Analytical contemplation: The power that comes with experience

In previous chapters, we have seen how the accumulation of power resources has enabled the holder to retain and exert power and authority. Resources such as possessive and associative authority, credibility, persuasion, strategic narrative, for example, have allowed the holder to generate trust with and between others and, ultimately, generate authority and power. In this analytical contemplation, I explore how power and authority are manifested through specific discourses anchored in the following: The power of ‘evidence-based’ discourses in education and ‘what works’. The power of the ‘datafication’ of education and some of its effects. Problems and challenges associated with ‘evidence-based’ and the datafication of education.