On September 4, 2012, a participant in the APEC business summit gave a lecture to students and teachers of the School of Pedagogy and the Ussuri branch of FEFU.

Sir Michael Barber, a professor at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, and chief educational adviser to the British company Pearson, needs no special introduction. In addition to his current work in international education research and curriculum, he is known for pioneering innovation and leading Pearson's education strategies in the Third World, particularly in rapidly developing countries. Mr. Barber is not only an authoritative analyst and theorist, but also a recognized practitioner - the author of the project and one of the leaders of educational reform in Great Britain in the 1990s. This reform is considered one of the most successful attempts to introduce such large-scale changes in this area over the entire last century. The work of the scientist-reformer in the British Ministry of Education was so effective that he was asked to apply his accumulated experience to improve the functioning of other government institutions. The future lord became an adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair and headed the department for fulfilling election promises. Currently, his advice on social policy issues is sought by the governments of more than 40 countries, including the United States and Russia, as well as major international organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

While in Vladivostok as a participant in the business summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, Mr. Barber expressed a desire to visit the FEFU School of Pedagogy and speak to students and teachers. When asked what might have interested a prominent British scientist in the problems of education in the Russian Far East and the opinions of future teachers and their teachers, Sir Michael replied that in the historical perspective, the role of a global leader is moving from the Atlantic region to the Asia-Pacific region. Education to the highest global standards is one of the keys to the success of Pacific nations, and well-trained teachers are one of the keys to the future of education. Hence the interest in communicating with future teachers of Primorye.

Before the lecture, Mr. Barber and his chief of staff, Katelyn Donnely, had a long conversation with the director of the School of Pedagogy and the Ussuri branch of FEFU, Professor S.V. Pishun and Deputy Director of the School of Pedagogy for Strategic Development G.A. Kapranov. The guests presented the hosts with their new book “Oceans of Innovation: the Atlantic, the Pacific, Global Leadership and the Future of Education”, and the hosts presented the guests with a book published in two languages (English and Russian) a collection of scientific works by Russian and foreign scientists, prepared by the FEFU School of Pedagogy together with the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Information Policy, as well as the representative office of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Khabarovsk for the APEC summit.

Mr. Barber devoted his lecture to the topic of improving national education systems. The lecturer, in particular, named a number of conditions necessary, in his opinion, for the successful solution of this problem. The first of these is compliance with international standards, which includes studying educational standards in other countries, creating a “transparent” database of one’s own schools and identifying the reasons for each child’s lagging behind. The second is the dependence of the quality of the system on the people working in it. Careful selection of those who can become the best teachers is necessary, their excellent training, continuous improvement of skills and knowledge. The third aspect concerns the structure of the organization and the effectiveness of its leadership, whether it is willing to change and has the authority to control its budget. At the initiative of the British guest, the second half of the lecture took place in the form of “question and answer”. And many questions came from the audience, who were keenly interested in the topic: they were asked by both students and teachers. At the same time, some of the questions were more like polemical speeches, which, obviously, was part of the plans of Mr. Barber, who gave detailed answers and willingly joined in the discussion.

Having signed the book of honored guests, Mr. Barber went to Secondary School No. 25, where he not only met with the principal, but also attended classes.

I.V. Varitsky.

Professor Michael Barber is rightfully considered the leader of educational reform in the UK. In particular, he implemented a new approach to the content of education, related to the ability of students to practically apply their knowledge (“competency-based approach”), as well as a number of projects in the field of centralization of education quality management. Professor Barber contributed to the introduction of a system for assessing the performance of educational institutions based on “added quality”. This system evaluates the growth of each student's achievements (learning progress), and the school as a whole is evaluated by the sum of the individual results of its students (over time). In addition, since research revealed a decline in literacy levels among students, Professor Barber introduced a special course in schools to improve literacy, which significantly corrected the situation.

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Professor Michael Barber currently holds the positions of Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister's Advisors and Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister on Education, Health and Social Affairs. Works in the Government House building on Downing Street. His responsibilities include preparing programs and providing resources to enable the Government, in collaboration with the current Parliament, to address priorities relating to health, education, law enforcement and transport.

Until June 2001, Barber headed the Standards and Performance Division of the Department of Education and Employment, and was also the chief adviser to the head of the department on school standards. In this position, he was responsible for the implementation of the government's line in the field of school reform, in particular, for the implementation of large-scale programs designed to achieve improved performance in each school. His responsibilities also included implementing the National Literacy Strategies program, working with disadvantaged schools, modernizing secondary education in large cities, and building a mechanism for terminating contracts with ineffective regional education authorities.

He was educated at Bootham School (York), Oxford and Georg August University in Göttingen (Germany). He worked as a secondary school teacher in Watford and Zimbabwe. Moved to the position of researcher at the National Association of Teachers. In 1989-1993. headed the education department of the association. He also served as Chairman of the Hackney (London) Borough Education Committee. Currently he is a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham.

Since 1993, he worked as a teacher of educational sciences and director of the Center for Successful Schools at the University of Keele. In 1995, he became a lecturer in educational sciences and vice-rector for educational innovation at the Institute of Education at the University of London.

He led a number of major research projects, mainly related to the study of the effectiveness of school education, ways to improve the work of schools, and the political implications of education.

He has numerous publications in scientific journals and the press, regularly speaks on radio and television on educational policy issues.

A short list of main publications:

• Education and the Teacher Unions, Cassell 1992;
• "The Making of the 1944 Education Act", Cassell 1994;
• “State educational standard. Political Aspects” (“The National Curriculum: A Study in Policy”), KUP 1996;
• “Game of learning. The Case for an Educational Revolution (The Learning Game: Arguments for an Education Revolution), Indigo 1997;
• “How to achieve the impossible. How to do the Impossible: A Guide for Politicians with a Passion for Education, Institute of Education 1997;
• “A World Class Education Service for the 21st Century”, IARTV 1999;
• “Large-Scale Education Reform: A Work in Progress,” University of Toronto, 2001.

Ordered to achieve results. How the implementation of reforms in the sector of public services in Great Britain was ensured Michael Barber

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Title: Ordered to achieve results. How the implementation of reforms in the sector of public services in Great Britain was ensured
Author: Michael Barber
Year: 2007,2008
Genre: Management, personnel selection, Popular about business, Foreign business literature, Foreign educational literature

About the book Michael Barber “Ordered to achieve results. How the implementation of reforms in the sector of public services in Great Britain was ensured"

The book explores the history of the transformation of UK public sector management that occurred over a short period of time and had a significant impact on the lives of every Briton. Author - Sir Michael Barber was responsible for implementing public service reforms during Tony Blair's second term as Prime Minister of Great Britain (2001–2005). The narration is told in the popular genre of memoirs at all times, and the methodological core of the book is an appendix that combines documents that represent a kind of instruction for implementing the government’s political decisions and consolidating the results achieved.

The book will be of interest to specialists in the field of public administration, political scientists and historians, as well as a wide range of readers.

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