Tara Brabazon's Blog, page 55
August 10, 2013
Loraine Fordham talks about interventions In Early Childhood Education
Tara and Loraine explore how interventions operate in Early Childhood Education. How and why do we change the lives of disadvantages children?
July 30, 2013
David McKinnon and the love of science
Associate Professor David McKinnon talks with Tara about science education: why he was drawn to it, and why it matters for contemporary students and the contemporary society.
July 18, 2013
Anne McLeod 5 - doing semiotics
Anne talks with Tara and Steve about the challenges involved in applying semiotics to education research.
July 12, 2013
The coolest little capital city in the world
Tara and Steve Redhead talk about Wellington, in Aotearoa / New Zealand. They explore city imaging and the specific creative industries agendas and policies in Wellington. Particular attention is placed on the transformative effect of the Global Financial Crisis on the very specific urbanity of Wellington.
July 6, 2013
Anne McLeod 4 - time for visuality
Anne McLeod and Tara are joined by Steve Redhead for this week's podcast. Anne explores the role of visuality in her PhD and probes strategies to enable analysis and interpretation, rather than description, of these rich materials.
June 24, 2013
Anne McLeod 3 - Applying Unobtrusive Research Methods
Tara Brabazon and Anne McLeod discuss how unobtrusive research methods are applied to the study of early childhood education in Australia.
June 6, 2013
International mobility programmes in early childhood education
Tara talks with international visitors to Charles Sturt University from the University of East London. Carolyn Silberfeld and Paulet Brown explore the changing nature of international early childhood education.
Anne McLeod 2 - what are unobtrusive research methods
Anne talks with Tara about her PhD. They explore unobtrusive research methods and their appropriateness to educational resesearch.
June 3, 2013
STAR Project 5 - the future
Tara Brabazon talks with Georgina Sanger and Liam Downing about their STAR project: the retention project at Charles Sturt University in Australia. In this final podcast, Tara asks them about the legacy of their project and how they have been personally and professionally transformed by their research.
STAR Project 4 - difference
Tara Brabazon talks with Georgina Sanger and Liam Downing about the STAR project at Charles Sturt University. In this fourth podcast, they talk about difference and diversity. How does the widening participation agenda impact retention?
