An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Jul 16, 2011
Jul 16, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News Report by Barry Hennessy On this programme I spoke to Martina Gannon and Lána McCarthy from Write Minded, a service of Young Ballymun. They spoke about the Summer Slide initiative that they are implementing this year. Barry reports on the launch of Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life: The National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among Children and Young People 2011-2020. He plays an excerpt from the Minister's speech on launch day and gets a response from Peter Mullan of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation.
Apr 11, 2011
Apr 11, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy On this programme Dr. Sinéad McGilloway from NUI Maynooth describes an evaluation that she conducted of a classroom management programme that is being implemented in Irish schools. Barry spoke to Noel Ward of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation about the job situation for primary school teachers.
Dec 23, 2010
Dec 23, 2010
28 min
In this programme a panel of experts discusses the recently released results from PISA which showed a decline from 2000 to 2009 in the performance of Irish 15-year-olds students in reading and mathematical literacy. The experts are Dr. Jude Cosgrove, a research associate at the Educational Research Centre and a co-author of the Irish report on PISA; Professor Seán Ó Riain, professor of sociology at NUI Maynooth; Dr. Eithne Kennedy, a teacher educator in literacy in St. Patrick's College, Dublin and Jackie O' Callaghan, the Public Relations Officer of the National Parents' Council - Second Level.
Dec 20, 2010
Dec 20, 2010
28 min
The guests on this week's programme were Noel Kelly who is on the management team of the Northside Partnership and non-fiction author David Shenk whose books include The Genius in All of Us, The Forgetting, Data Smog and The Immortal Game.
Oct 11, 2010
Oct 11, 2010
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy The special guest on this programme was Professor Timothy Shanahan from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was in Ireland as a guest of Young Ballymun and he presented a keynote address at the Reading Association of Ireland's Annual Conference.
Aug 24, 2010
Aug 24, 2010
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. You can choose the statistics about leaving certificate results that you want to view for yourself here. I compared failure rates and A grades in maths with those in modern languages, business studies and the arts. The guests on this week's programme were Mr. Noel Kelly who is the Manager of "Preparing for Life" intervention with the Northside Partnership. Dr. Orla Doyle is a senior researcher at University College Dublin's Geary Institute. Barry presented and produced "The View from Here" and his guest this week was Tony Donoghue of IBEC.
Jun 21, 2010
Jun 21, 2010
26 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News Report by Barry Hennessy This programme features interviews with teachers and pupils who participated in a project to highlight the importance of post-primary and college education for children attending primary schools in Dublin's Docklands. The programme is organised by the Early Learning Initiative at the National College of Ireland. The coordinator of the project is Dr. Josephine Bleach. Barry reported on problems in the Junior Certificate Business Studies exam paper.