Inside Education - a podcast for educators interested in teaching

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.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Budget report by Barry Hennessy In this week's programme, Yvonne Higgins, music educator in the Marino Institute of Education, talks about how teachers teach children to listen to music. Barry analyses the education content of the recent budget for Ireland.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA report series by Barry Hennessy On this programme Barry begins a new series where he investigates the international PISA test of literacy and numeracy. On this week's programme he speaks to Jude Cosgrove of the Educational Research Centre and to Professor Svein Sjoberg of the University of Oslo. I speak to Annie Murphy of the Marino Institute of Education who remembers Dorothy Heathcote, a major figure in drama education who passed away recently. Dr. Erika Doyle of Trinity College Dublin provides an introductory guide to how standardised tests are devised.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy The featured guest on this week's programme is Dr. Mark Patrick Hederman, Abbot of Glenstal Abbey in Limerick. He was a keynote speaker at a colloquium in Waterford Institute of Technology called Teaching Matters.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News report and analysis by Barry Hennessy The guest on this week's programme was Dr. Michael Flannery who is a senior lecturer with responsibility for the visual arts in Marino Institute of Education, Dublin. The news includes Barry Hennessy's analysis of the 2009 PISA results and the Government's education budget for 2011.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney In this programme David Shenk talks to us about his latest book The Genius in All of Us. It describes how our genes interact with our environment to influence our potential.

Programme presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week's guest was Dr. Marie Bourke who is Keeper and Head of Education at the National Gallery of Ireland. View from Here presented and produced by Barry Hennessy Barry Spoke to Pat King who is General Secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland.

Programme presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week's guest was Dr. Marie Bourke who is Keeper and Head of Education at the National Gallery of Ireland. View from Here presented and produced by Barry Hennessy Barry spoke to Professor Brian Mac Craith who is President of Dublin City University.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News round-up by Barry Hennessy Barry interviewed Michael Moriarty from the Irish Vocational Education Association. Alicia McGivern who is Head of Education at the Irish Film Institute was interviewed on the programme about her work.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News report by Barry Hennessy The main guest was Dr. Carmel O'Sullivan from the School of Education in Trinity College Dublin. She spoke about the collaboration between Trinity College and Aspire, the Asperger Syndrome Association of Ireland. Barry spoke to Moira Leyden the Assistant General Secretary of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland about the findings of the Association's recently released survey of science teaching.