An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 2012
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Valerie O'Dowd from the Marino Institute of Education talks about the videos she made with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment showing how parents can help their child with mathematics. You can view the videos and tip-sheets here and here. Professor Margaret Clark, from Newman University College, Birmingham, who was a guest at the Reading Association of Ireland's annual conference speaks about lefthandedness.
Oct 7, 2012
Oct 7, 2012
28 min
On this programme I spoke to Dr. Frank Serafini, from Arizona State University about learning to read multi-modal texts, about reading workshops, about assessment of comprehension, and about why children learn to read. He was a keynote speaker at the 36th annual conference of the Reading Association of Ireland, which took place in Marino Institute of Education in September. Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
Jun 20, 2012
Jun 20, 2012
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme Psychologist, Dr. Erika Doyle, from the Growing Up in Ireland study, explains what dyslexia is, how it can be diagnosed and what teachers can do to support learners who have the condition. She also discusses research that she has done to try and diagnose dyslexia in children from a young age.
Apr 24, 2012
Apr 24, 2012
28 min
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.
Mar 21, 2012
Mar 21, 2012
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill interview by Barry Hennessy On this week's programme poet and multi-linguist Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill speaks about the benefits of learning Irish. Simon Lewis of Carlow Educate Together NS and of Anseo.Net describes how to create an app for your school using appmakr. Patrick Felicia from WIT discusses the educational potential of video games. Both Simon and Patrick presented workshops at the annual CESI conference in 2012.
Feb 20, 2012
Feb 20, 2012
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Census for School Report by Barry Hennessy This programme featured the second of a two-part interview with practising poet and retired primary school teacher and principal, Gabriel Fitzmaurice. Gabriel grew up in Moyvane, Co. Kerry and returned to teach there for over thirty years. He talks about how he used stories in his teaching, about how his experience as a teacher has shaped his views on education and how his teaching inspired his poetry. He reads his poem, The Teacher, from one of several collections of his poetry published by Mercier Press.
Feb 13, 2012
Feb 13, 2012
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Modern Languages Feature by Barry Hennessy This programme featured the first of a two-part interview with practising poet and retired primary school teacher and principal, Gabriel Fitzmaurice. Gabriel grew up in Moyvane, Co. Kerry and returned to teach there for over thirty years. He describes how primary school has changed from the time he was a primary school pupil in the 1950s and on what it is like to teach in a rural school in Ireland. He reads his poem, An Apple for the Teacher, from his collection, Really Rotten Rhymes, published by Mercier Press. Barry's guest, Tanya Flanagan who is National Coordinator, discussed the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative.
Feb 7, 2012
Feb 7, 2012
28 min
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.
Dec 18, 2011
Dec 18, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Budget analysis by Barry Hennessy The guest on this programme was Dr. Elizabeth Mathews, the coordinator of the newly established Deaf Education Centre on the Marian campus in Cabra. Here is a transcript of the programme that was provided so that anyone who is deaf or hard of hearing can have access to the programme.
Oct 30, 2011
Oct 30, 2011
28 min
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.