"LEARNing Landscapes | Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 2013
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Michael Fullan
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University of Toronto
ABSTRACT
There is currently a powerful push-pull factor in schooling. The push factor is that
school is increasingly boring for students and alienating for teachers. The pull fac
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tor is that the exploding and alluring digital world is irresistible, but not necessarily
productive in its raw form. The push-pull dynamic makes it inevitable that disruptive
changes will occur. I have been part of a group that has been developing innova
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tive responses to the current challenges. This response consists of integrating three
components: deep learning goals, new pedagogies, and technology. The result will
be more radical change in the next five years than has occurred in the past 50 years.
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here is currently a volatile push-pull dynamic intensifying in public
schools. The push factor is that students are increasingly bored in school"