An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Jun 20, 2012
Jun 20, 2012
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme Psychologist, Dr. Erika Doyle, from the Growing Up in Ireland study, explains what dyslexia is, how it can be diagnosed and what teachers can do to support learners who have the condition. She also discusses research that she has done to try and diagnose dyslexia in children from a young age.
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme Dr. Kevin Graziano of Nevada State College discusses how the research method photovoice can be used in education, especially with those whose voices are not always heard. He was in Ireland as a guest of DICE - Development and Intercultural Education within Initial Teacher Education for whom he gave a workshop on the use of documentary photography and storytelling in the classroom.
Apr 30, 2012
Apr 30, 2012
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Professor Jim Spillane, from Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy in the United States, who is a graduate of St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra talks to me about organisational routines, Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life, and about how educational research could be improved in Ireland to have a greater influence on policy. Jim is the principal investigator on the Distributed Leadership research project.
Jan 17, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney John Quinn presented The Open Mind and Education Forum on RTE Radio 1 in the 1980s and 1990s. Through these and other programmes, he introduced Irish people, including teachers, to some of the most inspirational thinkers and communicators on education. Some of what he learned on those programmes has been compiled in his book, The Curious Mind, published by Veritas. In this, the second part of my interview with John Quinn, he talks about his journey out of the classroom and into RTE. He discusses educational broadcasting and identifies some of the educators who inspired him during his distinguished career as a broadcaster.
Jun 10, 2011
Jun 10, 2011
29 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy In this second of two interviews with Professor Constance Kamii from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, we hear about constructivism and her time spent as a student of renowned psychologist Jean Piaget.
May 24, 2011
May 24, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy On this programme Dr. Brendan Walsh spoke to us about the role of the foundation disciplines in teaching and in education studies. This conversation was held to mark the publication by Gill and MacMillan of Brendan Walsh's edited book Education Studies in Ireland: Key Disciplines.
Mar 26, 2011
Mar 26, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Barry Hennessy In this programme Barry spoke to Dr. Lorraine Gilleece of the Educational Research Centre in Drumcondra and to Dr. Clodagh Harris from the Department of Government in University College Cork about the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study.
Dec 23, 2010
Dec 23, 2010
28 min
In this programme a panel of experts discusses the recently released results from PISA which showed a decline from 2000 to 2009 in the performance of Irish 15-year-olds students in reading and mathematical literacy. The experts are Dr. Jude Cosgrove, a research associate at the Educational Research Centre and a co-author of the Irish report on PISA; Professor Seán Ó Riain, professor of sociology at NUI Maynooth; Dr. Eithne Kennedy, a teacher educator in literacy in St. Patrick's College, Dublin and Jackie O' Callaghan, the Public Relations Officer of the National Parents' Council - Second Level.
Dec 20, 2010
Dec 20, 2010
28 min
The guests on this week's programme were Noel Kelly who is on the management team of the Northside Partnership and non-fiction author David Shenk whose books include The Genius in All of Us, The Forgetting, Data Smog and The Immortal Game.
Dec 7, 2010
Dec 7, 2010
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News report by Barry Hennessy The featured guest on this programme was Professor Sylvia Draper, from Trinity College Dublin. She received an award for excellence in teaching from NAIRTL in 2008.