Mediating and policing community disputes: Developing new methods for role-play communication skills training
Lead Research Organisation:
Loughborough University
Department Name: Social Sciences
Abstract
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ORCID iD |
| Elizabeth Stokoe (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Drew, Paul; Heritage, John
(2013)
Contemporary Studies in Conversation Analysis
Edwards D
(2011)
"You Don't Have to Answer": Lawyers' Contributions in Police Interrogations of Suspects
in Research on Language & Social Interaction
Elizabeth Stokoe (Author)
(2012)
The (in)authenticity of simulated talk : comparing role-played and actual interaction and the problems of communication training
Elizabeth Stokoe (Author)
(2013)
The (in)authenticity of simulated talk: Comparing role-played and real interaction
Elizabeth Stokoe (Author)
(2013)
The Conversation Analytic Role-play Method
Elizabeth Stokoe (Author)
(2012)
The conversation analytic role-play method (CARM)
Elizabeth Stokoe (Author)
(2012)
The conversation analytic role-play method
Elizabeth Stokoe (Author)
(2012)
The conversation analytic role-play method (CARM)
Elizabeth Stokoe (Author)
(2012)
Applying designedly large scale qualitative research : the conversation analytic role-play method (CARM) and communication training
| Description | The project pioneered CARM, the 'Conversation Analytic Role-play Method', an approach to communication skills training for public and third sector users. In contrast to the simulated role-play encounters that are pervasive in communication training, CARM uses anonymized recordings of actual encounters between members of the public and organization staff. Because CARM evolved out of previous ESRC-funded research about the organizations that manage neighbour disputes, the focus was on community mediation and police services. In workshops, participants examine the roadblocks that occur in real mediators' or police officers' interactions, and discuss analysis-based examples of good and bad practice. Each mediation and police service received two workshops, with the second being a collaboratively designed bespoke session. Participating services included those involved in the original 'neighbour dispute' study, some who were contacted directly to maximize the reach of CARM across the UK, Ireland and USA, but many were new services who made unsolicited contact having heard about CARM from colleagues. Over 70 workshops and lectures were delivered during the course of the project; double the number in the original proposal. CARM has been adopted by academics running workshops with other user groups (e.g., call-takers, medics). In June 2012, the first national CARM workshop ran at Loughborough University; the first email discussion list was set up for and subscribed by over 200 mediators. In October 2012, CARM was accredited by the UK College of Mediators, impacting on training practice orthodoxy and making it a nationally recognized method for the Continuing Professional Development of mediators. |
| Exploitation Route | The project developed a pioneering approach to communication training: the 'Conversation Analytic Role-play Method' (CARM). The objective was to impact existing training practice, which customarily uses role-played, simulated encounters. In contrast, CARM uses audio recordings of actual interactions as the basis for training, starting with research-based evidence about the roadblocks that occur in their conversations and how to overcome them. It can be adapted to any workplace or institutional encounter for which recordings can be made. CARM is already being used by other academics in non-academic contexts for communication training, including doctor-patient interaction (University College London), student-load company interactions with students (Uppsala University, Sweden), performance appraisal (Karlstad University, Sweden), and NSPCC helplines (Loughborough University). As a 'follow-on' project which delivered research-based communication skills training to community mediators and police services, it was intrinsically about and for how research can be put to use. CARM has been accredited by the UK College of Mediators such that participants gain Continuing Professional Development Points on completion of a workshop. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Retail |
| URL | http://www.carmtraining.org |
| Description | Impact on conventional mediation training in the UK |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | My work has impacted conventional mediation training in the UK; it has also impacted in other training environments via myself and other academics studying other workplace settings (e.g., medicine, business). |
| Description | Ministry of Justice consultancy |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | I consulted on the Ministry of Justice's promotional materials for family mediation, changing both the design and wording of their online video and posters. |
| URL | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va59Ksk6XZQ |
| Description | Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust |
| Amount | £22,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2013 |
| End | 11/2014 |
| Description | Higher Education Innovation Fund |
| Amount | £65,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Loughborough University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2013 |
| End | 07/2015 |
| Title | Conversation Analytic Role-play Method CARM |
| Description | None of the options describe CARM. |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Other colleagues in UK and overseas HEIs have adopted CARM to develop impact in their communication research. |
| URL | http://www.carmtraining.org |
| Description | Airstream consultancy |
| Organisation | Airstream Consultancy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Airstream and Bourne Leisure worked together to bring £30K investment in an RA to develop training for sales calls in the holiday and double-glazing sales calls arenas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Airstream are seeking new contracts and clients for CARM training workshops. |
| Impact | None yet; workshops will start in 2015. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | CARM commercial |
| Organisation | Bourne Leisure |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We are studying 'buying calls' into the holiday company from customers to identify what works and what is less effective, in order to develop training. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They are investing £30K to employ a post-doc RA for 6 months, |
| Impact | The output will be a communication training workshop |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Hostage negotiation training |
| Organisation | Metropolitan Police Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We are studying recordings of hostage negotiation to better understand what is effective in such communication. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They are supplying data and funds for transcription. |
| Impact | Output will be a training workshop |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Analyzing neighbour mediation calls : implications for mediation practice and training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This was a workshop presentation about CARM delivered to undergraduate students on a conflict resolution course. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Analyzing neighbour mediation calls : implications for mediation practice and training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This was a communication skills workshop presentation delivered to a community mediation service, using the 'Conversation Analytic Role-play Method' (CARM) developed as part of the follow-on project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Applying designedly large scale qualitative research : conversation analysis and communication training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited paper presented, Centre for Applied Research in Psychology, Coventry University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | CARM: The Conversation Analytic Role-play Method |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Workshops presented at Comunication Studies Department (Northeastern University Boston) / Department of Communication (University of New Hampshire), March. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Converting calls into clients: How conversation analysis can work for you |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | If you've ever had a conversation that didn't go quite right, then this workshop is for you. Professor Elizabeth Stokoe has trained over 300 mediators and police officers in the UK and the US on good and bad professional communication practice. Using examples from actual conversation in a variety of settings - from everyday conversation with friends and speed-dating, to police interviews with suspects and mediators interacting with clients - the session will explain how research-based evidence on interaction can be used to turn calls into clients and improve communication generally |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Detailed research, mountains of energy : DMS's recent workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Article in The Devon Mediator, the newsletter of the Devon Mediation Service, December 2011 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.devon-mediation.org.uk/documents/newsletter2011dec.pdf |
| Description | Examining mediators' communication roadblocks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This was a communication skills workshop presentation to a community mediation service, using the 'Conversation Analytic Role-play Method' (CARM) developed as part of the follow-on project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Examining mediators' communication roadblocks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This was a communication skills workshop presentation to a community mediation service, using the 'Conversation Analytic Role-play Method' (CARM) developed as part of the follow-on project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Experiences of & lessons learnt from applying CA to communication skills training in various settings : CARM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to speak at a practitioner-academic workshop, "Provider-client interaction and adherence to ART" at the Institute for International Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | How to do the 'conversation analytic role-play method' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This was an invited workshop presentation at the School of Humanities, Education and Social Science, Örebro University, Sweden. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | How to sell mediation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Article in Brighton And Hove Independent Mediation Service Newsletter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://bhimsdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/how-to-sell-mediation/ |
| Description | Identifying effective practices for resilient mediation services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited guest speaker, Bromley Community Mediation Service AGM, July. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Identifying effective practices for resilient mediation services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Guest speaker, Ealing Mediation Service AGM, July. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Mediating and policing neighbour disputes : the 'conversation analytic role-play method' as an alternative to simulated communication training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited paper presented to the Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Mediating and policing neighbour disputes : the 'conversation analytic role-play method' as an alternative to simulated communication training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture presented at School of Humanities, Education and Social Science, Orebro University, Orebro University, Sweden. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Mediating and policing neighbour disputes : the 'conversation analytic role-play method' as an alternative to simulated communication training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture given to Department of English, Karlstad University, Sweden. Colleagues are now using CARM in their own work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Mediating neighbour disputes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited paper presented to Networking meeting on "Translating Cultures in International Mediation", University of Nottingham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Neighbour disputes and conflict : institutional-interactional findings from a large-scale qualitative project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This was an invited seminar presentation, in which I presented findings from the neighbours project and the current work with mediation training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Neighbour disputes, mediation, and communication training : using conversation analysis to develop alternatives to simulated role-play |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presented at invited seminar about CARM to academics at at School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | State of Britain's neighbours |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Article in Brighton And Hove Independent Mediation Service Newsletter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://bhimsdotorg.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/state-of-britains-neighbours/ |
| Description | Talk in theory, talk in practice : applying findings and creating impact from conversation analytic studies of gender and interaction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This paper will describe and illustrate a conversation analytic approach to the study of gender, which is capable of showing whether, when and how gender becomes consequentially relevant within any given communicative encounter. Drawing on a large and varied corpus of video- and audio-recordings of institutional interaction, the paper aims to do four things. First, show that robust claims about the gendering of social life can be made once those claims are grounded in what people actually say and do. Second, show the systematic patterns in people's endogenous orientations to gender can be found in institutional and everyday interaction. Third, describe a real-world application of this kind of conversation analytic work, to develop communication training based in actual interaction, rather than simulated encounters. Finally, explore the implications of studying actual and simulated interaction for psychological research methods. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Talk in theory, talk in practice : social psychology, research methods, and the 'interactional imperative' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited paper presented, Department of Psychology, Open University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The (in)authenticity of simulated talk: Comparing role-played and actual interaction and the problems of communication training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented, Institutionen för pedagogic, Uppsala University, December. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | The (in)authenticity of simulated talk: Comparing role-played and actual interaction and the problems of communication training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented, Department of Psychology, Edinburgh University, February. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | The Conversational Racetrack: The Conversation Analytic Role-play Method |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Plenary lecture, Dispute Resolution Conference, Nottingham, September |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | The Conversational Racetrack: The Conversation Analytic Role-play Method |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Invited workshop/seminar to a law firm - KCH Garden Square Chambers, Nottingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | The conversation analytic role-play method |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at a Meeting of London Family Mediation Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The conversation-analytic role-play method (CARM) and the problems of simulated role-play training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation about CARM presented to RogenSi Consultancy, London. I presented CARM to a company that delivers communication training. Discussions about CARM are still ongoing. I presented CARM to a company that delivers communication training. Discussions about CARM are still ongoing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The conversational racetrack: Applying designedly large-scale conversation analytic research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, September |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |