An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 11, 2015
Wednesday Mar 11, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme, Bianca Ní Ghrógáin tells me about her approach to teaching, how she became interested in tweeting and how she uses technology in the classroom. Her twitter handle is @bnighrogain
The interview was recorded at CESI 2015.
Wednesday Feb 18, 2015
Wednesday Feb 18, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. Michael O'Leary from St. Patrick's College on the topic of assessment. I also speak to Susan Marron from St. Patrick's College about the topic of fitness testing of children. Susan Marron is Chairperson of the Irish Primary PE Association.
Wednesday Feb 04, 2015
Wednesday Feb 04, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme my guest is Dr. Rob Evans who was a keynote speaker at the 2015 annual conference of the Irish Primary Principals' Network.
Wednesday Dec 17, 2014
Wednesday Dec 17, 2014
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I am joined by Dr. Mary Fleming, Head of the School of Education at NUI Galway, to review 2014 and to look ahead to 2015 from an education perspective. NUI Galway was involved in the production of the eighth Education Matters Yearbook, which was launched by the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O'Sullivan, earlier this month.
Sunday Jul 06, 2014
Sunday Jul 06, 2014
Most primary schools in Ireland are under the patronage of the Catholic Church. However, outside Ireland, state supported primary schools that are Catholic are the exception. In order to find learn about the position and history of Catholic schools in the United States, I spoke to Dr. Christian Dallavis who is Senior Director of Leadership programmes for the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame.
Sunday Jun 29, 2014
Sunday Jun 29, 2014
In this podcast I interview eminent educational sociologist, Professor Mark Berends about his career to date. He is a fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives and the Director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity at the University of Notre Dame. Among the topics we discuss are ability grouping, school choice, Catholic schools, New American schools, his vision of a good school and other topics related to sociology of education.
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
In this podcast, Professor Darcia Narvaez from the University of Notre Dame discusses the topic of moral education. She mentions the following two websites in the course of the programme which contain materials which are useful for teachers who wish to work on this topic with their students: https://cee.nd.edu/curriculum/curriculum1.shtml and http://www.devstu.org/research-child-development-project.
Saturday Feb 15, 2014
Saturday Feb 15, 2014
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this podcast we hear why many young children don't understand the meaning of the equals sign and what can be done about it. We also hear why manipulatives are not good for teaching the cardinality of numbers (i.e. that when you count objects, the final number relates to the whole set and not just to the final object that was counted). My guest is Professor Nicole McNeil who directs the Cognition Learning and Development Lab at the University of Notre Dame. She is also ACE Associate Professor of Psychology and a fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the university.
Thursday Jun 27, 2013
Thursday Jun 27, 2013
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Sarah Pepper who is the Principal of the International School of Dublin. You can learn more about the school here and here. This is the final Inside Education programme for now. Thank you for listening and I hope to be back some time in the future.
Monday Jun 24, 2013
Monday Jun 24, 2013
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I speak to Dr. Eemer Eivers, Aidan Clerkin and Dr. Mary Lewis of the Educational Research Centre about the publication of National Schools, International Contexts: Beyond the PIRLS and TIMSS Test Results. The report outlines the factors that are believed to have influenced our results on the maths, reading, and science tests which were published at the end of 2012 and compares the factors across countries. You can hear about the results here.