The notion of transfer of learning underpins all
education, yet it has rarely been explored in
terms of professional or vocational education. In
this book the authors unpack the concept of
transfer of learning, examine it in relation to
current debates in education, and show how it can
be used most effectively to benefit students.

The first part of the book looks at:
what transfer of learning means how it operates the implications
for teaching issues such as assessment, competence, outcomes

The book is also concerned with practical issues of
how to teach to encourage transfer. In the second part,
contributors present case studies from social work
which show how specific teaching methods can be used to
make the mazimum use of the student's previous
experience. These include:
personal construct psychology enquiry and action learning intentional
observation critical incident analysis reflective diaries process recording information technology

Good practice examples are presented in enough detail to
enable teachers and practice supervisors to apply them
directly in their work with students. Combining an
accessible presentation of the underlying theory with
case studies which explain how to put theory into
practice, this a text which is relevant to 'teaching
for transfer' in any professional or vocational context.

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