Episodes
Wednesday Jan 27, 2016
Programme 240, Jack Whitehead on Living Theory/Action Research, pt 1 (27-1-16)
Wednesday Jan 27, 2016
Wednesday Jan 27, 2016
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I speak to Professor Jack Whitehead, from the University of Cumbria, who developed the approach to research known as "Living (Educational) Theory." You can find many resources related to such research at the website http://actionresearch.net/. Jack Whitehead was in Ireland to address a meeting of Educational Action Research in Ireland (EARI).
Wednesday Jan 20, 2016
Programme 239, Ken Zeichner on Social Justice (20-1-16)
Wednesday Jan 20, 2016
Wednesday Jan 20, 2016
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Ken Zeichner from the University of Washington. In it he discusses how many teacher education programmes claim to promote social justice but really doing that requires more than just words. Professor Zeichner was a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) in October 2015.
Wednesday Jan 13, 2016
Programme 238, Ken Zeichner on Teacher Education, Pt. 1 (13-1-16)
Wednesday Jan 13, 2016
Wednesday Jan 13, 2016
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I speak to highly respected teacher educator and professor of teacher education, Ken Zeichner from the University of Washington. He was in Ireland to address attendees at the annual conference of the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS).
Wednesday Jan 06, 2016
Programme 237, Career Planning for School Leavers (6-1-16)
Wednesday Jan 06, 2016
Wednesday Jan 06, 2016
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
This week I am joined by Brian Mooney to discuss how school leavers can plan their career and the kind of steps in that direction that can be taken during their final year in school. Brian is a guidance counsellor in Oatlands College, the editor of the Education Matters Yearbook 2015-2016 and a columnist with the Irish Times. He is also the author of Start Your Career Journey Here, a Revise Wise publication.
Some of the websites mentioned on the programme are:
www.qualifax.ie
www.careersportal.ie
http://www.cao.ie/
www.ucas.com
http://www.eunicas.ie/
http://www.coa.co.uk/
https://www.edco.ie/