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From:         Helen Combes 
Subject: Re: cool cars!
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Not wishing to sound like I have some affinity with Jeremy Clarkson I =20=

do want to respond to John about group Q sorts.  I teaching Q method =20
at Staffs uni to DClinPsy students and when I recently did some =20
teaching where I asked to trainees to take a position on the use of =20
restraint in services ie I am an OT and I think that adapting =20
drinking utensils is the least restrictive alternative with the =20
opposite end being most restrictive (... and so on across =20
professions) they said to me 'oh no  not another Q sort, every time =20
you teach us you get us to consider our position and place ourselves =20
as if we are a statement!'.  Interesting - I never realised (until =20
then) that I was quite so immersed in Q.  Like Clarkson I often found =20=

myself wanting to say no, no, no that is the most restrictive, not =20
the least.  Unlike Clarkson I resisted the urge.

Helen

On 29 May 2009, at 11:37, John Bradley wrote:

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> The Cool Wall for sorting cars that Wendy is referring appears each =20=

> week on the TV programme Top Gear. (I promise you I only watch it =20
> when my teenage son is at home and takes control of the television).
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> I hadn=92t thought of it as a sorting activity before, but clearly it =20=

> is. However it includes some interesting methodological variations =20
> that we might want to reflect on. Essentially it is a group sort =96 =20=

> in that the three presenters argue about where a car belongs on the =20=

> sorting wall. One of them might place it at the =91super-cool=92 end, =20=

> only for the others to argue about it and decide they want to place =20=

> it somewhere else. I wonder if anyone has used Q as a group task =20
> before? As such it changes the nature of the activity from one =20
> where we could explore the varied viewpoints on cars, to one in =20
> which the group has to settle on a single viewpoint. Interestingly, =20=

> this supposed consensus is usually reached when the biggest and =20
> loudest presenter (Jeremy Clarkson) takes control and tells the =20
> other two that his viewpoint is correct and theirs are wrong. So it =20=

> becomes an interesting activity for exploring power relationships, =20
> but like in the rest of life the smaller less aggressive members =20
> have their viewpoints stamped on and ignored.
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>
> Dr John Bradley
> Head of Inclusion Services
> and Principal Educational Psychologist
> Children & Young People's Services
> Nottinghamshire County Council
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> "W.Stainton-Rogers" 
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> 28/05/2009 16:25
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> cool cars!
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> I have a doctoral student, Phill Dyson, who is doing a Q study as =20
> part of his doctoral research (probably). Part of his coursework is =20=

> to enter a poster competition, and he's doing it on Q. Once it's =20
> finished I'll ask him to post it for you guys.
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> But along the way he showed me someting interesting from BBC =20
> television, part of a programme about cars. It's a 'cool wall' =20
> where the presenters discuss cars in relation to four categories - =20
> from 'seriously un-cool' to 'sub-zero'. To all effects a Q sort! =20
> You can find the programme at http://www.youtube.com/watch?=20
> v=3D8xtJBUrfaLA  . I'm =20=

> loath to attech a picture as it might cause problems. But it is fun.
> Wendy
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> Subject: Norwegian Q conference
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> Reference was recently made to the forthcoming Norwegian Q =20
> conference, scheduled for November 19-20 in Stavanger, Norway.
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> For those interested, a conference website has now been established =20=

> at http://www.uis.no/Q-konferanse (text in Norwegian).
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> The conference will be keynoted by Diane Montgomery of Oklahoma =20
> State and Susan Ramlo of Akron University.  Designed in part to =20
> promote the use of Q among Norwegian social and behavioral =20
> scientists, the conference is expected to result in a volume =20
> comprised of selected revised papers.
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> Persons interested in attending should contact Ingunn Storksen =20
>  or Arlene Thorsen , =20=

> both of the Centre for Behavioural Research, University of Stavanger.
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