Episodes
Wednesday Apr 25, 2018
Programme 325, Ciarán Sugrue on Professionalism & Research in Education (25-4-18)
Wednesday Apr 25, 2018
Wednesday Apr 25, 2018
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
This week I look ahead to the upcoming conference of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) with Professor Ciarán Sugrue. The theme of the conference is "50 Years On: Reflecting on the Legacy of Free Second-Level Education." In the interview we discuss educational research, teacher education, and the impact that free education has had on the teaching profession.
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Programme 324, Questions & Answers on Education (18-4-18)
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I am in conversation with five people asking them questions about education. I begin with Dr Pádraig Hogan, a Senior Lecturer in Maynooth University and then I speak to the authors of a new book on educational research titled Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships: Action Research as Transformation. The authors are Máirín Glenn, Mary Roche, Caitríona McDonagh and Bernie Sullivan and they coordinate Educational Action Research Ireland.
Among the books mentioned on the programme are the following:
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
Teacher by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
An Experiment in Education by Sybil Marshall
This book doesn’t make ... by Jean Augur
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Programme 323, Pádraig Hogan on Ethics, Education & More (11-4-18)
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme my guest is teacher educator and philosopher Dr. Pádraig Hogan of the Department of Education at Maynooth University. I spoke to Pádraig at the annual conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland. Among the topics we discussed in a wide-ranging interview were:
- The purpose of schools
- Truth and education
- Teaching as a way of life
- Learning as a way of life for teachers
- Supervision on school placement
- Challenging our prejudices as teachers and teacher educators
- Deference and difference in education
- Ethics and education
Ethics and teaching
Becoming a discerning reader of your own teaching
Wednesday Apr 04, 2018
Programme 322, Past Present and Future of Computers in Education (4-4-18)
Wednesday Apr 04, 2018
Wednesday Apr 04, 2018
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I speak to two keynote speakers from the 2018 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland, Elizabeth Oldham and Richard Millwood, both from Trinity College Dublin. They discuss the past, present and future of the organisation and among other topics Richard discusses how computational thinking relates to teaching the visual arts.