An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 17, 2016
Wednesday Feb 17, 2016
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme my guest is Dr. Todd Whitaker. Todd Whitaker is an expert on staff motivation, teacher leadership and principal effectiveness. He has authored more than 30 books including the bestseller What Great Teachers Do Differently. He was a keynote speaker at the 2016 annual conference of the Irish Primary Principals' Network.
Wednesday Feb 10, 2016
Wednesday Feb 10, 2016
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I interview the President of the Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN), Maria Doyle. The interview takes place to mark the annual conference of the network. Maria Doyle is Principal of Our Lady of Mercy Senior National School in Waterford City, a DEIS Band 2 Senior Girls school.
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
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 Dec 09, 2015
Wednesday Dec 09, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I spoke to Professor Sharon Todd who is Head of the Maynooth University Department of Education.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2015
Wednesday Dec 02, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Stephen Murgatroyed who is an educator and describes himself as a "futurist." He is an expert on innovation policy and practice.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme my guest was the co-founder of CAST, and the developer of Universal Design for Learning, Dr. David Rose. He lectures at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Wednesday Nov 11, 2015
Wednesday Nov 11, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme to mark National Science Week I visited the national finals of Scifest and spoke to its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sheila Porter. I also spoke to two teachers, Catherine Tattersall from Sutton Park School and Dr. Katie Corbett from Skerries Community College.
I also bring you a final piece from my interview with Mary Roche, author of Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks, in which she names some of her favourite picture books.
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Sunday Nov 01, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I spoke to Professor John West-Burnham who is an independent consultant in educational leadership and a Professor of Educational Leadership at St. Mary's University College, Twickenham. He was a keynote presenter at the ENIRDELM conference held in Malahide in September.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme my guest was Professor Kathleen Lynch, Head of the School of Social Justice at University College Dublin. She was a keynote speaker at the 2015 annual conference of the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS).