An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 11, 2015
Wednesday Feb 11, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Dr. Michael O'Leary, from St. Patrick's College,
about assessment. Our conversation lasted longer than the programme so
I'll bring you the remainder of the interview on next week's programme.
Tuesday Jan 01, 2013
Tuesday Jan 01, 2013
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Dr. Eemer Eivers, research fellow, and Aidan Clerkin, research associate, at the Educational Research Centre at St. Patrick's College about the performance of Irish fourth class children on the PIRLS and TIMSS tests. In the tests Irish children's performance on reading, maths and science was compared with the performance of children in up to 50 other countries. The guests authored the Irish report, which can be viewed here.
Thursday Dec 13, 2012
Thursday Dec 13, 2012
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Professor Deborah Loewenberg Ball, who is Dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan and Director of Teaching Works talks about her research on teacher education. She also shares her impression of Irish education and tells us what the current hot topics are in U.S. education. She was in Ireland as a guest of the Marino Institute of Education and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. You can watch a podcast of her talks to Irish educators here.
Monday May 14, 2012
Monday May 14, 2012
Presented and produced by Barry Hennessy On this week's programme Barry spoke to Sally Maguire, resource teacher in St. Raphaela's School in Stillorgan and Vice President of the ASTI about the reasonable accommodations available to support students with disabilities taking the Leaving Certificate Examination.
Tuesday Feb 07, 2012
Tuesday Feb 07, 2012
Presented and Produced by Seán Delaney Mock Exam Feature by Barry Hennessy On this week's programme Gene Mehigan, Principal Lecturer at the Marino Institute of Education explains why vocabulary development might be the missing link in the chain of developing literacy. The interview was based on Gene's presentation to primary principals at the annual conference of the Irish Primary Principals' Network. Barry examines the area of mock exams for Junior Cert and Leaving Cert students.
Monday Jan 09, 2012
Monday Jan 09, 2012
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney In this programme, I spoke to the man who was the voice of educational broadcasting in Ireland from 1975 to 2002. In that time he elicited insights into education from some of the greatest living thinkers in the area. On this first of a two-part interview, he shares his own insights into education gained from his time as a teacher and from his time as anchor of The Open Mind and Education Forum. Some of what he learned on those programmes has been compiled in his book, The Curious Mind, published by Veritas.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2011
Wednesday Nov 23, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA series by Barry Hennessy Reporter: Sinéad Burke Barry Hennessy concludes his series about the PISA test by drawing together some of the voices who have been heard during the series. To mark Science Week 2012 Sinéad Burke spoke about science teaching and learning to Dr. Paul van Kampen who lectures in physics education in DCU. On this programme you will hear the second part of the interview with Professor Thomas S. Dee from the University of Virginia. In it he discussed the research he conducted with Professor Brian Jacob from the University of Michigan on the topic of student plagiarism at college level. He describes what students and lecturers can do to avoid plagiarism.
Monday Nov 14, 2011
Monday Nov 14, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA series by Barry Hennessy Reporter: Sinéad Burke On this programme, Professor Thomas S. Dee from the University of Virginia, discussed the research he conducted with Professor Brian Jacob from the University of Michigan on the topic of student plagiarism at college level. In this interview he discusses what plagiarism and estimates its prevalence. This interview will continue on next week's programme. Sinéad Burke spoke to Róisín Ní Niadh about the Irish Studies programme at the Marino Institute of Education. Barry Hennessy spoke to Emily Richmond from the National Education Writers' Association about how U.S. students performed on the most recent PISA test.
Sunday Nov 06, 2011
Sunday Nov 06, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA report by Barry Hennessy Guests on the programme this week included Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, and CEO of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Dr. Anne Looney. They were interviewed at the launch of the plan for reforming the post-primary junior cycle programme. Minister Quinn's address to the NCCA can be read here.
Sunday Oct 30, 2011
Sunday Oct 30, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA Investigation by Barry Hennessy Interactive Whiteboard report by Sinéad Burke On this week's programme my special guest was poet and retired teacher Gabriel Fitzmaurice from Moyvane in Co. Kerry. He spoke about teaching writing and teaching Irish, and read his poem Proud to Be Me from his collection of the same name, published by Mercier Press. One of the websites referred to by Sinéad in her report is www.anseo.net.