I. What transfer of learning is. 1. The state of education and the double transfer of learning paradox ; 2. Transfer of learning: what it is and why it's important ; 3. To teach or not to teach for transfer: that is the question ; 4. Transfer and everyday reasoning: personal development, cultural diversity, and decision making ; 5. A brief history of transfer and transfer as history
II. What makes transfer of learning work. 6. Knowledge base and transfer: on the usefulness of useless knowledge ; 7. The spirit of transfer and personality: motivation, meaning, and emotion ; 8. Cultures and contexts of transfer: social origins and support systems ; 9. When theory fails: the importance of a learner's theoretical knowledge for transfer ; 10. The two faces of practice: transfer and that old-time lesson drill ; 11. The similarity-based brain: evolutionary and neurological bases of transfer ; 12. The harmonic structure of mind: higher level everyday transfer thinking
Coda: deep-context teaching for transfer
