Tara enrolled in a Bachelor of Education (Professional Education) in 1995, completing the degree in 1998.
Upon completion of the degree, she was awarded the qualification with Distinction.
She completed the following courses:
48202 Teaching, learning and planning
48101 Language, education and professional understanding
48944 Technologies for learning and teaching
48103 Communication, culture and difference
48402 Gender as a social justice issue
42467 Supervision as professional practice
48102 Development and disability
42445 Racial formation and education
The following articles emerged from these coursework units:
“Beyond the Boarding Pass: Managing Diversity in Universities,” The Julie Mango, Vol. 3, August 2007, http://www.juliemango-publications.com/essays3rdedition/tarabrabazon.html
“Communication in practice: the supervision of distance education teachers,” Australian Journal of Communication, Vol. 28 (2), 2001, pp.91-110
“How writing skills can be transformed through a shared personal tragedy,” On Line Opinion, September 5, 2003, http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=678 (written with Angela Jones)
“I’ll never be your woman: The Spice Girls and New Flavours of Feminism,” Social Alternatives, Vol. 17, 1998 (written with Amanda Evans), pp. 39-42.
“Pizza for a Princess: Consuming Julie Burchill’s Diana,” in Hecate’s Australian Women’s Book Review (AWBR), Vol. 11, 1999, pp. 4-5
“Socrates in earpods: the ipodification of education,” Fast Capitalism, http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/2_1/brabazon.htm, Vol. 2, No. 1, July 2006
“Skirt, cap and gown: How fair are universities to female postgraduate students?” Cultural Studies Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, March 2004, pp. 161-175
“Whiteboard, docs and a boa: Edith Cowan and the making of political women,” AQ, Vol. 75, No. 4, July-August 2003, pp. 28-34