

Tara Brabazon podcast
Tara Brabazon
Tara Brabazon explores popular culture and education, and the relationship between them.
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Jul 13, 2013 • 16min
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.

Jul 7, 2013 • 10min
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.

Jun 24, 2013 • 10min
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.

Jun 7, 2013 • 45min
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.

Jun 7, 2013 • 10min
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.

Jun 3, 2013 • 18min
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.

Jun 3, 2013 • 16min
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?

Jun 3, 2013 • 19min
STAR 3 - Assessment
Tara Brabazon talks with Georgina Sanger and Liam Downing about their first year widening participation and retention project. This third podcast in the series explores assessment. How can effective assessment for first year students enable both learning and retention?

Jun 3, 2013 • 20min
STAR Project 2 - Attendance
Tara talks with Georgina Sanger and Liam Downing about their STAR project on widening participation and retention. In this second podcast, Georgina and Liam demonstrate the powerful - indeed causal - relationship between attendance and achievement.

Jun 3, 2013 • 11min
The Star Project: an introduction
Tara introduces Georgina Sanger and Liam Downing and their STAR project. This is a widening participation project and they explore the strategies to enable attendance.


