Global Salvation Inc.: Sir Michael Barber’s education for the apocalypse and the church of Deliverology®

IF 3.1 1区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Comparative Education Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI:10.1080/03050068.2023.2241006

E. Auld, P. Morris

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Drawing on insights from philosophy and theology, we explore the relationship between religion, data and global education policy through an analysis of the career of Sir Michael Barber, widely regarded as an authority on the reform of public services and an influential policy entrepreneur. The analysis provides a novel perspective which illuminates how secularised salvation narratives and apocalyptic symbolism have become more prominent in his work as he rose to become a global actor. The story is entwined with the turn towards New Public Management (NPM) in education, the rise of international large-scale assessments (ILSAs), and the transition from speculative faith to salvation through the ‘science of delivery’. We follow Barber's role in formalising the faith as a secular political theology, and promoting it globally through Delivery Units and the management doctrine of Deliverology®. The analysis closes by reflecting on the practical implications of the movement, which is now woven into the institutional ideologies and reform strategies of major international organisations, agencies and corporations as part of a wider shift towards New Global Management (NGM) in global education governance.

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全球拯救公司:迈克尔·巴伯爵士的启示教育和教会的拯救®

摘要:我们借鉴哲学和神学的见解，通过分析迈克尔·巴伯爵士的职业生涯，探讨宗教、数据和全球教育政策之间的关系。巴伯爵士被广泛认为是公共服务改革的权威，也是一位有影响力的政策企业家。这一分析提供了一个新颖的视角，阐明了随着他成为全球演员，世俗化的救赎叙事和世界末日的象征主义是如何在他的作品中变得更加突出的。这个故事与教育转向新公共管理(NPM)、国际大规模评估(ilsa)的兴起以及通过“交付科学”从投机信仰到救赎的转变交织在一起。我们遵循Barber的角色，将信仰正式化为一种世俗的政治神学，并通过交付单位和交付学®的管理教义在全球范围内推广它。分析最后反思了这一运动的实际意义，它现在已经融入了主要国际组织、机构和公司的制度意识形态和改革战略，作为全球教育治理向新全球管理(NGM)更广泛转变的一部分。

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Comparative Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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7.40

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期刊介绍： This international journal of educational studies presents up-to-date information with analyses of significant problems and trends throughout the world. Comparative Education engages with challenging theoretical and methodological issues - and also considers the implications of comparative studies for the formation and implementation of policies - not only in education but in social, national and international development. Thus it welcomes contributions from associated disciplines in the fields of government, management, sociology - and indeed technology and communications - as these affect educational research and policy decisions.