Tara Brabazon podcast

Do you want to become a principal?  How will you achieve this goal?  Tara talks with Cameron Fraser, an experienced principal and academic in the School of Teacher Education at Charles Sturt University, to determine how to build momentum for success, achievement and change.

What are the strategies to create a safe learning community?  Tara talks with Paige Bennett about bullying and how the definitions, challenges and tools to manage it are transforming.  

An opportunity emerges to examine a PhD.  But what should this new examiner look for and what should be avoided?

There is a gift and power of physical education.  Tara talks with Dr umar umangay about why his HPE class worked so powerfully and passionately.

Can we think about decolonizing the curriculum through post-humanism?  Tara talks with umar umangay about bodies, embodiment, spirit and vision, offering a strategy to think about teacher education through an innovative and interventionist frame.

As an early career researcher, the demands on time - particularly through teaching - are great.  How do ECRs find time for research?  How can we move great ideas into great articles?  Tara talks with Dr Randa Khattar about building momentum for research each day, week, month and year.

What are the best social media choices for early career researchers?  Tara talks with Dr Randa Khattar about the most effective social media sites when developing an online profile and presence.

A teacher decides that the moment for professional development has arrived.  But what are the key issues to consider in terms of career planning?  Tara talks with Zeffie Nicholas about how a Masters of Education can enable career progression.

Tara and Mick talk about the new theorist that Mick may engage with or - as usual (!!!) - discard!  This week, Mikhail Bakhtin is proving more significant for Mick and his work on memes.  Mick's interest with 'voice' and 'resistance' may be finding some resonance in and with Russian Formalism...

What are the warning signs of poor supervisors and examiners?  In this final session, Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon talk through the characteristics of problematic supervisory behaviour and concerning examiner choice.

Doctoral students own their own work, so when should a supervisor add their name to a publication?  Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon enter this incredibly controversial area.  Who owns a PhD student's publications?

Why do PhD students and supervisors have to fill in so many (damn) forms?  How can we transform regulation into a positive outcome for the candidate and the candidature?  Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon explore the reason for forms and how they can enable progress, rather than deflect attention from the project.

How important is a co-supervisor?  How are conflicts managed between supervisors and students?  Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon explore the strengths and profound challenges that emerge between supervisors.  The creation of a harmonious supervisory team is a gift.  When this relationship turns sour, then it can be debilitating for the student.

The best PhD meetings are a joy, innovative and inspirational.  But what are the characteristics of a successful PhD meeting?  What preparation is required from a supervisor and a student?  Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon discuss the attributes of successful meetings, and how to correct and manage challenges and problems.

The core challenge for PhD candidature management is negotiating the student and supervisor relationship.  There are ways to ensure that it is a healthy and productive partnership, but it requires work, consciousness and - frequently - regulation. Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon explore how the health of a student and supervisor relationship can be strengthened.

Are there benefits of a 'celebrity professor' as a PhD supervisor?  Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon discuss the benefits and challenges in choosing 'a name' rather than a portfolio of expertise.

Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon enter the vexed issue of selection processes that enable entry into doctoral programmes.  In this third session, Steve and Tara present warning signs for students and also problematize the biases of supervisors.

How do prospective PhD students locate the perfect supervisor?  How do supervisors attract the best students? Steve Redhead and Tara Brabazon continue their series on how to supervise PhDs.  This episode explores how to find a good supervisor and build that great supervisory relationship.

Tara Brabazon and Steve Redhead introduce their ten part series on how to supervise a PhD.  In this first session, Tara and Steve talk about the 'crisis' in doctoral education generally and supervision in particular, and the necessity for an intervention in current processes and practices.

In this School of Teacher Education research presentation at Charles Sturt University, Dr MattWinslade demonstrates the value of international mobility programmes when enabled through sport.  The development of cultural competence enhances both the ability and employment options of HPE teachers.

Tara talks with Julieanne Channing about the opportunities and support available for students - and prospective students - with impairments.

Mick Winter, Steve Redhead and Tara celebrate Mick's achievement:  producing a 100 page agenda for his PhD.  This document has revealed and new theory and opportunity for Mick's work on the meme:  the carnivalesque.

Tara provides a sonic introduction for her current masters subject, investigating food and drink in contemporary society.  She explores the nature of 'the local' and 'the regional,' with attention to both branding and commodification.

An exciting time.  Anne has finished ... her PhD proposal.  She offers advice for the PhD students who follow.

Steve Redhead and Tara talk about a new and emerging field:  physical cultural studies.