Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 37

Mark Brown 2 - How to save two years from Mark's PhD candidature

Tara, Steve and Mark talk about one of those extraordinary doctoral meetings, determining what we are NOT going to include in the PhD.  If such decisions can be made early, years can be saved from a student's candidature.

Interdisciplinarity and the doctorate

Tara and Steve discuss the strengths and challenges involved in completing an interdisciplinary doctorate.

Skyping the PhD

Tara and Steve reflect on their use of Skype in the supervision of PhD students.  They discuss Skype's use as a synchronous and asynchronous tool, and its specific value for busy postgraduates, busy supervisors and regional education.

Mick Winter 21 - What Mick did on his holidays

Tara, Steve and Mick talk about the value of taking a break - taking a holiday - in the midst of a doctorate.

Anne McLeod 34 - Debbie doesn't do deconstruction

Anne, Steve and Tara continue their Derrida journey.  Anne recognizes the best use of deconstruction for her project.

Developing pre-service teachers' capacity to deliver local Aboriginal Cultural Education Programmes

Dr Bev Moriarty and Ms Maria Bennet present an innovative pilot of a cultural education programme for first year students.

Mark Brown 1 - Compositional systems and movement systems

Tara introduces our new doctoral student, Mark Brown.  Mark's PhD is developing a new way of thinking about movement and music, inverting the conventional relationship to create object (body) triggered compositions.

Reading the higher education literature - how do I know what to read and include in a learning and teaching manuscript

Dr Deb Clarke helps early career SoTL (Scholarship of Learning and Teaching) scholars to manage the learning and teaching literature.

Rebooting music education in the central west

Tara talks with the music educator and music education consultant Oriana Zanon and the CSU School of Teacher Education Secretary Anthony Wallis about the major changes being enacted to music education at the University.  They discuss the current challenges facing music education in Australia, and how a new future and new opportunities are emerging for teacher education students in and through music.

Small places / big ideas

Tara Brabazon introduces third tier cities.  These small urban environments confront particular challenges and opportunities.  Tara reveals the international literature in this field to enable these small places to summon big ideas.