Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 36

Using indigenous methodologies in research

Myra Singh, with the support of her supervisor Jae Major, introduces the challenges and strengths of indigenous methodologies.  Myra's project focuses on the meanings of 'success' for indigenous students.  To enable this project, she introduces yarning as a method of data collection.

Mick Winter 23 - Bring me diamonds bro (sorting out the literature review)

Tara, Steve and Mick explore and express the challenges in constructing a literature review in a PhD.  We talk about how to transcend the banal and boring and create a spicy and enlivening discussion of academic literature that is productive, powerful, passionate and imaginative.

How can PhD students build a CV?

In a competitive higher education environment, how can PhD students enable and develop their post-PhD career.  Tara and Steve provide concrete and clear strategies to create a trajectory for a career while enrolled in a doctorate

Sunny Rue Chivaura 1 - Disinterring Stuart Hall

Tara and Steve introduce their new doctoral student, Sunny Rue Chivaura.  Sunny talks about her project and its value to contemporary Australia.  However there is also clear attention to how the theoretical work being completed in this doctorate will demonstrate a major reassessment of Stuart Hall's scholarship.  

Mick Winter 22 - Doctoral Tourettes (standards standards standards)

Mick, Steve and Tara celebrate the arrival of 107 pages of research on memes.  Steve and Tara acknowledge the achievement, but also push Mick to complete this large and remarkable section of his work.

Making learning about inclusive education visible in preservice teacher education

Julie Lancaster introduces her doctoral study in inclusive education.  She probes how inclusive education - as a paradigm, trope and practice - operates in preservice education and beyond.

A longitudinal investigation of the science experiences and beliefs of a cohort of pre-service teachers making their first steps into the teaching profession

James Deehan, PhD student in the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt presents the impact of science experiences and beliefs on science teaching.

Professionalism, professional development and professional learning

Anne McLeod explores the volatile and dynamic space of 'professional development' and 'professional learning' in Australian teacher education.

Mark Brown 3 - Reading reading reading (and annotated bibliographies)

Mark, Steve and Tara discuss the reading programme of a doctorate and how to maintain the excitement while not being overwhelmed.  The importance of note taking and annotated bibliographies are discussed.

Conceptions of infants' capabilities - the nexus between conceptions, practices, and lived experience

Andrea Salamon, a doctoral candidate in the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University, explores the gaps between expectations and outcomes, theories and practice, when considering the capabilities of infants.