Undergraduate surveying education: A place for practical knowledge?

Reviews some ideas pertinent to the current debate about the aims of professional education, and focuses on some of the problems attached to attempts to incorporate the development of practice skills in curricula. Argues for a clearer understanding of what constitutes practical knowledge in use and for the development of activities to explore this. Demonstrates this from the perspective of chartered general practice surveyors, from whom the bulk of the UK property management and valuation profession is drawn.