Reflections on Learning, Life and Work -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1: SEEKING TIME OUT TO REFLECT IN DOCTORAL STUDY -- REFLECTION 1: RESEARCHING CULTURE, REALISING SELF -- THE IDEA GERMINATES -- FINDING THE ROOTS -- INTO THE FIELD -- THORNY ISSUES: WHOSE VOICE? /WHOSE TRUTH? -- A snapshot of change -- SO WHAT HAPPENED? -- WAS IT WORTH IT? -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 2: AUSTRALIA AND SEPTEMBER 11 -- TRY UNI AGAIN: ONE STEP AT A TIME -- THE METHODOLOGY OF "AUSTRALIA AND SEPTEMBER 11" -- THE THESIS -- METHODOLOGY IN ACTION -- OUTCOMES -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 3: TIMELY INTERVENTION - BEFORE IT'S TOO HARD: An Investigation into the Effectiveness of off-site Intervention Programs for Students Exhibiting Behavioural Difficulties in Mainstream Schools -- My Ph.D. Journey -- Journey Concept -- Pre-journey Reality and Motivation -- Getting Started -- Topic Selection -- Research Questions -- Measuring Effectiveness - Behaviour Rating Scale -- Mainstream Data Collection -- Testing the Behaviour Rating Scale using Mainstream Data -- Challenges in Data Compilation and Analysis -- Ongoing Support of Other Students -- Back to Work -- More Paid Work -- Room C204 - The Cave, The Dungeon, the Den...and Many other Names -- Hurdles Near Completion -- POST SUBMISSION -- Graduation -- Life Post Doctorate -- Final Reflections -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 4: FROM THE RIDICULOUS TO THE SUBLIME -- THE PH.D. PROJECT'S STORY -- THE CANDIDATE'S STORY -- NOTES -- BIOGRAPHY -- PART 2: THE INFLUENCE OF LIFE EXPERIENCE ON RESEARCH TOPIC SELECTION -- REFLECTION 5: THROUGH MUSIC TO POSTGRADUATE STUDY -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 6: THE CALL TO INDIVIDUATION -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORY AND METHODOLOGY -- STUDY 1A: BOOK -- MANDALA -- THE CALL TO INDIVIDUATION: EXEGESIS.

CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 7: BATTLES, BED AND THE Ph.D. -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 8: LIVING KNOWLEDGE TO THE EDGE -- Confronting University and Teaching -- Contemplating Higher Education and Research -- Research, from a Personal Perspective -- Repositioning for Ongoing Learning -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 9: REFRAMING MY LANDSCAPE: Reflections on a Visual art Investigation of Change and Place -- INTRODUCTION -- University Research, the Beginning -- Starting the Project - Artistic Practice -- WILD PARTY SPREADS TO SCHOOL -- Methodology -- Completion: Current Research and Visual Arts Projects -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 10: PAMELA ANDERSON, DURER AND HERRENVOLK -- INTRODUCTION: CHILDHOOD/MY LIVED EXPERIENCE/THE HOLOCAUST -- PAMELA ANDERSON -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 11: A PRECARIOUS PATH...WITH HEART -- HERACLITUS MEETS GAUTAMA -- imaginings in human sciences -- REFERENCES -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- PART 3: THE INFLUENCE OF WORK EXPERIENCE ON RESEARCH TOPIC SELECTION -- REFLECTION 12: SO YOU THINK YOU WILL PURSUE A Ph.D. -- The Beginning -- STARTING THE Ph.D. JOURNEY -- Along the Way -- The Journey Continues -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 13: MUTED VOICES -- The Motivation -- Insider Research -- The Physical Effort -- The Psychological Effort -- The Woman in Black and Green -- The Forms -- Candidature Proposal -- Candidature Presentation -- Ethics -- The Methodology -- Validity -- No Swearing in PH.Ds. What the F…?! -- Advice -- Endless Training -- The Incidental Benefits -- The Writing Workshops in Paradise -- My Ph.D. Posse -- THE Ph.D. LOVER -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 14: SWIMMING WITH PIRANHA: (Journey into a Ph.D.) -- CHOOSING THE TOPIC -- Choosing the Methodology -- Support Networks -- Ups and Downs -- Confidentiality -- Outcomes.

My Journey and the Changes to Me -- Where am I now? -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 15: LIFE, RESEARCH AND A BABY -- GENESIS: DECIDING ON A TOPIC -- PLANNING, PREPARING, THINKING... -- CANDIDATURE -- FRAMING THE RESEARCH -- SooHoo/Teacher Inquiry -- WRITING MY WAY TOWARDS MEANING: FINDING MY VOICE -- PORTRAITURE -- CREATING A RESEARCH COMMUNITY -- LIFE AS RESEARCH: RESEARCH AS LIFE -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 16: WHY I BECAME A TEACHER ACTIVIST -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BEGINNING -- UNIVERSITY -- POLITICS -- BECOMING A TEACHER -- PARENTHOOD -- MASTER OF EDUCATION -- TEACHER EDUCATION -- RESEARCH ASSISTANT -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- PART 4: WAYS FORWARD AFTER THE DOCTORATE -- REFLECTION 17: VOYAGES -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 18: THERE IS LIFE AFTER THE DOCTORATE -- Embarking upon a Doctorate -- Supervision -- Learning in the Workplace -- Focus on the Research -- The Shifting Feminist -- The Personal and the Research -- Publishing Along the Way -- Postscript - Significance and Impact -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 19: NEVER GIVE IN -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTEXT -- Footscray Institute of Technology -- 'I ENROLLED IN A Ph.D.!' -- Research Design -- A Change of Government -- The Pilot Study -- Case Studies -- The Research Questions -- Data Gathering -- Structure and time Frame for the Research -- Analysis -- Usefulness -- REFLECTION -- 'DR ROSE' -- SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION: TIPS FROM A VETERAN -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 20: LEARNING TO BECOME AN ACADEMIC -- INTRODUCTION -- Agency - who am I? -- Theory and Healing… -- Who am I - Critical Educator… -- Prelude to the research… -- The Scaffolding… -- Finding Your Voice…. -- Ways of Knowing… -- The Apprenticeship… -- A Final Word… -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 21: THE IMMORTAL NOW: Life After Research -- A PERSONAL PERSPSECTIVE.

ARTISTIC LICENCE WITHIN RESEARCH -- BEING AND BEYOND -- GOOD EFFECT OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY -- COLLEGIAL SPIRITUALITY -- MY POSTDOCTORAL SPLACE -- The Soul of Art -- The Western Gaze -- ARTIST IS MY TITLE -- Value Added -- As to Artistic Achievements -- BELIEF AND BEYOND -- NOTES -- BIOGRAPHY -- REFLECTION 22: RELEASING THE APSARA -- BIOGRAPHY -- AFTERWORD -- THE PLACE OF THE PERSONAL AND THE IMAGINATION IN DOCTORAL RESEARCH -- NOTES.