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Programme 366, Teaching Science, Going to College & More (15-5-19)

Posted in College Entry, Maths/Science on May 15th, 2019 Comments

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

Theme tune by David Vesey

On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Barbara Schneider from Michigan State University. Among the topics discussed this week are the following:

The need to review the Irish science curriculum in line with other countries
How can a curriculum value both knowing and doing, especially doing
Her upcoming book titled, Learning Science (2020)
The role of family and school in aligning one’s education with one’s career choice (“aligned ambitions”) and how this led to the “College Ambition Program.”
Enhancing one’s career prospects with a “dual degree”
Educational outcomes v occupational outcomes
Fluidity of careers and implications for developing curriculum materials
How media influence career choices
Career paths of females
A typical working day for her
What schools are for
Two books she regularly returns to are Foundations of Social Theory and Flow

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Programme 335, Cracking the College Code (3-10-18)

Posted in College Entry, Third Level on Oct 3rd, 2018 Comments

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme I speak to Catherine O'Connor about making the transition from post-primary school to college. Catherine is author of the book, Cracking the College Code: Making the Most of the First Year College Experience.

To get your own copy of Catherine O’Connor’s book Cracking the College Code: Making the most of the first year college experience, you can enter the competition on the programme this week. Either send your name and where you’re listening from, by e-mail to insideeducation@dublincityfm.ie. Or else retweet the link to this week’s programme on Twitter and include the hashtag #collegecode. Enter by midnight, Irish time on Monday, 8^th October 2018.

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Programme 237, Career Planning for School Leavers (6-1-16)

Posted in Post Primary, College Entry on Jan 6th, 2016 Comments

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

This week I am joined by Brian Mooney to discuss how school leavers can plan their career and the kind of steps in that direction that can be taken during their final year in school. Brian is a guidance counsellor in Oatlands College, the editor of the Education Matters Yearbook 2015-2016 and a columnist with the Irish Times. He is also the author of Start Your Career Journey Here, a Revise Wise publication.

Some of the websites mentioned on the programme are:
www.qualifax.ie
www.careersportal.ie http://www.cao.ie/
www.ucas.com
http://www.eunicas.ie/
http://www.coa.co.uk/
https://www.edco.ie/

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Programme 70, Progression through College, & News (7-11-10)

Posted in College Entry, Third Level on Nov 13th, 2010 Comments

Presented and produced by Sean Delaney

This programme featured an interview with Muiris O'Connor from the Higher Education Authority about the Authority's Study of Progression in Irish Higher Education. Muiris explained why, on average, 15% of students who begin college will not be there a year later.