They call for the redesign of our educational systems and the design of new systems of learning and human development. People in our social systems are not yet aware of the potential and power of systems design. Today, education in design and expertise in design is limited to a few technical professions. But when it comes to the design of a social systems, we who inhabit those systems are the experts, When it comes to the design of educational systems, the right to design is shared by those who serve the system, who are served by it and who are affected by it, It is this shared responsibility for design that makes a system authentic and sustainable, Furthermore, each and every community is unique. It becomes the task of each and every community to design its own unique educational system.
Nobody has the right to design an educational system, or and social system, for someone else.
The age of social engineering by an outside expert is over. The age of social engineering by an outside expert is over. Only the attainment of such competence will enable us to chose our destiny and shape our future. Without it empowerment is just an empty word, nothing more than political rhetoric. Our educational communities have reached such a juncture.