The progress and well-being of our societies, which we consider as developed, has been largely possible thanks to the transfer of the different areas of knowledge to the productive sectors, specially industry, technology and services.

But, oddly enough and paradoxically, the area of Educational Science has not been analized, or has even remained invisible, during that time of dynamic change, despite of the social, cultural and economic value chains it has generated both in research and processes of innovation, inside and outside the classroom, which has had a great cognitive benefit for people and an appropriate projection for communities.

This book intends to stress, with epistemic reasoning and pragmatism, the necessity of understanding the transfer of knowledge in education as a matter of actions that help training professionals continue learning and solving real problems in their life environment.

EXTRACT OF THE INDEX

INTRODUCTION. M. Ángel Santos Rego

I. CONTEXT AND THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE IN EDUCATION

1. University and knowledge transfer in Spain. A new model for a new reality. S. Mato de la Iglesia

2. Knowledge transfer in education: challenges and opportunities for educational research. M. Á. Santos Rego, M. Lorenzo Moledo, J. García Álvarez

3. Complexity and dynamics of knowledge transfer in education. A. Bernal Guerrero

4. Knowledge transfer to the educational sector from the university: factors and processes. J. M. Touriñán López

5. Identification of transfer indicators in knowledge management in education. A. García del Dujo, J. M. Muñoz Rodríguez, J. Martín Lucas

6. Knowledge transfer to education professionals. Meaning and strategy. R. Isusi-Fagoaga, E. Castro-Martínez

II. PRAGMATICS OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

7. Eight years promoting civil knowledge transfer. Project: Citizen Parliament. C. Naval Durán, E. Arbués Radigales

8. Knowledge transfer of diversity and inclusion in higher education. J. L. Álvarez Castillo, G. Fernández Caminero

9. Learning to learn, a key competence in the knowledge transfer. B. Gargallo, C. Pérez Pérez, F. J. García García

10. Pedagogical knowledge and community development: illustrating transfer possibilities. J. Vera Vila, C. Ruiz Román, E. Vila Merino

11. Promoting innovation and knowledge transfer from universities: challenges, projects and limitations. The strategy of Catalonian public universities. J. M. Vilalta Verdú, J. Alias Priego

EPILOGUE. Creating the future: transferring knowledge beyond the immediate context. Gonzalo Vázquez Gómez

Miguel Ángel Santos Rego is a University Professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela. He has been Vice-Rector of Teaching Staff and Director of the Institute of Education Science at the same University, where he is currently the Director of the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics. He edited this book, which a highly professional team of specialist on the subject, teachers and university professors has collaborated on.