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Our discussion of the cool wall, group sorts and supposed consensus made 
me remember a time a few years ago when I tried to understand the work of 
Bakhtin, who as I understand it, talked about the monologic =3F where a 
single voice claims to speak for all, the dialogic, where we hear debating 
voices and heteroglossia - the richness of different voices and 
viewpoints. It seemed to me that Q was a technique to take us beyond the 
monologic and dialogic to a better understanding of the heteroglossia. I 
was limited in my access to Bakhtin by only finding one source in English. 
Does anyone in the group know more about Bakhtin, or has anyone thought 
about his ideas in relation to Q=3F

Holquist, M. (Ed) (1981). The dialogic imagination: four essays by M. M. 
Bakhtin. (1934-1935) Austin: University of Texas Press.

John

Dr John Bradley
Head of Inclusion Services
and Principal Educational Psychologist
Children & Young People's Services
Nottinghamshire County Council

Helen Coombs wrote:

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

Helen


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Our discussion of the cool wall, group
sorts and supposed consensus made me remember a time a few years
ago when I tried to understand the work of Bakhtin, who as I understand
it, talked about the monologic – where a single voice claims to=

speak for all, the dialogic, where we hear debating voices and het=
eroglossia
- the richness of different voices and viewpoints. It seemed to me
that Q was a technique to take us beyond the monologic and dialogic to
a better understanding of the heteroglossia. I was limited in my
access to Bakhtin by only finding one source in English. Does anyone in
the group know more about Bakhtin, or has anyone thought about his ideas
in relation to Q=3F



Holquist, M. (Ed) (1981). The dialogic ima=
gination:
four essays by M. M. Bakhtin. (1934-1935) Austin: University of Texas Press.=




John



Dr John Bradley

Head of Inclusion Services

and Principal Educational Psychologist

Children & Young People's Services

Nottinghamshire County Council



Helen Coombs wrote:



Not wishing to sound like I have some affi=
nity
with Jeremy Clarkson I  

do want to respond to John about group Q sorts.  I teaching Q method
 

at Staffs uni to DClinPsy students and when I recently did some  

teaching where I asked to trainees to take a position on the use of  
restraint in services ie I am an OT and I think that adapting  

drinking utensils is the least restrictive alternative with the  

opposite end being most restrictive (... and so on across  

professions) they said to me 'oh no  not another Q sort, every time
 

you teach us you get us to consider our position and place ourselves  <=
br>
as if we are a statement!'.  Interesting - I never realised (until
 

then) that I was quite so immersed in Q.  Like Clarkson I often found
 

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



Helen


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