Teaching and learning is the subject of this well known text which takes the approach that an informed understanding of learning is a prerequisite to effective teaching. Since publication of the first edition, nurse education has moved from hospital schools of nursing into higher education and from hospital based learning to a wider view of the community. This has involved a reconceptualization of the planning of clinical learning. Features of this edition include: retaining the original framework of self instruction and feedback; new material on clinical learning; post registration and postgraduate education; and the resolution of the theory-practice gap. Nurse educators at every level who balance theoretical input with students' direct experience with patients and clients in hospitals, clinics and in the community will welcome this practical new edition that keeps pace with change and looks to the future.