Michael Fullan quotes

Michael Fullan quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Change really isn't as hard as we thought if we capture people's interest and give them enjoyable, worthwhile experiences.”
-- Michael Fullan

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“The kind of teacher who is afraid that they are going to be replaced by a computer should be.”
-- Michael Fullan

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“In schools the main problem is not the absence of innovations but the presence of too many disconnected... piecemeal, superficially adorned projects... We are over our heads.”
-- Michael Fullan

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“Schools must inquire deeper into their own practices, explore new ways to motivate their learners, make use of learning styles, introduce multiple intelligences, integrate learning, and teach thinking, and in the process discover the passion and moral purpose that makes teaching exciting and effective.”
-- Michael Fullan

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“A miracle worker who can do more with less, pacify rival groups, endure chronic second guessing, tolerate low levels of support, process large volumes of paper, and work double shifts. He or she will have carte blanche to innovate, but cannot spend much money, replace any personnel, or upset any constituency.”
-- Michael Fullan

Source : Michael Fullan (2009). “The Challenge of Change: Start School Improvement Now!”, p.77, Corwin Press

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“Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we'd like to be seen.”
“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
“He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.49, Macmillan
“Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.”

Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”
“Adventure is worthwhile.”
“Satisfy the deep subconscious needs of your customers - to feel important, to feel valued, respected and worthwhile”
“To do something well is so worthwhile, that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy”
“Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk...”

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