Past Projects - Education
Visions of a Capable Society
Developed in collaboration with Professor Sir Graham Hills, former Vice-Chancellor of Strathclyde University, questioned whether our education system is delivering the real skills that people need to be successful in the modern world.
The project aims were:
- to loosen up the secondary school syllabus, minimising the constraints of premature subject specialisation and written examinations. To allow teachers to do and to teach what they are best at
- to implement the New Learning Paradigm with its emphasis on implicit knowledge, problem-based learning and case studies
- to recognise that the role of government in education at all levels is better left in the hands of those responsible for its implementation. Schools, colleges and universities should have the right and the means to manage their own affairs.
- to acknowledge that we as a society attach value and values to every aspect of education. Given the freedom to choose, schools, colleges, universities, industries and commerce will wish to optimise their performance. Capability will then be guaranteed.
Contact: archive@rsa.org.uk
Publications:
In from the cold - the rise of vocational education (PDF, 158KB)
Professor Sir Graham Hills, RSA Journal November 2004
Fighting the status quo (PDF, 115KB)
Professor Sir Graham Hills, RSA Journal February 2005
