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Michael Fullan, in his book entitled Stratosphere: Integrating Technology, Pedagogy, and Change
Knowledge (2013; Don Mills, Ontario; Pearson Canada; ISBN-13: 978-0132483148; 100 pages),
examines the world of technology and its role in the educational system as well as its effect on
teaching and learning. Fullan is a Professor Emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education of the University of Toronto. He is recognized worldwide as an authority on educational
reform and has consulted to school districts, teacher groups, research institutes, as well as
governments.
While the clear message throughout Fullan’s optimistic book is that the primary driver of
education reform is pedagogy, he states, “The solution lies in the concentration of the three forces
of pedagogy, technology, and change knowledge. If you want to head off destruction, we need to
make it all about learning (the pedagogy part), let technology permeate (the technology part), and
engage the whole system (the change part)” (Fullan, 2013, p. 74). The path to achieve this is by
integrating technology, pedagogy and change knowledge.
According to Fullan (2013), there are four criteria that must be present in order to integrate
technology and pedagogy to “produce exciting, innovative learning experiences for all students -
something desperately needed to bring education into the 21st century”. They are: (a) Irresistibly
engaging for students and teachers; (b) Elegantly efficient and easy to use; (c) Technologically
ubiquitous; (d) Steeped in real-life problem-solving.
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