An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Sunday Oct 07, 2012
Sunday Oct 07, 2012
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
Tuesday Jun 12, 2012
Tuesday Jun 12, 2012
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme Mark Candon, who is currently on study leave from his position as principal of St. Laurence O'Toole's CBS in Dublin, discusses the targets he set himself on appointment to the position and the successes he has had and the challenges he has faced along the way. Mark is currently studying for a doctorate at Trinity College Dublin where he is studying the school.
Thursday Jun 07, 2012
Thursday Jun 07, 2012
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Paddy Madden from the Marino Institute of Education talks about what teachers can do in summer time to teach with the season. He refers to harvesting from the school garden, maintaining the school garden over the summer, possible nature walks, and how to learn about mini-beasts and butterflies. You can view videos by Paddy in the Paddy's School Garden section of the Blackrock Education Centre.
Thursday Apr 19, 2012
Thursday Apr 19, 2012
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Research Centre report by Barry Hennessy On this programme Professor Ron Tzur from the University of Colorado Denver talks about teaching and learning maths, and discusses the importance and difficulty of counting on and multiplicative reasoning.
Monday Mar 12, 2012
Monday Mar 12, 2012
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Report on physical activity and schools by Barry Hennessy In this programmeI spoke to Professor Emer Smyth of the Economic and Social Research Institute about two studies that were recently published by the Institute: Influences on 9-year-olds' learning: Home, school and community and The primary classroom: Insights from the 'Growing up in Ireland' study I also bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Steve Wheeler of Plymouth University who was the keynote speaker at the 2012 CESI conference. In it he speaks about online learning and virtual learning environments.
Monday Mar 05, 2012
Monday Mar 05, 2012
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Report on introducing Chinese to Irish schools by Barry Hennessy On this programme environmentalist and educator Paddy Madden discusses how teachers can mark springtime in their classes. He also bemoans the lack of biodiversity in the landscaping of newly built schools. Paddy's book, Go Wild at School has just been republished and is available directly from him. The licence for teachers to use frogspawn in their classrooms, mentioned by Paddy, is available here.
Monday Feb 20, 2012
Monday Feb 20, 2012
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.
Monday Feb 13, 2012
Monday Feb 13, 2012
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.
Tuesday Feb 07, 2012
Tuesday Feb 07, 2012
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.
Tuesday Jan 31, 2012
Tuesday Jan 31, 2012
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney In this programme I interviewed three keynote speakers at the 2012 annual conference of the Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN). My guests were Gerry Murphy, President of the IPPN, Professor Michael Fullan of OISE at the University of Toronto, and film producer and education thinker, Lord David Puttnam.