A TELEONIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE DISCUSSION OF EDUCATION POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

The education systems of many countries are experiencing problems of c risis proportions today. The main reasons for this state of affairs ar e not so much the economic difficulties, but the outdated world views and models on which the education system is based. The present paper d iscusses the existing education system in terms of Teleonics, which is a process-based approach derived from general systems thinking. This approach helps to place the difficulties experienced in education in c ontext and to formulate a more suitable system for education which wou ld contribute to the development of both the individual and the societ y in which the individual find him/herself.