Jan 25th, 2012 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
Guidance interview by Barry Hennessy
In this programme young scientists who studied education topics describe their studies. The students include Aisling Lawson from Hartstown Community School, Greg Bauer and Ben Morris from Donabate Community College, and Eva Wallace, Elizabeth Foley Landers and Sarah Shanahan from Presentation Secondary School in Ballyphehane in Cork. I also spoke to Lisa Curran, a teacher in Donabate Community College and to Mícheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil who was visiting the BT Young Scientists Exhibition.
Posted in Post Primary, Maths/Science, Technology | 0 Comments |
Jan 17th, 2012 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
John Quinn presented The Open Mind and Education Forum on RTE Radio 1 in the 1980s and 1990s. Through these and other programmes, he introduced Irish people, including teachers, to some of the most inspirational thinkers and communicators on education. Some of what he learned on those programmes has been compiled in his book, The Curious Mind, published by Veritas. In this, the second part of my interview with John Quinn, he talks about his journey out of the classroom and into RTE. He discusses educational broadcasting and identifies some of the educators who inspired him during his distinguished career as a broadcaster.
Posted in Primary, Post Primary, Research | 0 Comments |
Jan 9th, 2012 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
In this programme, I spoke to the man who was the voice of educational broadcasting in Ireland from 1975 to 2002. In that time he elicited insights into education from some of the greatest living thinkers in the area. On this first of a two-part interview, he shares his own insights into education gained from his time as a teacher and from his time as anchor of The Open Mind and Education Forum. Some of what he learned on those programmes has been compiled in his book, The Curious Mind, published by Veritas.
Posted in Primary, Assessment, Policy | 0 Comments |
Dec 18th, 2011 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
Budget analysis by Barry Hennessy
The guest on this programme was Dr. Elizabeth Mathews, the coordinator of the newly established Deaf Education Centre on the Marian campus in Cabra. Here is a transcript of the programme that was provided so that anyone who is deaf or hard of hearing can have access to the programme.
Posted in Special Ed, Disadvantage, Language Education | 0 Comments |
Dec 15th, 2011 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
Budget report by Barry Hennessy
In this week's programme, Yvonne Higgins, music educator in the Marino Institute of Education, talks about how teachers teach children to listen to music.
Barry analyses the education content of the recent budget for Ireland.
Posted in Primary, Arts Education, Policy | 0 Comments |
Dec 5th, 2011 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
Reporter Sinéad Burke
On this programme the former president of the University of Limerick, Dr. Ed Walsh, discusses the early days of NIHE Limerick. The broadcast was the second part of an interview with Dr. Walsh to mark the publication of Upstart: Friends, Foes and Founding a University.
Sinéad Burke spoke to Fintan O'Mahony, who tweets using the handle @levdavidovic, about using Twitter in the classroom and about the #edchatie network.
Posted in Post Primary, Third Level, Administration | 0 Comments |
Nov 27th, 2011 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme Dr. Ed Walsh, former president of the University of Limerick discussed his new book, Upstart: Friends, Foes and Founding a University and his Irish Times article on 13 Lessons We Must Learn.
In a week when Senator Eamonn Coghlan called for schools to help tackle the growing problem of youngsters being overweight, obese and unfit, Caitriona Cosgrave, PE lecturer in Marino Institute of Education and Chairperson of the Irish Primary PE Association, discusses the difference between physical education and physical fitness.
Posted in Primary, Teacher Education, Third Level | 0 Comments |
Nov 23rd, 2011 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
PISA series by Barry Hennessy
Reporter: Sinéad Burke
Barry Hennessy concludes his series about the PISA test by drawing together some of the voices who have been heard during the series.
To mark Science Week 2012 Sinéad Burke spoke about science teaching and learning to Dr. Paul van Kampen who lectures in physics education in DCU.
On this programme you will hear the second part of the interview with Professor Thomas S. Dee from the University of Virginia. In it he discussed the research he conducted with Professor Brian Jacob from the University of Michigan on the topic of student plagiarism at college level. He describes what students and lecturers can do to avoid plagiarism.
Posted in Assessment, Third Level, Maths/Science | 0 Comments |
Nov 14th, 2011 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
PISA series by Barry Hennessy
Reporter: Sinéad Burke
On this programme, Professor Thomas S. Dee from the University of Virginia, discussed the research he conducted with Professor Brian Jacob from the University of Michigan on the topic of student plagiarism at college level. In this interview he discusses what plagiarism and estimates its prevalence. This interview will continue on next week's programme.
Sinéad Burke spoke to Róisín Ní Niadh about the Irish Studies programme at the Marino Institute of Education.
Barry Hennessy spoke to Emily Richmond from the National Education Writers' Association about how U.S. students performed on the most recent PISA test.
Posted in Assessment, Third Level | 0 Comments |
Nov 6th, 2011 by insideeducation
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
PISA report by Barry Hennessy
Guests on the programme this week included Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, and CEO of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Dr. Anne Looney. They were interviewed at the launch of the plan for reforming the post-primary junior cycle programme. Minister Quinn's address to the NCCA can be read here.
Posted in Post Primary, Assessment, Policy | 0 Comments |
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