An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 07, 2010
Tuesday Sep 07, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy The guest on this week's programme is Tony Finn who is CEO of the General Teaching Council for Scotland. He talks about the work of the Council which was established in the mid 1960's.
Tuesday Jul 20, 2010
Tuesday Jul 20, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup and events noticeboard by Barry Hennessy The guest on the programme this week was Professor Colm Harmon who is the Director of the Geary Institute in University College Dublin. You can follow their blog at this link.
Tuesday Jun 01, 2010
Tuesday Jun 01, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy In this programme John Carr outlines how the Irish National Teachers' Organisation influenced education policy over the last two decades. He also summarises the achievements and regrets of his time as General Secretary of the Organisation. Barry speaks to Judith Cosgrove of the Educational Research Centre about a report into early school leaving by Irish teenagers
Tuesday May 11, 2010
Tuesday May 11, 2010
Presented by Barry Hennessy Produced by Barry Hennessy and Seán Delaney The featured guest on the programme this week was Terry McParland from Enterprise Ireland who has specific responsibility for promoting Ireland as a destination for students from abroad. You can read more about this work at the Education Ireland website.
Monday Apr 26, 2010
Monday Apr 26, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. The guest on this programme was Susan M. Parkes who recently authored a book titled A Guide to Sources for the History of Irish Education 1780 - 1922. The book is published by Four Courts Press and is available in hardback and paper back from all good bookshops and from the Four Courts Press website. A competition was run on this programme for a copy of the book. The closing date for entries is 12 noon on Friday, April 30th.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2010
Wednesday Apr 21, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This programme features the address given by Professor Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh from NUI Galway at the 2010 annual convention of the ASTI. In it he talks about how the language of business does not work well for education and about the role teachers can play in rebuilding trust in our society. Ruairí Quinn, Labour Party Spokesperson on education speaks about some of the educational priorities from their annual conference.
Monday Mar 29, 2010
Monday Mar 29, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News report by Barry Hennessy. The guest on the programme this week was Simon Lewis of Carlow Educate Together National School. Simon talked about using technology in teaching, investing in technology for schools and about his websites www.anseo.net and www.mash.ie. He also tweets about education. During his interview Simon referred to various other websites. One is a repository of educational resources, www.seomraranga.ie. Another is the website of the Computer Education Society of Ireland and the third is the site where you can produce wordles. Barry spoke to Brian Hayes, Fine Gael spokesman on education, about the priorities for the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan, in her new brief.
Sunday Jan 31, 2010
Sunday Jan 31, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News report by Barry Hennessy. This week's programme features highlights from plenary addresses at the Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN). The addresses were given by Vincent Browne columnist with The Irish Times and The Sunday Business Post and presenter on TV3, and Professor Ferdinand Von Prondzynski, President of Dublin City University. In education news Barry spoke to Bob Keating, Principal St. Brigid's Special School in Mullingar about special needs assistants and to Joseph Fogarty from the Campaign for Commercial-Free Education.