Index
Chris Brown
(School of Education and Childhood Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK)
How Social Science Can Help Us Make Better Choices
ISBN: 978-1-78754-356-0, eISBN: 978-1-78754-353-9
Publication date: 19 April 2018
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Brown, C. (2018), "Index", How Social Science Can Help Us Make Better Choices, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 113-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78754-353-920181009
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2018, Chris Brown
INDEX
Accountability
, 53, 103
Active decisions
, 32
Aristotelian reasoning
, 11
Baudrillard’s work
, 87
Benefit, cost and signifying value (BCS value)
, 47, 93
Benefit(s)
, 103
benefit- and signifying-related factors
, 56
codes
, 52
Bialetti coffee maker
, 26–27, 74–75
Bottom-up change
, 37
Bottom-up/teacher-led initiatives
, 41
Brands
, 75
affecting consumption
, 25–27
consumer
, 7, 75
power of
, 25
Chestnut approach
, 90
Chestnut Church of England Learning Federation, The
, 42
Chestnut Learning Federation
model
, 42–43
school improvement plan
, 57–58
Climate Care
, 74
Collaborative and networked orientations
, 57
Collaborative EIP
, 39, 41, 57, 70
Collaborative orientation
, 50, 95
Collaborative professional development
, 90
Competing priorities
, 52–53, 101, 103
Confidence to collaborate
, 50–51, 96, 99
Confident professional autonomy
, 53, 102
Consensus Project
, 2, 86
Constructivism
, 76
Consumer object
, 78
Danes cycling
, 91
Education, case studies from
, 37, 55
allocation of respondents
, 46, 61
allocation of thematic codes
, 49, 63
benefit- and signifying-related factors
, 56
characteristics of interview respondents
, 45
Chestnut Church of England Learning Federation, The
, 42
Chestnut Learning Federation’s model
, 42–43
Chestnut Learning Federation’s school improvement plan
, 57–58
collaborative EIP
, 39, 57–59, 70
EEF
, 41
EIP
, 38
enquiry mindset
, 48, 51
evidence-informed approaches
, 40
Finnish model
, 59
networked learning conversations
, 51
new hierarchy of thematic codes
, 62
OR type of participants
, 45, 59–60
ORPs
, 38–39
ORS approach
, 71
pre-intervention’ interview data
, 55
qualitative methodology
, 43
research-use measures
, 44
research questions
, 44–45
respondents
, 64, 65, 67
RLC approach
, 68
thematic analysis
, 47
type 1 quadrant
, 48, 50
type 2 quadrant
, 50–51
type 3 quadrant
, 51–53
type 4 quadrant
, 53
type 4 rejecter
, 69
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
, 41
Educational ‘self-improvement’
, 37
England
Chartered College of Teaching
, 41
‘Drink Aware’ campaign
, 74
Enquiry-related professional growth
, 69–70
Enquiry mindset
, 48, 51, 100
of participants
, 94, 97
Evidence-informed practice (EIP)
, 37, 38, 40, 57
collaborative EIP
, 39, 41, 57–59, 70
Finnish model
, 59, 90
‘First do no harm’ principle
, 40
Gateway belief
, 87
Guardian, The
, 86
Huaca Pucllana excavation site in Lima
, 23
In-depth semi-structured interviews
, 43–44
Inductive analysis
, 47
Interview analysis
, 93
mid-level codes
, 98
networked learning conversations
, 95
signifying values of EIP
, 96, 99
type 1 quadrant
, 93–94
type 2 quadrant
, 97–99
type 3 quadrant
, 99–102
type 4 quadrant
, 102–103
Learning
community culture development
, 58
conversations
, 48, 50, 95, 97
organisations
, 57
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
, 80
London’s 1970s punk-rock music scene
, 76
Malevich’s groundbreaking painting of black square
, 76
Malevich’s suprematism movement
, 76
Mid-level codes
, 47, 48, 50, 93, 98
Moral imperatives
, 11
Nespresso coffee maker
, 25, 26, 74–75
Netflix
, 29
Network orientation
, 48, 51, 96, 97
of participants
, 52
Networked learning conversations
, 51, 52, 95, 97
Non-financial costs
, 30
Optimal rational positions (ORPs)
, 9, 14, 73, 81, 83, 85
brand
, 28
brands
, 75
discourses/behaviours
, 81
England’s ‘Drink Aware’ campaign
, 74
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
, 80
relational approach to
, 24
scenes
, 75, 76
temporal scenes
, 79
types
, 29–30
Optimal rational/semiotic approach (ORS approach)
, 37, 43
Optimal rationality (OR)
, 9, 10
Aristotelian reasoning
, 11
individuals
, 18
positions
, 14
post-intervention
, 60
potential rational behaviour
, 15
rationality gaps
, 17
rationality types
, 19
short-term responses
, 12
short-term welfare reward
, 16
type of participants
, 45, 59–60
Paul McCartney’s ‘Meat Free Mondays’
, 91
Performativity
, 103
‘Pre-intervention’ interview data
, 55
Rational choice theory (RCT)
, 9, 10
Rationality gaps
, 17, 23
active decisions
, 32
archaeologists
, 23, 24
benefits
, 29–30
brands
, 25, 26
costs
, 30–31
ORPs
, 24, 28
semiotic analysis into OR matrix
, 33
semiotics
, 25
signification
, 28–29
Reflection on academic research
, 52, 57, 94, 100
‘Research-engaged’ schools
, 39
Research Learning Community approach (RLC approach)
, 57
independent scientific evaluation
, 72
key attributes
, 58
Research Schools initiative
, 41
ResearchED conferences
, 41
Scenes
, 75, 76, 80–82
capital
, 78–79
characteristics
, 76–77
consumer object
, 78
temporal
, 79–80
Semiotic analysis
, 88, 89
to fill rationality gaps
, 23–34
Semiotics
, 25
Signifying values
, 47, 50, 51, 53, 96, 99, 102
Social science, lessons for
, 85
Baudrillard’s work
, 87
Danes cycling
, 91
Finnish model
, 90
semiotic analysis
, 88
technical and adaptive changes
, 86
time interventions
, 89
Suprematism movement
, 76
Teaching assistants (TA)
, 51, 98
‘Teachmeets’ conferences
, 41
Thematic analysis
, 47
Thematic codes
allocation
, 49
hierarchy
, 47, 48
Type 1 individuals
, 18, 20, 59, 67, 89–90
Type 1 ORP
, 73
Type 1 quadrant
, 48, 50, 55, 88, 93–94, 97
Type 2 individuals
, 18, 67
Type 2 quadrant
, 50–52, 97–99
Type 3 individuals
, 18, 20
Type 3 quadrant
, 51–53, 99–102
Type 4 individuals
, 18, 20
Type 4 quadrant
, 53, 102–103
Type 4 rejecter
, 69
Universal moral imperative
, 11
- Prelims
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 An Introduction to Optimal Rationality
- Chapter 2 Using Semiotic Analysis to Fill Rationality Gaps
- Chapter 3 A Case Study from Education – Part 1
- Chapter 4 A Case Study from Education – Part 2
- Chapter 5 Attending to the Signifier – Using ‘Scenes’ to Make Optimal Rational Positions More Attractive
- Chapter 6 Lessons for Social Science Moving Forward
- Appendix: Full Analysis of the Interview Data from Chapter 3
- References
- Index