ABSTRACT

Education reforms around the world have been powerfully shaped by the rise of the neoliberal political, economic and cultural agendas. Neoliberal policies (re)produce certain types of institutional processes such as managerialism, performativity, and competition. These elements are mediated in varied ways by national ideologies, societal needs and educational goals. The logic of the market has also been an indelible feature of neoliberalism and this has undermined the possibilities and potentialities for equity in the distribution of the resources of schooling. Within the global neoliberal paradigm of international testing, Singapore and Finland have been appraised as top performing and therefore successful education systems in the world. Their stellar performance in these tests have led scholars and policy-makers alike in different parts of the world to attempt to extrapolate the lessons that could be learnt from the two systems. Yet these two education systems are noticeably different and have certainly taken distinct paths to attain their current status. Both have embraced neoliberalism in different forms. This paper sets out to explicate the crucial need for the building of a culture of trust to counteract the adverse effects of overdependence on accountability measures within the pervasive neoliberal framework of the Singapore education system.

摘要

新自由主义政治，经济和文化议程的兴起，对世界各地的教育改革产生了强大的影响。新自由主义政策（重新）产生了某些类型的制度过程，例如管理主义，绩效和竞争。这些要素是由国家意识形态，社会需求和教育目标以各种方式进行调解的。市场的逻辑也是新自由主义不可磨灭的特征，这破坏了公平分配教育资源的可能性和潜力。在国际测试的全球新自由主义范式中，新加坡和芬兰已被评为世界上性能最佳，因此成功的教育体系。他们在这些测试中的出色表现，导致世界各地的学者和决策者都试图从这两个系统中吸取教训。然而，这两种教育系统明显不同，并且肯定已走了不同的道路来达到目前的状态。两者都以不同形式拥护新自由主义。本文着手阐述建立信任文化的关键需求，以消除新加坡教育体系普遍存在的新自由主义框架内过度依赖问责措施的不利影响。两者都以不同形式拥护新自由主义。本文着手阐述建立信任文化的迫切需要，以消除新加坡教育体系普遍存在的新自由主义框架内过度依赖问责措施带来的不利影响。两者都以不同形式拥护新自由主义。本文着手阐述建立信任文化的迫切需要，以消除新加坡教育体系普遍存在的新自由主义框架内过度依赖问责措施带来的不利影响。