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This book provides a semiotic analysis of 'scenes', powerful vehicles for introducing new ideas, perspectives and behaviours, as a concept. In particular, it examines the types of scene that exist; explores their effectiveness in spreading new ideas; and considers their vital role in introducing originality and difference in modern society.

Social sciences. --- Culture --- Literature --- Sociology. --- Social sciences --- Sports --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology, general. --- Cultural and Media Studies, general. --- Literary Theory. --- Cultural Theory. --- Social Theory. --- Sociology of Sport and Leisure. --- Study and teaching. --- Philosophy. --- Sociological aspects. --- Semiotics. --- Reality. --- Semeiotics --- Semiology (Linguistics) --- Philosophy --- Truth --- Nominalism --- Pluralism --- Pragmatism --- Semantics --- Signs and symbols --- Structuralism (Literary analysis) --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Sports-Sociological aspects. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Sports—Sociological aspects. --- Social theory

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The potential for research evidence to improve educational policy and practice is immense. Yet internationally, research used by teachers and governments is currently sporadic rather than systematic. In response, this book brings together seven chapters that encompass a range of research projects and ideas in relation to evidence-informed policy and practice (EIPP) in education. These projects and ideas all share a single overarching purpose: providing insight into how EIPP in education can be achieved. Underpinning each chapter is the notion that the world is complex. If we are to introduce change in any meaningful way into it, we therefore have to understand and respond to this complexity. This means then that we cannot simply assume that, because it seems rational or common sense for teachers and policy-makers to use research to help improve their decision making or acts of praxis, that they will do so. Correspondingly, the book represents a holistic journey of discovery and experimentation: of an engagement with the work of thinkers and authors from Eco to Flyvbjerg, via Habermas, Foucault and Aristotle; of ideas ranging from phronesis to trust and social relations; and with diverse research methodologies, including social network analysis and decision tree predictive modelling. The result is both descriptive and prescriptive: as well as outlining the research and its findings, practical suggestions and strategies for achieving evidence use both in educational policy and practice are provided throughout.

Education and state. --- Education --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- Government policy --- Education and state --- Research. --- Educational research

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The post-pandemic world provides all of us with the opportunity to think differently about what we want for society. In Educating Tomorrow, Chris Brown and Ruth Luzmore explore what a post-Covid 'blank slate' education system could look like.

Educational change. --- Change, Educational --- Education change --- Education reform --- Educational reform --- Reform, Education --- School reform --- Educational planning --- Educational innovations --- Educational change

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In late 2017 and early 2018, South Africa and Zimbabwe both saw the unexpected fall of their sitting presidents, Jacob Zuma and Robert Mugabe. New Leaders, New Dawns? explores these political transitions and the way they were received, revealing that despite what the new leaders may have promised, a "new dawn" has not yet arrived in southern Africa.

ANC. --- BRICS. --- Brazilian. --- Cultural. --- Economy. --- Elite. --- Global. --- Hegemony. --- India. --- January jambanja. --- Labour. --- Liberation. --- Minerals. --- Mining. --- Mozambique. --- Mugabe. --- Precarious. --- Regional. --- South. --- Zuma. --- organizing. --- trade union. --- South Africa --- Zimbabwe --- Economic conditions --- Politics and government