Dr Richard Gregory

@NazamHussainEP @JoannaStanbrid1 😭 I can’t as I have parenting duties - would have loved to though! Perhaps I could swing by Bradford sometime as I’m pretty close by?

@JoannaStanbrid1 @_RichardGregory @JoannaStanbrid1 meal?

I am going... love to connect with #twittereps @_RichardGregory (you coming?)

@DrCathyAtkinson @PGRSEED May be of interest @IncSols

@EdEpipheny @jelliedsours Thank you!

@_RichardGregory Hi! Yes there are online. Can’t believe we can’t use the DM function anymore 😑 If possible, drop the organiser @jelliedsours an email and she’ll add you to the mailing list!

New semester, new reading group project 👀 We will be tackling Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Nausea” this time (see the schedule below). DM to join our mailing list and super cool Discord server to get the details to join!

@DrCathyAtkinson @PGRSEED Thank you Cathy. And again for all your help and support to bring it to fruition! I am ever grateful for all your encouragement and the space you gave me to explore and develop my thinking whilst conducting the research.

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@DrCathyAtkinson Thank you Cathy! And for all your support with it.

@chriscfrench really enjoyed your talk yesterday! You mentioned there are some examples of evidence that are hard to dismiss. I meant to ask, do you have any examples of this?

Is anyone else experiencing random tweets being shown to them from accounts they haven’t followed. Typically bordering on alt-right stuff. I’ve had vaccine and climate change denial shown to me several times now and have no idea who the account is tweeting it.

@timceducation @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP @MazzucatoM Sounds very interesting. Yes, that can be the case in some schools. But I guess that’s (largely) the currency of schools - grades and outcomes. It’s interesting how we can also highlight the other things young people achieve outside of grades that indicate progress.

@_RichardGregory @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP Currently reading the Value of Everything by @MazzucatoM. Made me think about how pupils can be seen as valuable, dependent on the grade that can be extracted from them. Maybe it creates value for schools to learn to include all its pupils for the benefit of the community.

A colleague and I were discussing systemic work and promoting change within schools. Our discussion covered areas such as cognitive biases, how educational policy shapes classroom practice, the beliefs held by school staff, the difficult task of slotting into a pre-established

@AEP_Pippa Yes, very true - a self selected sample who coalesce around shared values. I guess that can be good or bad depending on the values and the outcomes it produces.

@JonathanDowlin @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP Sounds very exciting. I have drawn upon existentialism and SDT to try to create a coherent framework for addressing psychological needs. I’d be very interested to see what you have done in your model.

@_RichardGregory @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP No worries, ye there's so much silo-ing! We've been working on ALIVE to bridge them, a psychosocial theory that brings existential phenomenology & psychology together (theory, measures, intervention). Hopefully that work will start coming out this year

@JonathanDowlin @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP There is an interesting relationship between philosophy and psychology, one that is enriching and hard to bridge.

@JonathanDowlin @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP Thank you for these resources I’ll be sure to check them out. We frequently work in silos as psychologists so I’m always keen to see what others are doing. I couldn’t help but notice the reference to philosophy in your bio and wondered what types of philosophy do you draw upon?

@timceducation @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP That’s a really interesting idea - do you have a reference? I do sometimes wonder if there are parallels between us and salespeople as we try to sell our wares in the marketplace of ideas. A part of this is convincing people it adds value to their work or outcomes.

@_RichardGregory @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP I'm currently doing some reading outside of the psychology box on this idea - thinking about the concept of how we contribute to 'value'. We exist in systems which 'value' can mean a lot of things. I think systemic change can come from convincing others that a way creates value.

@AEP_Pippa Yes, I think it’s a common (and understandable) perception amongst teachers. I wonder by what mechanisms it radiates? I’m thinking of ideas such as psychological climate, school culture and how systems are organised around values. I also wonder how staff interpret/resist this.

@JonathanDowlin @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP I felt some of this fell into the domain of organisational psychology but could not find theories to ‘pin’ my ideas to as it were. Thank you for providing me with some starting points. Is there a paper/book that is a good starting point for getting to grips with org psych?

@_RichardGregory @ismailmamaniat @NazamHussainEP I would say organisational behaviour, work design, organisational psychology) :) If you want specific theories at the org level I would say Hackman & Oldham's job characteristics model (is the classic) and Frank Bond's Organisational Flexibility are good places to start

@AEP_Pippa This is a really helpful reflection! I also wonder about this and how they filter down through school systems. And to what extent directive vs. more autonomy supportive values affect school culture.

@NazamHussainEP @ismailmamaniat Learning how to parent and thinking up new questions 😂! I’m keen to know what you think once you’ve formulated an idea!

@_RichardGregory @ismailmamaniat Missed these questions! Where have u been? 🤣 I need some time to think about a response. Your ideas & thoughts make sense. The conditions for 'take up' interest me: interest convergence; opportunity cost/ benefit; conversations with those with power & influence, practical help