An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 09, 2016
Wednesday Mar 09, 2016
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I bring you an interview with Professor Mark Brown from Dublin City University's National Institute of Digital Learning. I spoke to Mark Brown because he was a keynote speaker at the 2016 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland, which was held in Dublin City University on 27th February 2016. The programme also features brief extracts from my interviews with Derek Breen and Ciara Brennan; my full interviews with them will be featured on upcoming programmes.
Wednesday Mar 02, 2016
Wednesday Mar 02, 2016
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with teacher of second class, Jane Shimizu. In this part of the interview Jane talks about her class blog, her time teaching in Japan on the JET programme, about her decision to become a primary school teacher and much more.
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
Wednesday Feb 03, 2016
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.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2015
Wednesday Dec 02, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Stephen Murgatroyed who is an educator and describes himself as a "futurist." He is an expert on innovation policy and practice.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. David Rose of CAST where he talks about Universal Design for Learning and schools having a "print disability."
Dr. Barbara O'Toole, who is coordinator of the Masters in Education Studies (Intercultural Education) programme at the Marino Institute of Education discusses some of the challenges faced by children of linguistic minorities in schools.
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Wednesday Nov 18, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme my guest was the co-founder of CAST, and the developer of Universal Design for Learning, Dr. David Rose. He lectures at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Wednesday Jul 01, 2015
Wednesday Jul 01, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme my guest is Mags Amond, a recently retired science teacher, a prolific tweeter and the woman who introduced Teachmeets to Ireland.
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Dughall McCormick, the Chairman of National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education - the British Equivalent of the Computer Education Society of Ireland.
Wednesday Apr 08, 2015
Wednesday Apr 08, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Joanne Gilmartin following her contribution to the 2015 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI) Teachmeet on the topic of augmented reality in the primary classroom.
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I speak to three presenters from the 2015 annual meeting of the Computer Education Society of Ireland: Leanne Lynch from St. Mary's Convent Primary School in Nenagh, Richard Millwood from Trinity College Dublin, and Bernie Goldbach from the Youth Media Team.