Episodes
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Programme 289, Jacinta Kitt on School Relationships (26-4-17)
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I speak to Jacinta Kitt to mark the publication of her new book Positive Behaviours, Relations and Emotions: The Heart of Leadership in a School published by the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals.
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
Programme 288, Kathy Short on Literature and Global Education (12-4-17)
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Kathy Short from the College of Education at the University of Arizona. In this programme she talks about how she became interested in inquiry-based learning, the Worlds of Words initiative she established and about being on the award committee for the Caldecott Medal. She was in Ireland to address the Symposium on Inquiry Based Learning organised by the Marino Institute of Education to mark the launch of a new masters degree in inquiry-based learning being offered in the Marino Institute of Education.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2017
Programme 287, Inquiry-Based Learning (5-4-17)
Wednesday Apr 05, 2017
Wednesday Apr 05, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I speak to Professor Kathy Short from the University of Arizona College of Education. She was in Ireland to address the Symposium on Inquiry Based Learning organised by the Marino Institute of Education to mark the launch of a new masters degree in inquiry-based learning being offered in the Marino Institute of Education.
Among the topics discussed on the programme are:
- Inquiry as a stance in education
- How teachers can nurture inquiry among children
- The inquiry cycle (Connection, invitations, tensions, investigation, representations, new questions)
- Applying the inquiry cycle with pre-service teachers
- Inquiry-based learning in classrooms