
Episodes

Monday Jun 27, 2011
Programme 101, Primary School Student Council, (26-6-11)
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Presented and produced by Barry Hennessy News roundup by Barry Hennessy In this programme Barry spoke to the principal, teachers and pupils of Balbriggan Educate Together N.S. about their student council. The principal of the school is Fintan McCutcheon and you can read his blog.

Friday Jun 24, 2011
Programme 100, Minister for Education and Skills - Ruairí Quinn (19-6-11)
Friday Jun 24, 2011
Friday Jun 24, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. Analysis by Barry Hennessy. The guest on this 100th programme is Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn.

Sunday Jun 19, 2011
Programme 99, Parental Involvement in Education (12-6-11)
Sunday Jun 19, 2011
Sunday Jun 19, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. This week's featured interview is with the Chief Executive of the National Parents' Council (Primary), Áine Lynch, to mark their annual education conference. The theme of the conference was parental involvement, summarised by the slogan "Your child needs you."

Friday Jun 10, 2011
Programme 98, Constance Kamii on Constructivism and Jean Piaget (6-6-11)
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy In this second of two interviews with Professor Constance Kamii from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, we hear about constructivism and her time spent as a student of renowned psychologist Jean Piaget.

Friday Jun 10, 2011
Programme 97, Constance Kamii on Early Years Mathematics (29-5-11)
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy In this first of two interviews with Professor Constance Kamii from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, we hear about learning mathematics in the early years.

Wednesday Jun 01, 2011
Programme 96, Pam Grossman on Putting Practice into Teacher Education (22-5-11)
Wednesday Jun 01, 2011
Wednesday Jun 01, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News by Barry Hennessy On this programme Professor Pam Grossman from the School of Education at Stanford University describes how teacher education can be designed around the practice of teaching. She also explains that teacher education is just one form of professional education and teacher educators can learn from the preparation of other professionals.