, engaging adult learners, the planning and designing of learning activities and managing student welfare. The course will give you the opportunity to apply the material covered in a teaching context.

To maximise your time in the UK, the 9-day international course is longer than the standard 3.5-day DHET course for UK DS.  As such it is designed to encompass some of the CPD workshops and seminars DS complete throughout their time at the Defence Academy.  This includes serials on coaching, peer observation, curriculum design in Higher Education and managing Communities of Practice. The course being split across 2 weeks has the advantage of allowing the you the opportunity to reflect on what you have learnt in week 1 before progressing on with week 2.

The DHET(I) course is adapted using shorter working days to address the cognitive strain of continually translating lessons into a first language or working through an interpreter.  It also focuses on the increased use of reflective practice to support training and the use of training aides such as glossaries to scaffold learning.

The course is aimed at military personnel teaching in Defence Colleges worldwide.  Usually, this will be ranks ranging between NATO OF3 (Lt Cdr/Maj/Sqn Ldr) and OF4 (Cdr/Lt Col/Wg Cdr) but can include ranks above and below that if you are delivering training or education to a course, class or syndicate.

Critically, it is for course deliverers, planners, and practitioners, rather than College senior managers and senior commanders.