Transfer of learning

The educational system across North America is based on the expectation that knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom will be useful in the lifelong pursuit of meaningful work and other intellectual activities. Concerns have been raised that much of what is learned in adult education and professional training programs is not easily transferred to work and professional settings. The paper suggests that active steps must be taken to ensure that learning transfer is facilitated. It examines the issue of transfer of learning in terms of the transfer of social work interviewing skills from the classroom to the work setting. It also looks at what type of learning is transferable.

A volume containing the keynote papers from this conference is indexed at TD/TNC 74.189; papers from the conference are indexed from TD/TNC 74.85 to TD/TNC 74.99.

The educational system across North America is based on the expectation that knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom will be useful in the lifelong pursuit of meaningful work and other intellectual activities. Concerns have been raised that much of what is learned in adult education and professional training programs is not easily transferred to work and professional settings. The paper suggests that active steps must be taken to ensure that learning transfer is facilitated. It examines the issue of transfer of learning in terms of the transfer of social work interviewing skills ...  [+] Show more