The RSA's Education for Capability movement was initiated in 1978 with a manifesto signed by some leading figures in education, industry and public life. It aimed to counteract the academic bias of British education and to promote the value of the practical, organising and co-operative skills too often underrated in the existing system. It encouraged creativity in its widest sense, believed that learners should share the responsibility for their own learning and emphasised the need for teaching and learning processes which themselves develop and use capability. The initiative was felt to be successful in promoting change in learning methods. A databank of good 'Capability' practise in all sectors was established from which networks were identified and developed.\n\nIn 1988 the project was directed towards higher education, to continue work in further education and to consolidate work in secondary schools and extend this to teacher training. [Adapted from Education for Capability literature]\nRecords include administrative correspondence and files and printed material
