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Programme 136, The Origins of Children's Literature (22-4-12)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme Dr Matthew Grenby from Newcastle University told me about the origins of childhood and children's literature in the eighteenth century. He was the keynote speaker at the ninth annual conference of the Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature which was held on 25 and 26 February 2012. In the course of the interview Dr. Grenby referred to the Hockliffe Project website.

Programme 135, Ron Tzur on Mathematics Teaching and Learning (15-4-12)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Research Centre report by Barry Hennessy On this programme Professor Ron Tzur from the University of Colorado Denver talks about teaching and learning maths, and discusses the importance and difficulty of counting on and multiplicative reasoning.

Programme 134, General Secretaries Preview Teaching Conferences (8-4-12)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney ASTI interview by Barry Hennessy On this programme Barry and I ask the three general secretaries of the teaching unions to preview their 2012 conferences. We spoke to Sheila Nunan of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, Pat King of the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland, and John MacGabhann of the Teachers Union of Ireland.

Programme 133, Homework, and Séamus Cannon (pt 2) on Teacher Learning (1-4-12)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Homework report by Barry Hennessy Barry spoke to Professor Pam Sammons from Jesus College Oxford on the subject of the latest findings of the Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education project, particularly with regard to homework. Professor Sammons referred to research reports and you can read them here, here and here. Seán spoke to Dr. Séamus Cannon, recently retired director of Blackrock Education Centre about how the work of the centre evolved during his time at the helm and he shares his thoughts on how teachers learn.