An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Monday Oct 17, 2011
Monday Oct 17, 2011
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.
Monday Oct 03, 2011
Monday Oct 03, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. The featured guest on this week's programme is Professor P. David Pearson from the Graduate School of Education of UC Berkeley, who delivered the keynote address at the 35th Annual Conference of the Reading Association of Ireland. This is the first of a two-part interview with Professor Pearson. The second part of the interview will be broadcast on next week's programme.
Monday Sep 05, 2011
Monday Sep 05, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News interview by Barry Hennessy. This week we bring you the second part of an interview conducted recently with Dr. Anne Looney of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. In the programme Anne Looney shares her views on assessment, what education can learn from computer games, Junior Cert reform, the Leaving Certificate, the CAO points system and Transition Year. In the news interview Barry presents an interview with Lorraine Dempsey about cutbacks to Special Needs Assistants in schools.
Monday Mar 07, 2011
Monday Mar 07, 2011
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.
Sunday Jun 06, 2010
Sunday Jun 06, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy Check the comments on this webpage for an important clarification about submitting a cover letter with a job application. On this week's programme Maria Doyle, the Principal of Our Lady of Mercy Senior National School in Waterford City and a member of the Executive Committee of the Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN), gives advice to primary teachers who are applying for jobs. The IPPN runs the website educationposts.ie. We also hear from the Principal of Balbriggan Educate Together National School, Fintan McCutcheon, who wrote on his blog about how the Student Council in the school were involved in developing criteria for appointing new teachers in the school. Barry reports on the planned abolition of the General Teaching Council in England. He also describes changes made by the State Examinations Commission to avoid a repeat of the security breach that caused problems in last year's Leaving Certificate Exam.
Friday Nov 20, 2009
Friday Nov 20, 2009
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News interview by Barry Hennessy. Irish National Teachers' Organisation website HPAT-Ireland website ACER website Guests on the programme: Marita McMahon Ball (General Manager A.C.E.R. - Higher Education) and Máire Ní Chuinneagáin (President, INTO)
Friday Nov 20, 2009
Friday Nov 20, 2009
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. Dara Molloy's website TUI Website NCCA Website State Examinations Commission Website Guests on the programme: Dara Molloy (Celtic Priest), Annette Dolan (Assistant General Secretary of the Teachers' Union of Ireland), Caroline Vicini (Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Sweden in Dublin).