Education+vs.+Training

LTC (R) Bob Kiser Bob Kiser retired from the United States Army in 2008 after 22 years of service.He is currently a Department of the Army Civilian serving as the Chief of Academic Operations, United States Army Command and General Staff College (USACGSC).During a diverse military career serving in both Combat Arms and Logistics (Aviation Maintenance) units, LTC Kiser trained thousands of young soldiers in tasks ranging from the mundane to incredibly complex aviation maintenance operations.Late in his career he became an educator, serving as a staff group leader for the Army’s Combined Arms and Services Staff School and as a logistics instructor at USACGSC.In his current position Mr. Kiser supervises accreditation, curriculum development, quality assurance, faculty development and graduate degree programs for the Command and General Staff College.

Mr. William Kuchinski is an Assistant Professor at the United States Army’s Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. He retired from active duty with over 22 years of service as a US Army Aviator. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY and Master of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He has more than fourteen years of experience in adult education including teaching chemistry at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY and leading the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) department at Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA. He currently is the leader of a team of 12 faculty members teaching mid-career officers at the US Army’s Command and General Staff College.

//Ann L. Swartz, D.Ed., CRNP// LTC (R) Ann Swartz retired from the Army Nurse Corps in 1995 after 21 years of service that began at Ft. Bragg, ran thru Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and ended in the burn unit at Fr. Sam Houston. The majority of her career was spent in roles that combined education, research, and administrative responsibilities with a clinical practice at the boundaries of psychiatry and physical trauma. After retirement she moved her practice into the community and began teaching. She has been Instructor of Nursing in an RN to BS program at Penn State University Harrisburg since 2003 where she incorporates complexity science into clinical education to improve nurses’ management of complex clinical problems and their organizational survival skills. She completed her D.Ed. in Adult Education in May of 2009. The focus of her research was in complexity theory and neuroscience perspectives in nurses’ embodied learning as related to trauma. That research is ongoing and has been extended to online learning. She has co-authored a book chapter on spirituality and health and an article on the transformative aspect of a collaborative writing partnership, is co-editing a volume of NDACE with Elizabeth Tisdell, and has done numerous presentations at the Adult Education Research Conference. Chapter 3 Education versus Training:A Leaders Dilemma In this chapter the authors discuss the leadership dilemma of choosing between training on essential tasks and educating leaders for future responsibility.The discussion is set against a background of constrained resources and an extremely complex contemporary operational environment.