Tara Brabazon podcast
757 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTara Brabazon explores popular culture and education, and the relationship between them.
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The gifts of early childhood education
February 13, 2013 18:49 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MBTara talks with Professor Jennifer Sumsion about the importance of early childhood education. Jennifer's goal is to demonstrate the intellectual power and importance of thinking about early childhood education with rigour, creativity and imagination.
Rethinking rural education with Kathryn Edgeworth
January 28, 2013 01:19 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MBRural education is often neglected and frequently invisible, being marginalized by the seemingly urgent and volatile conditions within urban environments. Tara Brabazon talks with Dr Kathryn Edgeworth about her research and teaching practice in rural education. They explore the impact of this neglect of the rural, and the transformative capacity of migrants in teaching and learning.
Why is plagiarism such a big deal in our universities?
December 27, 2012 02:37 - 2 minutes - 171 MB VideoFirst students in our universities are threatened by the institutional consequences of plagiarism. Yet do teachers spend an equivalent amount of time teaching information literacy as they do frightening students about plagiarism? Tara asks her students how they feel about plagiarism and why it has become such an issue in the contemporary university.
Why did you enrol in a university degree
December 27, 2012 01:56 - 2 minutes - 174 MB VideoTara asks her Scholarship students - right at the start of their first year - why they enrolled at the University of Bolton. Their enthusiasm, honesty and belief in the future is inspiring.
Art and Design: aspiration, motivation, achievement
December 01, 2012 16:18 - 2 minutes - 3.25 MBTara talks with students in the University of Bolton Foundation Degree in Art and Design. She asks them what they have learnt about art, education, motivation and learning.
Morecambe and Modernism
December 01, 2012 15:56 - 7 minutes - 10.8 MBTara talks with Steve Redhead about Morecambe, a town in the north west of England. Morecambe has many claims to fame, including Eric Morecambe, his statue and remarkable tides. But it is through the Midland Hotel, a stunning Art Deco regeneration, that new reasons to visit the town have emerged. Through reclaiming modernism, Morecambe has modernised.
Justice for the 96
September 26, 2012 07:34 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MBThe Hillsborough disaster remains a deep wound in British - and international - football. When 96 Liverpool supporters died in a semi final 23 years ago, the tragedy continued with blame and shame displaced onto the victims. Tara talks with Steve Redhead about Hillsborough and the recent report that finally tells the truth about a bloody day in sporting history.
Why should first year students read Paul Virilio?
September 26, 2012 07:27 - 4 minutes - 5.83 MBIt is a cliche that we live in fast times, not careful times. One of the most relevant theorists of speed is Paul Virilio. Yet what can first year students gain from reading his work? Tara Brabazon talks with Steve Redhead about Paul Virilio and what his research and theories can offer to the understanding of accelerated culture.
If I could do my university degree again, what would I do differently?
August 31, 2012 08:54 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MBStarting a university degree is one of the most exciting moments of our lives. Yet often, that first year is filled with confusion, worry and stress. Tara talks to some of her former students and asks their advice to current first years. They answer one question: if you could do your university degree again, what would you do differently?
The future of disability support at the University of Bolton - A conversation about disability 5
August 06, 2012 08:16 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this, the final podcast in their five part series, Katie, Sabera and Tara probe the future of disability support and services in this difficult time for international higher education.
The University of Bolton's support for students with additional requirements - a conversation about disability 4
August 06, 2012 08:13 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MBKatie, Sabera and Tara all work at the University of Bolton. In the fourth podcast of their series, Katie, Sabera and Tara talk about the specific experiences, conditions and practices in disability support at the University. Katie and Sabera show the impact of high quality support and care on the life and achievement of all students.
Overcoming barriers in higher education - a conversation about disability 3
August 06, 2012 08:09 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MBIn this third part of their conversation, Katie, Sabera and Tara explore the challenges, difficulties and problems that confront all students in higher education and how an array of modifications can transform the experiences of individual students to create an evocative and effective community of learners.
What is a disability? A conversation about disability 2
August 06, 2012 08:05 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MBKatie, Sabera and Tara continue their conversation about disability. In this second part, they explore the legal, social, cultural and personal definitions of disability and the impact of those definitions on higher education.
Thinking about disability - a conversation about disability 1
August 06, 2012 08:00 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBKatie Morris, Sabera Patel and Tara Brabazon talk about disability services and support at the University of Bolton. In this first podcast, they explore why universities should show an interest in disability.
David Rudd talks with Tara about the innovations and insights from children's literature
July 24, 2012 08:41 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBWhat can teaching and research about children's literature provide to our wider understandings of literature and culture? Tara talks with Professor David Rudd about what drew him to the study of children's literature and its value in higher education.
Maria Rodriguez Yborra talks with Tara about educational technology
July 24, 2012 08:39 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBMaria and Tara explore the role and function of educational technologies in universities.
Mark Scott talks with Tara about quality assurance in higher education
July 24, 2012 08:30 - 16 minutes - 22.8 MBA profound challenge in the management of higher education is ensuring the quality of teaching and learning. Tara talks with Dr Mark Scott about quality assurance protocols and their role in enabling reflection on teaching.
Tara Brabazon talks about visual effects with Damien Markey
July 24, 2012 08:12 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBWhat are visual effects and how are they different from special effects? Tara Brabazon talks with Damien Markey, an academic from the University of Bolton, about the nature of visual effects and why it is an emerging area of university study and research.
Cascading assessment in legal education
June 06, 2012 09:11 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBTara introduces Professor Steve Redhead's innovative assessment protocol for legal studies. Steve discusses the potential of cascading assessment for upper-level undergraduate students to enable research training.
Teaching law, legal studies, criminology and sociology
June 05, 2012 15:26 - 2 minutes - 3.97 MBTara talks with Steve Redhead about teaching and learning strategies in law, legal studies, criminology and sociology.
Using podcasts in the teaching of law, legal studies and criminology
June 05, 2012 10:24 - 2 minutes - 3.33 MBTara talks with Professor Steve Redhead about his use of podcasts in the teaching of law, legal studies and criminology. Steve explores the potential of podcasts to both time and space shift learning, while recognizing the challenges of the widening participation agenda in higher edeucation.
Why teach sport in universities?
June 05, 2012 09:41 - 5 minutes - 7.57 MBTara talks with Professor Steve Redhead about the potential and challenges of teaching sport in universities. From leisure studies to sports journalism and entertainment and sports law, sport offers an innovative strategy to teach complex ideas in new ways.
Tara talks with Shirley Ward about information literacy
May 29, 2012 12:18 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBTara Brabazon asks Shirley Ward about the role of libraries, librarians and information literacy in higher education.
Beyond Baker Street
May 11, 2012 03:01 - 7 minutes - 9.75 MBGerry Rafferty is best known for one song: "Baker Street." Tara shows that his career captured the darkness and disappointments of popular music and celebrity. Coming from Scotland, the ability to emerge from a small nation and gain international success remains an important legacy of Rafferty's career.
Telling stories
May 11, 2012 02:17 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MBDigital storytelling offers a great way to organize and express personal stories. Yet Tara shows that digital storytelling has a powerful function in education. Making abstract knowledge applicable knowledge, digital storytelling brings the world to the classroom, and the classroom to the world.
Helping graduate students to publish their research
April 10, 2012 04:45 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBTara talks with Mick Winter, her former graduate student, to explore the challenges and provide tips for publishing research in academic journals.
Why editing matters in a research project
April 06, 2012 09:09 - 5 minutes - 7.36 MBToo often, research students underestimate the time involved in editing their thesis or dissertation for submission to examiners. Tara asks her research students about editing: how they do it, why they do it, or why they choose not to do it.
Research students express their concerns with the examination process
April 06, 2012 07:54 - 8 minutes - 11.6 MBTara asks her undergraduate research students about their fears as they enter the examination process for their theses.
Those dark satanic mills - from revolution to regeneration
March 15, 2012 10:39 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBTara investigates city imaging and how an understanding of geosocial networking can enhance the social, economic and cultural development of second and third tier cities
The turn to slow
March 15, 2012 09:32 - 40 minutes - 55 MBTara explores the impact of speed on popular culture and our daily lives. Using the examples of fast food and slow food, she asks how injustice and inequality are managed, moderated or reinforced when we speed up or slow down our eating.
I'm the only gay in the village - sex and popular culture
March 15, 2012 08:05 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBTara explores the role of desire and sexuality in the configuration of popular culture. As examples, she explores textual poaching and slash fiction.
How to get an A on a research project
March 07, 2012 19:54 - 17 minutes - 24 MBTara and Steve Redhead have a conversation about how to gain a high mark for a research project. They discuss the key characteristics of outstanding student work.
Pretend you are an examiner and assess a student paper
March 07, 2012 19:21 - 6 minutes - 9.1 MBAssisting students through to the submission of a major research project is difficult. To help them, Tara asked students to take on the role of an examiner and discuss the way in which they would assess an assignment.
Research students talk about information and information literacy
March 07, 2012 17:56 - 6 minutes - 9.53 MBInformation literacy is integral to any research project. Tara asks her 4th year students to think about how they manage the diversity of online and offline sources that are available to them, to enable high quality research.
What are the advantages of creative-led research?
February 11, 2012 17:09 - 6 minutes - 8.45 MBTara asks her 4th year research students to probe the advantages and strengths of creative-led research. While there are challenges and risks when compiling an artefact and exegesis, the students log the power and potential of this form of scholarship.
Anjolaoluwa Olubuyide talks with Tara about her project on Nigerian Canadians
February 11, 2012 16:42 - 2 minutes - 3.97 MBAnjolaoluwa talks with Tara about her Capstone project exploring the lives of Nigerian Canadians. Using oral history, she aims to show the potential of 'blind listening' in countering racism and oppression.
Why are literature reviews so boring?
February 04, 2012 15:52 - 4 minutes - 6.06 MBTara asks her 4th year students at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology about why literature reviews are so boring. Her students offer options to enliven and excite this dull section of a research project.
Sammy Kyereme talks with Tara about his research project on J. Cole
February 04, 2012 15:38 - 2 minutes - 3.97 MBSammy talks with Tara about his project on J. Cole and how knowledge from popular music can shape and inform social debates.
Victor Karanja shares with Tara the new developments in his multiculturalism and multiliteracy project
February 04, 2012 15:05 - 5 minutes - 8.16 MBVictor updates Tara on his multiliteracy and multiculturalism project. He explores the potential and challenges in attaching Canadian bilingualism to a multiliteracy agenda.
Leanne McRae and Tara talk about the start and end of research projects
January 29, 2012 19:39 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBLeanne and Tara talk about beginnings and endings. They explore how to start a research project and how to evaluate its success.
Matthew Homer and Tara explore creative-led research
January 29, 2012 16:59 - 6 minutes - 8.8 MBMatthew Homer talks with Tara about the special type of research that emerges through creative-led projects. Matt explores how these projects are formed, the risks and challenges, and also the great gifts they offer to researchers through their careers.
Henry Huang talks with Tara about his Manga project
January 29, 2012 11:26 - 5 minutes - 6.98 MBHenry Huang is completing a research project on Manga. He talks with Tara about how technology is 'managed' within Manga, with attention to both its utopic and dystopic interpretations.
Students explore how Communication Studies enhances a discussion of research methods
January 28, 2012 09:12 - 4 minutes - 6.4 MBMost discussions of research methods are hooked into the social sciences and the sciences. Yet what can Communication Studies bring to an investigation of research methods? In this podcast, undergraduate students completing their final project explore the nature of this contribution and the specificity of humanities scholarship.
Matthew Ingram and Tara discuss taking ownership and responsibility for research
January 27, 2012 09:40 - 9 minutes - 13 MBDr Matthew Ingram and Tara explore the challenges that confront students during a research project. Matt argues that understanding the research process and taking responsibility for it are key characteristics of success.
Nicole Grifoni talks to Tara about her research project on Drake
January 25, 2012 21:00 - 2 minutes - 3.72 MBNicole Grifoni is conducting a research project on Drake. She is interested in how popular knowledges about heterosexual relationships are activated in his audience to create social change.
Nada Kabbara introduce Tara to her research on religious extremism and tolerance
January 25, 2012 20:04 - 4 minutes - 6.21 MBNada Kabbara is enrolled as a 4th year student at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Tara talks with her about religious extremism, religious tolerance and how we create socially just communication systems.
Undergraduate research students discuss their expectations of a supervisor
January 25, 2012 09:09 - 7 minutes - 10.3 MBAssumptions about research supervision are damaging. At the start of any research project, it is important to ask, note and understand student expectations for teaching, learning, research and supervision. Tara talks to her 4th year undergraduate students and probes their requirements of a research supervisor.
Mick and Tara talk about writing up a research project
January 16, 2012 18:32 - 7 minutes - 10.6 MBOnce the research is completed, students may feel that the difficult slog is finally over and they can quickly and accurately write up their project and submit it with ease. Yet such an assumption is mistaken. Tara talks with Mick Winter about the writing phase of research projects. What are the distinctions between journalistic and academic writing? What is the best mode of expression? Can we ever edit too much? Mick answers these questions from his experiences in both graduate education an...
Research students ask structuring questions about their project
January 15, 2012 18:27 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MBTara introduces her students from Capstone, the 4th year research project at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Students ask Tara the key questions to commence their research project.
Laura Kinsella and Tara talk about the role of time management in a research project
January 15, 2012 15:15 - 10 minutes - 13.8 MBLaura and Tara discuss how to organize time in a research project. How do you know when to stop reading? How valuable is that editing and drafting time? Laura and Tara explore the value of 'seeing' time' to structure time.