An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Sunday Jan 24, 2010
Sunday Jan 24, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News Roundup by Barry Hennessy Three young students, James Dolan, Brendan Jordan and Conor Cunniffe from Carrick-on-Shannon Community School were interviewed about their project on visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learners and learning. Adrienne Webb discussed the work of the Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI) and their upcoming conference. Barry's news stories covered the proposed abolition of the National University of Ireland (NUI).
Sunday Jan 17, 2010
Sunday Jan 17, 2010
Presented and produced by Sean Delaney. News report by Barry Hennessy. This is a report from the BT Young Scientists Exhibition and it includes interviews with teachers and students from St. Joseph's College in Lucan, Sutton Park School and Arklow Community College.
Sunday Jan 10, 2010
Sunday Jan 10, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News report by Barry Hennessy Guests on programme: Pamela Bowell who is a drama for creative learning consultant and John Boyle, Principal of St. Colmcille's Junior School Knocklyon, Dublin 16
Saturday Jan 02, 2010
Saturday Jan 02, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This is the second part of the programme of excerpts from Inside Education programmes that were broadcast in 2009. The first part is available in a separate podcast. In this part of the programme you can hear clips from the following programmes - 6 Peter Afflerbach on difficulties children have in learning to read (from Programmes 12 and 13) 7 Paddy Madden on how to make children passionate about the environment and on the benefits of a school garden (from Programmes 22 and 23) 8 Barry's news selection. Each week on the programme Barry Hennessy presents a roundup of education news for the week. When I asked him to select two pieces from the year he selected pieces from Programme 12 and Programme 17 9 Jim Cummins discusses how having children from different countries in a class can be an educational resource (from Programmes 15 and 16) 10 Home Education is discussed by two parents Dan Arnold from Cork and Gwen Peters from Dublin via Minnesota and Gwen's son Dannen. Emer Farrell from the National Education Welfare Board also features in this extract from Programme 21. 11 Brian Boyd discusses what children need to learn in school (from Programme 24).
Saturday Jan 02, 2010
Saturday Jan 02, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This is a selection of clips from Inside Education programmes in 2009. It is a good place to start if you want to find out what Inside Education is about. Because the programme is an hour long, I have uploaded it in two parts. In this first part you will hear clips from the following programmes: 1.Séamus Heaney on poetry and pedagogy (from Programme 18) 2. Don Thornhill (Chairman of the National Competitiveness Council), Brian Hayes (Fine Gael Education spokesman) and Joe Mulholland (Director of the MacGill Summer School) from the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Co. Donegal (from Programme 3) 3. Annette Dolan (Assistant General Secretary of the TUI), Dara Molloy (Celtic Priest and critic of the Leaving Certificate) and Caroline Vicini (Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Sweden in Dublin) on a panel discussion to examine the Leaving Certificate (from Programme 6) 4. Mary Burke (Coordinator of the National Pilot Project on Teacher Induction (Primary) about beginning teaching (from Programme 8.) 5. Jo Boaler from the University of Sussex on why everyone can be good at mathematics (Programme 14)
Tuesday Dec 22, 2009
Tuesday Dec 22, 2009
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy, featuring an interview with Larry Fleming, President of the Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) Guest on the Programme: Professor Brian Boyd from the University of Strathclyde. Thanks to Claudia Moneiro of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Monday Dec 14, 2009
Monday Dec 14, 2009
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Budget Analysis: Barry Hennessy Guest on the programme: Paddy Madden who won the Marian Rollins Heritage in Education Award for 2009 sponsored by the INTO and the Heritage Council.
Monday Nov 30, 2009
Monday Nov 30, 2009
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. Home Education Network website Home School Ireland Irish Institute for Chinese Studies UCD website National Educational Welfare Board website
Guests on the programme: Dr. Liming Wang, Gwen and Dannen Peters, Dan Arnold, Emer Farrell.
Monday Nov 23, 2009
Monday Nov 23, 2009
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. Fulbright Ireland website Gerald Peregrine's website Deborah Meier's website Coalition of Essential Schools Guests on the programme: Marianne Doyle (Communications and Information Officer, Fulbright); Gerald Peregrine (Fulbright alumnus and member of Ensemble Avalon); Deborah Meier (Educational reformer, writer and activist). The book by Ted Sizer's book that Deborah Meier claimed could be read a hundred times is Horace's Compromise.
Saturday Nov 21, 2009
Saturday Nov 21, 2009
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. NESF report NALA website TUI website Guest on the programme: Inez Bailey, Director of NALA and an author of the NESF report; Annette Dolan, Deputy General Secretary of the TUI.