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Officers face unpredictable, complex, dynamic and stressful situations, something that has given birth to dynamic exercises in military education. From a theoretical perspective, we elaborate on such concepts as “Theatre o f War”, “Military Education and Exercises”, “Education Through Theatre” and “Theatre as Play”. The study, conducted at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy, explores a theatre-based exercise in which the cadets participated together with actors, directors and coaches. The objective of this study was to explore how theatre-based exercises may bridge the gap between the real Theatre of War and exercises that can help participants to develop experiences and their learning. Based on this exercise, we developed narratives and four thematic categories: (1) social comparison, (2) emotions in action, (3) between play and reality and (4) identity in situation. The practical implication of this study is that the cadets developed an openness to experience that is made possible through experience itself.
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Firing, K., Skarsvåg, K.I., Fauskevåg, O. (2018). Theatre in Military Education: Play and Reality. In: Chemi, T., Du, X. (eds) Arts-based Methods and Organizational Learning . Palgrave Studies in Business, Arts and Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63808-9_3
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