THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR SOLVING EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS--(1) THE SYSTEMS CONCEPT, (2) THE RELIABILITY OF THE ASSUMPTIONS ON WHICH THE SYSTEMS APPROACH IS BASED, (3) THE LIMITATIONS INHERENT IN THE SYSTEMS APPROACH, (4) THE HUMAN ELEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SYSTEMS APPROACH, (5) THE WAYS THE SYSTEMS APPROACH HAS BEEN USED TO EFFECTIVELY SOLVE PROBLEMS, (6) WHAT IS MEANT BY A SYSTEM, SYSTEM ANALYSIS, SYSTEM SYNTHESIS, AND SYSTEM APPROACH, AND (7) THE BENEFITS THE SYSTEMS APPROACH OFFERS TO EDUCATION. ALSO INCLUDED IS A MODEL OF A SYSTEM APPROACH AS A LOGICAL TOOL FOR PROBLEM SOLVING AND A RATIONALE AND FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. (HW)