Episodes
Monday Mar 29, 2010
Programme 38, Technology in Schools, and News (28-3-10)
Monday Mar 29, 2010
Monday Mar 29, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News report by Barry Hennessy. The guest on the programme this week was Simon Lewis of Carlow Educate Together National School. Simon talked about using technology in teaching, investing in technology for schools and about his websites www.anseo.net and www.mash.ie. He also tweets about education. During his interview Simon referred to various other websites. One is a repository of educational resources, www.seomraranga.ie. Another is the website of the Computer Education Society of Ireland and the third is the site where you can produce wordles. Barry spoke to Brian Hayes, Fine Gael spokesman on education, about the priorities for the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan, in her new brief.
Tuesday Mar 23, 2010
Programme 37, Physical Education Conference and Music Scholarships (21-3-10)
Tuesday Mar 23, 2010
Tuesday Mar 23, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News report by Barry Hennessy The main interview this week was with Professor Richard Bailey who was the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Irish Primary Physical Education Association in Limerick. Seán also spoke to Caitriona Cosgrave who is chairperson of the Irish Primary Physical Education Association and who lectures in Coláiste Mhuire, Marino Institute of Education. Barry spoke to Damien Bracken from Boston's Berklee College of Music about local workshops and scholarships for promising musicians.
Sunday Mar 14, 2010
Programme 36, The Teaching Council (14-3-10)
Sunday Mar 14, 2010
Sunday Mar 14, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News reporter: Barry Hennessy On this week's programme we feature an interview with the Director of the Teaching Council, Aine Lawlor, on the work of the Council. We begin the programme with the views of a non-scientific sample of teachers we spoke to in two schools - one primary and one secondary.
Monday Mar 08, 2010
Programme 35, Mr. Mac's Memoir and Grade Inflation (7-3-10)
Monday Mar 08, 2010
Monday Mar 08, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This programme began with an interview with Dr. Brendan Guilfoyle of the Institute of Technology in Tralee about grade inflation. In the interview he responds to Minister O'Keeffe's response to the problem highlighted by the Network for Irish Educational Standards, of which Dr. Guilfoyle is a founding member. The feature interview was with Maurice McMahon about his book Mr. Mac: A Blackboard Memoir on his life as a teacher in St. Benildus College in South Dublin. It is the first memoir about secondary teaching written by an Irish teacher. In it he talks about teaching Irish, teaching history, what makes a good teacher, how students have changed and about his father, the well-known writer and teacher Bryan McMahon. The book costs €15 and can only be ordered directly from Maurice McMahon at his e-mail mrmacbenildus@gmail.com.
Sunday Feb 28, 2010
Programme 34, History of ASTI and News, 28-2-10
Sunday Feb 28, 2010
Sunday Feb 28, 2010
Presented and produced by Barry Hennessy. In this programme Barry spoke to Dr. John Cunningham about his history of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland titled Unlikely Radicals: Irish Post-Primary Teachers and the ASTI 1909-2009. He also interviewed Annette Dolan, Deputy General Secretary of the Teachers' Union of Ireland about working to rule and the Union's call to redesignate the Department of Education and Science as the "Department of Education and Training."