The first quarter of the 21st century has witnessed numerous reform efforts related to schooling and education. At the same time, across the world, many education systems are facing unprecedented challenges related to teachers, from rising teacher attrition and burnout to recruitment difficulties-symptoms of a world that is changing and evolving: a world in transition.

This book asks: How have teachers' experiences and environments evolved alongside educational reform? How have expectations of teachers changed? and what are the consequences of such change? Through studies spanning ten countries across multiple continents, it examines how societal and political transitions are transforming teachers' daily lives and professional identities. By centering teachers' lived experiences within their national contexts, it reveals striking parallels in global educational transformation despite unique contexts of change. These perspectives, individually and collectively, allow us to understand recent transformations and educational reform efforts, meet teachers impacted by these changes, and see how transitions impact teachers' experience of the profession internationally.

Combining original empirical research and comparative analysis, this book offers timely insights for researchers and students interested in international and comparative education, foundations of education, teacher education, education policy, and educational leadership.

Throughout the professionalization of Egyptology in the nineteenth century, there were several debates that raged: the purpose of the pyramids, and who built them; the meaning of hieroglyphs; the styling of statues and artwork on tomb and temple walls; and the history of ancient Egypt, especially in its relation to Christendom. As hieroglyphs became readable through decipherment, and scholars gained more accurate understandings of the written record, they established testable theories about Egypt's ancient social, political, and economic past. This volume presents sources within these debates and demonstrates how ideas about the past changed with the understanding and uncovering of more evidence.
Of course, most of this investigation was being done in Britain, in the metropolitan center, and so the sources bear the mark of inexperience in the outside field site, scholars' ignorance about the peoples they study, and the colonial hierarchy present at the time.

Hegel and MacIntyre: Reason in History brings the work of the foremost Anglophone moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre into dialogue with G. W. F. Hegel - two rationalist historicists whose affinities and tensions have often been noted, yet never before explored at book-length. The contributions in this collection, by leading Hegel and MacIntyre scholars and critical theorists, examine a wide range of questions about moral life under conditions of late-capitalist modernity.

Section 1 addresses (meta)ethical questions about the foundations of normativity, the scope of justice, the metaphysics of the self and how ethical concepts acquire determinacy. Section 2 addresses questions about the politics of small communities, democratic life forms and the tensions between modern institutions and virtue-enabling social practices. Section 3 traces MacIntyre's engagement with Hegel (and Marx) historically, from his British New Left beginnings to his final writings.

Together, these articles show how philosophy can orient us in the conflicts of modernity. The book will be of interest not only to scholars of MacIntyre and Hegel but also to all who work with modern moral, social and political thought, especially Marxism, Neo-Aristotelianism and Thomism.

What are the goals of the major Indian philosophers and what are the methods of rational inquiry used in their pursuit? Philosophy in Classical India is a much-needed introduction to the philosophical texts, traditions and arguments of Indian philosophy. Philosophical rather than mystical or religious in approach and assuming no prior knowledge of key texts, Jonardon Ganeri examines the following topics:

• the motive and method of rational inquiry: the early Nyaya
• rationality, emptiness and the objective view: the philosophy of Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka Buddhism
• the rational basis of metaphysics: Vaise?ika metaphysics
• reduction, exclusion and rational reconstruction: the philosophy of Di?naga's Yogacara Buddhism
• rationality, harmony and perspective: Jaina epistemology and metaphysics
• reason in equilibrium: Ga?gesa's new Nyaya
• balance and repost: public reason in Theravada Buddhism
• practical reasoning in Mima?sa and the Dharmasastra

This second edition has been substantially updated, with the addition of new chapters on Theravada and Mima?sa.

All chapters and further reading have been updated to reflect changes in scholarship and the publication of new editions and translations of primary texts, making Philosophy in Classical India an ideal introduction to Indian philosophy from the perspective of analytical philosophy.

This book explores the complex socio-cultural histories of the rivers of West Bengal in India. It goes beyond the 'seeing' of a river geo-spatially, to unearth its 'signifying' presence in the making of a regional culture.

The volume analyses myths, rituals, cultural practices, metaphysical and mystical symbolisms in folktales, oral literature and other literary representations generated by the interactions between the rivers and the communities that have lived alongside them. It explores how water histories are embedded in the collective cultural/racial memory and underscores the importance of viewing rivers as the indices of cultural transformations symptomatic of a livelihood developed from/ due to the rivers. The book archives, analyses and offers narratives on a vital ecosystem to provide a holistic take on 'river futures'. It creates an authentic framework of socio-cultural narratives to supplement the current ecological strategies towards the survival and sustenance of rivers and their communities.

This book will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of cultural studies, human geography, river and water studies, environmental and ecological studies, cultural anthropology, comparative literary studies, race and ethnic studies, and South Asia studies.

Higher Education in a Postdigital World invites readers to engage in a radical reconceptualisation of learning spaces by challenging definitions of what counts as a learning space and asserting that bounded learning spaces are insufficient for learning in a postdigital era.

Chapters explore how learning spaces have expanded and evolved and how learners navigate, connect and apply structured and unstructured learning to answer three main questions:

* What kinds of learning spaces might enable social, emotional, cognitive and moral/ethical/spiritual identity development in postdigital learning environments?

* How is learning to be negotiated, constructed and embodied as a social practice within dynamic cultural contexts in the postdigital age?

* How do learners and educators design, experience and assess learning within and across various learning domains?

This book will encourage educators across disciplines to reimagine learning and development for a postdigital age.

This timely Advanced Introduction analyses the European Union's innovation policy on smart specialisation strategies (S3). Dominique Foray and Jan-Philipp Kramer clarify the S3 theory, outlining its core concepts and assessing policy progress at regional and national levels.

Key Features:

• Explains how S3 concepts challenge traditional innovation policy theory
• Connects academic theory with practical insights, providing a foundation of evidence regarding the history of S3 strategies
• Proposes suggestions for effective smart specialisation policymaking based on novel quantitative and qualitative assessments

The Advanced Introduction to Smart Specialisation Strategies is a key resource for scholars and students of economics, finance, innovation and technology. S3 policymakers and development professionals will similarly benefit from its astute perspective and actionable recommendations.

Bringing together an interdisciplinary line up of scholars from across the social sciences and theology, this book explores emerging discourses in leadership and spirit that are rooted in theoretical, epistemological, and empirical scholarship.

This book examines the motivations and invisible forces that shape organizations and communities by taking a dual approach to the study of spirituality: the "Spirit" of religion and theological impulses and the human "spirit" in teams and communities. Contributors pursue narratives and theories both grounded in a reflective epistemology and enlightened by fresh theological as well as social scientific insights into lived experience and actual leadership practice. In so doing, they offer considered perspectives that address the gap between leadership studies generally and leadership studies in more religious settings and envision new practices that contribute to human, economic, and ecological flourishing.

Emerging Trends in Leadership and Spirituality will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students across leadership studies, theology, and organizational science, as well as to practitioners and leaders across business, public, and religious settings.

Chew, Shangeetha and Pillai offer valuable insights into the future of language use and development in Southeast Asia, one of the most diverse and culturally rich regions with differing socio-economic and political ecologies.

Through a rich tapestry of perspectives, the chapters provide an analysis of the current and future trajectories of language use; examining English's role as a lingua franca and its implications for communication across diverse communities. It also delves into the preservation and revitalisation of endangered Indigenous languages, shedding light on their cultural, environmental and societal importance. Additionally, the book explores how migration, internationalisation and technology are transforming linguistic practices and shaping language education. Readers will gain insights into how different forces are influencing communication, identity and societal development in a globalised world.

With each chapter offering in-depth case studies and research, it is an essential resource for academics and scholars of both sociolinguistics and Southeast Asian studies. It is also valuable to linguists, educators and policymakers who are engaged in the planning of language teaching and learning.

International contributors critically analyse the global dynamics of knowledge production, the political economy of manufacturing, the making of markets, their regulation and governance, and the diverse ecologies of consumption for pharmaceuticals. The Handbook deconstructs the constituent parts that make up the social, political and economic power of the pharmaceutical sector while also foregrounding alternatives to the dominant mode of innovation and production.

The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Studies is an essential resource for students and scholars in STS, economics, innovation and technology, health and social policy. It is also a valuable read for policymakers, professionals and practitioners involved in global bio-pharma innovation.

Pluralism and Progress in Economics analyzes the dynamics of growth research by introducing the concept of research routines - meso-level patterns of communal practice functionally coordinated by symbolic representations.

This book tracks the development of neoclassical growth theory through four distinct stages: exploration, extension, elaboration, and exploitation. It argues that scientific change in growth research is a processual development driven by diaphoric learning, where a community of researchers creatively uses existing conceptual tools to grasp previously unrecognized causal dependencies in data. This book further evaluates the conceptions of scientific progress, identifying the limitations of conventional criteria in distinguishing genuine advancement in economics from analytical "game-playing." Pawel Kawalec proposes an ontic criterion of intensive progress, which validates an emergent research routine based on its isolation of ontologically novel causal structures. By distinguishing between derivational and ontological unification, and drawing on Robert Solow's criteria of model choice, this book defends progressive pluralism and piecemeal realism. It concludes that the coexistence of diverse models is not a sign of relativism but a mature response to the world's ontic complexity, providing a robust "library of models" essential for contextualized economic applications.

This book will be of interest to experts and graduate students specializing in economic growth models, the history of twentieth-century economics, the history and philosophy of science, and science and technology studies.

Contributing authors investigate how MLM schemes create legitimacy by merging commerce, community and belief, while consumer protection is undermined through opaque business practices, weak regulations and industry lobbying. Chapters outline how MLM has created its own ecosystem of self-employment, masquerading as entrepreneurial freedom while advertising false autonomy and ensuring that few participants ever achieve meaningful economic reward. By emphasising participant experiences and tracing the entanglements of ideology, regulation and organisational strategy, this book advances Critical MLM Studies as a framework for understanding MLM as a global industry.

Presenting MLMs as frequently destructive and harmful, Critical Perspectives on Multilevel Marketing is an essential resource for scholars and students of business, economics and finance, management studies, marketing and consumer law. Consumer protection agencies and MLM activists will also benefit from its evidence-based approach.

This genuinely novel, cutting-edge volume advocates for a teacher education system that re-balances the influences of modernity and tradition, providing a theoretical, critical examination of West-centred notions of teacher education development in order to demonstrate what a culturally re-appropriated teacher education programme of the future might look like.

This book explores theoretical and research-focused ways to understand re-appropriation as a new and radical approach to international development generally and teacher training specifically, promoting experiential learning and the integration of indigenous perspectives with a modern system. Chapters showcase a rich variety of research and evidence from field-based studies, looking at contexts such as a mathematics teacher education programme in Nepal; migrant teacher experience in Norwegian schools; play-based pedagogy in early childhood education in Ghana; and conflict and climate education in teacher education in South Sudan. The book explores the concept of 'recognition' in teacher education institutions, that is, the linking of taught content to students' lifeworlds in order to bring the world of the classroom closer to the lived worlds of the teacher and pupil.

This volume will appeal to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of teacher education, education and development, and educational policy and politics. Policymakers working at national and international levels, as well as NGOs will also find the volume of use.

Technomorphisms and the Posthuman Turn explores the profound intersections between psychoanalysis and posthumanism, shedding light on the evolving complexities of subjectivity in a hyper-technological world.

This ground-breaking volume delves into the hybridization of the human, nature, and technology, examining how these intersections reshape notions of gender, sexuality, identity, and subjectivity. Through contributions from leading thinkers, the book addresses the ethical and theoretical challenges posed by posthumanism, including the rise of nomadic subjectivities, prosthetic bodies, and the dominance of digital culture. It critically investigates the impact of these transformations on psychoanalytic theory and practice, urging a re-evaluation of traditional epistemological frameworks. By fostering dialogue with other disciplines, the book seeks to deepen our understanding of unconventional subjectivities and the shifting itineraries of sexuality and gender in contemporary society.

This book is an essential resource for psychoanalysts, scholars, and students interested in the intersections of psychoanalysis, gender studies, posthumanism, and technology. It is also invaluable for anyone seeking to understand the ethical and theoretical implications of living in a world where the boundaries of the human are constantly being redefined.

Offering theory and practical insights, this publication brings together top-quality contributions by distinguished authors from research and practice as well as students from around the world to flesh out the role of Student Voice in Lesson Study (SVLS).

The book provides a comprehensive up-to-date compilation of important issues around SVLS. Chapters guide readers to understand the rich contextual nature of student voice in education and Lesson Study. It includes teachers, their learners, and researchers offering practice-oriented insights into their Lesson Study experience. The book explores and discusses theoretical foundations, social functions, roles, aims and purposes, the impact of attending to student voice, an emerging SVLS-methodology including issues of planning, coordinating, conducting, and reporting about student voice, dialogic teaching and learning, as well as democratic citizenship in Lesson Study.

It is a useful guide for practitioners and student educators interested in the benefits of Lesson Study in the classroom.

Focusing on local sustainability transitions from a broad spectrum of socio-political regimes, contributors examine key questions concerning the role of community capital, cultural context, conflict mediation and public sector capacity. They discuss empirical findings from the GOGREEN Project, exploring factors which support and challenge activists in their efforts to co-create sustainability transitions. Chapters assess the impact of private entrepreneurs initiating and facilitating green co-creation, as well as conflict resolution in sustainable energy projects.

International in scope and perspective, this is an essential read for researchers and graduate students of public policy, environmental studies and sustainable governance. Policymakers and practitioners working in environmental governance and regulation, as well as those focusing on implementing the SDGs, will likewise benefit from its novel and timely analysis.

This book brings together 40 genuine questions raised by student teachers in Finnish education, sparking reflection and insight into education and wider issues amid the complexity, diversity and uncertainty of today's classrooms and ever-changing world.

What does it mean to teach social justice in today's complex and divided world? How can educators acknowledge and value the multiple diversities that students bring to the classroom, while also responding to conflicting expectations from curricula, colleagues and the wider community? This book offers no definitive answers. Instead, it invites readers to engage in a different kind of conversation revolving around gender, discomfort, interculturality, neutrality, intersectionality, and structural racism. Each chapter takes up ten of the 40 questions, grounding the responses in real classroom situations and drawing on critical theories and decolonial perspectives. Written collectively by five experienced teacher educators and researchers, this book moves beyond prescriptive checklists and shallow understandings of social justice, diversity and interculturality. The authors argue that meaningful change requires ongoing critical reflection, structural awareness and the courage to ask better questions.

This inspiring book will attract a wide spectrum of readers, including experienced teachers, student teachers, teacher educators and scholars interested in teacher education, diversity, social justice education and intercultural studies.

The AI Strategy Playbook tackles the biggest paradox of our time: while AI grows exponentially more powerful and affordable, most organizations remain stuck in pilots that never scale. The result is frustration, "AI fatigue," and missed opportunities. This book delivers a practical, structured roadmap that has already guided thousands of executives on how to embed AI into strategy, operations, and business models.

Combining academic rigor with hands-on frameworks, global strategy expert Rene Bohnsack introduces four AI Stacks that every leader needs: the Skill Stack, the Transformation Stack, the Strategy Stack, and the Governance and Control Stack. Together, they help executives move step by step from isolated experimentation to full integration of AI into organizations. The playbook is practical and tested.

• The Skill Stack teaches prompting, responsible use, tools use, co-intelligence, and AI mastery.
• The Transformation Stack provides tools and tactics to move from experimentation with AI to acceleration of use cases and full integration.
• The Strategy Stack adapts the Play-to-Win model for the AI era, guiding leaders through aspiration, opportunity mapping, the construction of AI moats, the design of an AI business model, and and the creation of a roadmap that includes data readiness.
• The Governance and Control Stack ensures governance across five dimensions - operational, ethical, legal, environmental, and strategic - and measures progress through the AI Balanced Scorecard.

This book provides the tools, language, and confidence for leaders to act decisively. Readers will not only understand AI's strategic implications but also gain a practical playbook to lead transformation. The AI Strategy Playbook: From Zero to 100 is the essential guide for leaders determined to move past hype, avoid paralysis, and create lasting advantage in the age of AI.

This Advanced Introduction examines the role of the US Supreme Court throughout American history, and suggests what, if anything, should be done to fix it. Tracing the Court's evolution from a weak tribunal to one of America's most powerful institutions, Kermit Roosevelt III explores its function as an ordinary judiciary body, the final voice in constitutional meaning, and an inconsistent defender of democracy and equality.

Key Features:

• Assesses why public perception of the Court so frequently swings between positive and negative
• Unites history, theory, and reform to present a comprehensive introduction to the US Supreme Court
• Evaluates the institutional roles the Supreme Court plays and the conditions under which those roles succeed or fail
• Proposes a structural reform of how the Court is staffed to better align with national majorities and appease contemporary frustrations
• Adopts an institutional, rather than ideological, approach, assessing what the Court is designed to do and what it actually does

Providing a clear and detailed overview of the US Supreme Court, this Advanced Introduction is an invaluable resource for students seeking to broaden their understanding of US constitutional law. Researchers and practitioners of law will likewise benefit from its insightful, practical solutions for the Court's future.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are redefining the educational landscape across schools, universities, and training institutions worldwide. This book explores how these technologies are reshaping teaching, learning, assessment, governance, and institutional strategy in the evolving EduTech era.

Bringing together international scholars and practitioners, this volume examines the integration of AI and IoT from multiple perspectives: pedagogical, institutional, strategic, ethical, and environmental. It addresses resistance to technological change, the development of smart classrooms, prompt literacy for educators, AI-ready school models, and policy-to-practice transitions in higher education. The book also explores teacher identity transformation through AI co-teaching tools, equity challenges in global EdTech ecosystems, and empirical insights such as evidence from British universities. Furthermore, it analyzes smart diagnostics, personalized learning systems, sustainability concerns related to AI and IoT infrastructures, and the broader connection between digital transformation and education. Through conceptual frameworks, case studies, and policy analysis, the book provides a comprehensive roadmap for responsible and effective AI-driven educational innovation.

This book is intended for researchers, policymakers, school leaders, higher education administrators, EdTech professionals, and graduate students in education, digital transformation, and innovation management. It will also benefit practitioners seeking strategic guidance for implementing AI and IoT solutions in educational environments.

This interdisciplinary book demonstrates how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) changes higher education across diverse academic fields, including philology, management, engineering, and psychology. Drawing on empirical case studies, surveys, and experiments, this book combines theoretical and practical perspectives to explore AI's impact on learning and cognitive development. Each chapter offers discipline-specific analysis of how GenAI reshapes pedagogy - supporting multilingual education, enhancing reflective thinking, fostering self-regulated learning, and encouraging ethical awareness. By comparing case studies from varied academic and cultural contexts, this book highlights the opportunities and challenges of AI adoption, emphasizing responsible, creative, and critically informed approaches to academic innovation. It will appeal to researchers of AI in Higher Education across disciplines. Key features:

- Explains how GenAI transforms higher education across a variety of disciplines, from logistics to psychology.

- Includes practical and theoretical insights into AI's role in reshaping pedagogy, fostering critical thinking, and supporting multilingual education.

- Provides a global perspective on the opportunities and challenges of AI adoption through diverse case studies and empirical research.

This book addresses pertinent issues faced by South Asians in the diaspora today, such as questions of home and belonging. The chapters offer nuanced understandings of South Asian Diasporic literary writings through various theoretical and methodological approaches.

From 19th-century colonial indentured labor migration to various European plantation economies to 20th-century skilled migration to developed countries in the West, the South Asians today constitute the largest diasporas in the world. For South Asians in the diaspora, the question of home and belonging remains a subtle and contested topic. Home and belonging are critical to diasporic communities because they address core challenges of identity, displacement, and navigating dual lives. They negotiate multiple belongings, leading to a hybrid identity that is never completely fixed. The contributions explore pertinent questions of hybridity and liminality of the diasporic subject, as reflected in media and literary writings produced over the last three decades.

This volume will be of great interest to scholars working on the South Asian diaspora, English literature, cultural studies, migration, gender, and transnationalism. The chapters were originally published in various issues and volumes of South Asian Diaspora.