An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Tuesday Jan 18, 2011
Tuesday Jan 18, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News by Barry Hennessy In this programme we visited the BT Young Scientists Exhibition and spoke to young scientists who studied education-related topics, and to their teachers. We heard about an educational operating system, Zorin OS, about how different learning strategies affect learning and about a study on dyslexia.
Saturday Nov 13, 2010
Saturday Nov 13, 2010
Presented and produced by Sean Delaney The featured interview this week was with Professor Gretchen Butera of Indiana University's School of Education. The School recently designed a new special education programme for teachers. In the programme she describes the process including the rationale and some of the challenges experienced.
Tuesday Jul 27, 2010
Tuesday Jul 27, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy The guest on the programme was John Heffernan from the National Centre for Technology in Education. John is a qualified history teacher and a member of the Computer Education Society of Ireland Executive.
Sunday May 16, 2010
Sunday May 16, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News report by Barry Hennessy The featured guest on the programme was David Shenk who spoke about his book Data Smog. The interview was recorded on 2 April 2001 but it could have been recorded much more recently. Barry's news report featured an interview with Sheelan Yousefizadeh, a member of the Dáil na nÓg Council, about the recently launched report on sex education in Irish schools.
Monday Mar 29, 2010
Monday Mar 29, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News report by Barry Hennessy. The guest on the programme this week was Simon Lewis of Carlow Educate Together National School. Simon talked about using technology in teaching, investing in technology for schools and about his websites www.anseo.net and www.mash.ie. He also tweets about education. During his interview Simon referred to various other websites. One is a repository of educational resources, www.seomraranga.ie. Another is the website of the Computer Education Society of Ireland and the third is the site where you can produce wordles. Barry spoke to Brian Hayes, Fine Gael spokesman on education, about the priorities for the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan, in her new brief.
Sunday Feb 07, 2010
Sunday Feb 07, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News interview by Barry Hennessy. Simon Lewis, the principal who spoke from the floor of the IPPN conference, expanded his thoughts on the topic and these can be read here. His full blog can be accessed here. Brendan Culligan's new book is Spelling and Handwriting and it is a follow-up to Improving Children's Spelling. Seán Delaney's report on primary teacher's mathematical knowledge is called Knowing What Counts.
Sunday Jan 24, 2010
Sunday Jan 24, 2010
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News Roundup by Barry Hennessy Three young students, James Dolan, Brendan Jordan and Conor Cunniffe from Carrick-on-Shannon Community School were interviewed about their project on visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learners and learning. Adrienne Webb discussed the work of the Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI) and their upcoming conference. Barry's news stories covered the proposed abolition of the National University of Ireland (NUI).