So I
did an overall word count for my blog so far, and found that I am dangerously
close to the 2000 word limit (I’m going to blame it on my awesomely long and
helpful comments). Because of that, I’m going to make this blog short and
sweet.
Essentially
this week’s topic is based off the idea that interactions in institutional
settings have set scripts to follow. It directly follows the principles
established in Garfinkel’s ethnomethodology, where deviation from said scripts
can cause social death/exclusion. Lewis and Miller (2011) explore this concept
in the world of psychology, showing how even appointments with Psychologists
follow scripts. There are certain routine questions that they all ask to get a
general scope of the problem.
And
that is the end of my final post woo! Here are a few celebratory gifs to convey just how happy that makes me feel:
Lewis,
V., & Miller, A. (2011). “Institutional talk” in the discourse between an
educational psychologist and a parent: A single case study employing mixed
research methods. Educational Psychology in Practice, 27, 195-212.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteCool blog, nice and short, that's what attracted me to it...wait I didn't say that last bit.
But anyways, in my mind Institutional Talk isn't just preplanned interactions, like a psychologists interview. To me Institutional Talk is more like the social and moral codes we've spoken about, it's something we don't think about, but which we still orient around. Without even thinking about it we know how we atleast should be acting when speaking in an institutional type of setting.
This Discourse (with a big D) for me, is uncomfortable, but that's just me, it's too constricting. But we all have to go through it at some point.
CM
P.s. (I know you probably just cut it short due to the word limit, but I needed to comment about something)
Hi Taylor! Love how you slipped in a psych reference. Very tricky ;) And indeed helpful to make your point. Well chosen example and very concisely written :)
ReplyDelete(I am over the word count too, lol).
Oops! I’ve done exactly the same thing Taylor, so this will be short and sweet! It was very interesting to learn about the institutional scripts that are used so often – something I had never really thought about before! Like psychologists, I found it interesting to discuss in our tutes how, well tutes, follow a script. The presentation for that week showed us the three part structure as mentioned in this week’s reading that the majority of classes followed, and how teachers coped when things didn’t quite follow the script (i.e. when we’ve forgotten to do our homework). This three step process is outlined below:
ReplyDelete1. Future projection – what is to be done
2. Contextual action – justifying limits of the task and past actions
3. Next action – usually orientated to student participation/exchange
Interesting stuff hey! Now I know I’ll at least be concentrating on something in my next tute!
Oops, here is my reference as well!
DeleteBenwell, Bethan, and Elizabeth Stokoe. 2002. “Constructing discussion tasks in university tutorials:
shifting dynamics and identities.” Discourse Studies vol. 4, no. 4: pp. 429-453