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Programme 264, Educational Psychology with David Berliner 1 (19-10-16)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme my guest is David C. Berliner who is Regents' Professor of Education Emeritus at Arizona State University. Among the topics we discussed were co-authoring Educational Psychology with Nathaniel Gage, how he stumbled into the field of educational psychology, his views on what psychology contributes to the education of a teacher, how he thinks teacher education could be improve, his thoughts on the effective removal of educational psychology from teacher education programmes in the United States, his interest in the psychology of classroom practice, the messiness of classroom practice, his thoughts on motivation and feedback to children, and making research accessible to teachers.

He talks about a concept he developed called “academic learning time” – one of the possibly “one of the most important concepts ever created in educational psychology.” It is a classroom method to predict kids’ outcomes.

Programme 241, Jack Whitehead pt 2 & Young Scientists (3-2-16)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

This week I bring you the second part of my interview with Jack Whitehead on the topic of Living Educational Theory and Action Research. You can find out more about Jack Whitehead's work at his website http://actionresearch.net Jack Whitehead was in Ireland to address a meeting of Educational Action Research in Ireland (EARI).

I also bring you a short report from the 2016 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. The report was done by my colleague on 103.2 Dublin City FM, Alex Gibson, who presents The Persuaders every Friday at 1pm.

Programme 240, Jack Whitehead on Living Theory/Action Research, pt 1 (27-1-16)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme I speak to Professor Jack Whitehead, from the University of Cumbria, who developed the approach to research known as "Living (Educational) Theory." You can find many resources related to such research at the website http://actionresearch.net/. Jack Whitehead was in Ireland to address a meeting of Educational Action Research in Ireland (EARI).

Programme 235, Action Research and Professional Development for Teachers (16-12-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme I spoke to three of the authors of the book Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research: A Teacher's Guide to Professional Development. I spoke to Caitriona McDonagh, Mary Roche and Bernie Sullivan. Máirín Glenn is the fourth author.

The mentioned the website they developed together, Educational Action Researchers in Ireland to build a network of action researchers.

Programme 193, Autism, IMTA & Movement (29-10-14)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

For this programme I spoke to Michelle Shiels, a graduate of Stranmillis University College, who gave a workshop input on autism at the annual SCoTENS conference. I spoke to Neil Hallinan, a retired teacher and current member of the Irish Mathematics Teachers Association (IMTA) on the fiftieth anniversary of the organisation's founding and about the 2014 Maths Fest. Finally, I spoke to  Dr Deborah Tannehill, emeritus faculty UL on the topic of fundamental movement in physical education, a topic she is presenting a workshop on in St. Patrick's College on 12 November.

Programme 192, Pamela Munn (22-10-14)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

This week's programme is an extended interview with Professor Pamela Munn, one of the authors of the Report of the International Review Panel on the Structure of Initial Teacher Education in Ireland, better known as the Sahlberg Report. Pamela Munn was in Dublin as a guest of the Vere Foster Trust for whom she gave a policy lecture. Among the topics covered in the interview are the teaching of history, throughts on teachers and research, Professor Munn's views on initial teacher education, and behaviour management in schools.

Podcast 186. Nicole McNeil on the Equals Sign & Manipulatives (15-2-14):

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.

Podcast 185, Catherine Snow on Language and Literacy, Pt 2 (18-12-13)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

In this podcast I bring you the second part of my two-part interview with Harvard University Professor, Catherine Snow. Professor Snow was in Ireland as a guest of the Reading Association of Ireland and she gave a keynote speech at the annual conference of the Association in September 2013.

Programme 152, Margaret Clark on Teaching Reading and More (19-11-12)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Professor Margaret M. Clark, who was in Ireland as a guest of the Reading Association of Ireland, discusses topics including literacy, research and early years education.

Programme 144, Walter Doyle on Classroom Management & Tasks (24-6-12)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, Professor Walter Doyle, of the College of Education at the University of Arizona talks about research on classroom management and about why teachers need to see themselves as task managers.