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Podcast 386, Professor Mark Morgan on Psychology and Education (22-1-20)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme I speak to Professor Mark Morgan from Dublin City University about psychology, education, his career and his thoughts on education. Among the topics we discuss are the following:

• How he became interested in psychology as a student teacher in St. Patrick’s College
• Being taught by John McNamara (who was known for his study of bilingualism)
• Completing postgraduate studies in London
• Being appointed as lecturer in St. Patrick’s College
• Having Albert Bandura as a tutor when offered a fellowship at Stanford University
• The idea of self efficacy
• His interest in TV and violence, resilience and substance misuse prevention
• The use of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods data in psychology
• His doctoral research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
• His research on adversity and resilience
• What teachers can do to be more resilient
• How he planned his classes as a teacher educator
• How early home and school experiences influenced his subsequent interests and ideas
• Why psychology is useful for student teachers
• How the field of educational psychology has evolved over the last 50 years
• His involvement in the Growing Up in Ireland study
• Learning in later years
• He recommended Albert Bandura's book Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory.

About Inside Education

Inside Education is a weekly podcast for educators interested in teaching. It is released every Wednesday during the school year. Suggestions for and feedback on the podcast are always welcome at insideeducationpodcast@yahoo.com. You can text the programme on 086 8962665. Podcasts of previous programmes are available at www.insideed.com and from http://seandelaney.com/podcasts/. The programme is presented and produced by Seán Delaney.


Barry Hennessy reported education news from 2009 to 2012 and he also did occasional features.

Guests (A - H)

Here is a list of all guests (with surnames from A to I) who have featured on Inside Education since the programme began in July 2009. It should prove to be a useful way to check back on previous programmes. If you click on the person's name, you'll be taken immediately to the programme(s) on which they featured.

Thank you to all guests who have appeared on the programme to date. Sine qua non.

A Peter Afflerbach Peter Afflerbach 2 Brian Allen Mags Amond Paul Andrews Alan Armitage Dan Arnold Katie Ashford Sandra Austin Sandra Austiin 2

B Inez Bailey Richard Bailey Marita McMahon Ball Deborah Ball Deborah Ball 2 Stephen Ball Tom Barrett Ciarán Bauer Greg Bauer David Begg Mary Jo Bell Alan Bennett Mark Berends David C Berliner David C Berliner 2 David C Berliner 3 Gert Biesta Gert Biesta 2 Josephine Bleach Jo Boaler Jo Boaler 2 Janette Bobis Janette Bobis 2 Mary Bohan Tom Boland Hilda Borko Hilda Borko 2 Fred Boss Claire Bourgeois Marie Bourke Marie Bourke 2 Pamela Bowell Brian Boyd John Boyle Peter Brabazon Damien Bracken Derek Breen Derek Breen 2 Ciara Brennan Ciara Brennan 2 John Brennan John Brennan 2 Chris Brown Mark Brown Vincent Browne Noel Buckley Andy Burke Anne Burke Mary Burke Gretchen Butera Colm Byrne Gareth Byrne Gillian Byrne

C Mark Candon Séamus Cannon Séamus Cannon 2 John Carr John Carr 2 Christopher Carragher Lee Cassidy Mary Chambers Ciara Chaney Man Ching Esther Chan     Margaret M. Clark Margaret M. Clark 2 Doug Clements David Clarke Aidan Clerkin Aidan Clerkin 2 Páiric Clerkin Páiric Clerkin 2 Páiric Clerkin 3 Eric Clinton Liam Clohessy Marilyn Cochran-Smith Marilyn Cochran-Smith 2 Alf Coles Alf Coles 2 David Collison Seán Comerford Tara Concannon-Gibney Tara Concannon-Gibney 2 Frank Conway Harry Conway John Coolahan John Coolahan 2 Katie Corbet Helen Corbett Claire Corroon Claire Corroon 2 Caitriona Cosgrave Caitriona Cosgrave 2 Caitriona Cosgrave 3 Caitriona Cosgrave 4 Caitriona Cosgrave 5 Judith Cosgrove Judith Cosgrove 2 Judith Cosgrove 3 Mary Coughlan Catherine Cronin Brendan Culligan Brendan Culligan 2 Brendan Culligan 3 Jim Cummins Jim Cummins 2 Conor Cunniffe John Cunningham Lisa Curran

D Joe Dale Christian Dallavis Steven Daly Gordon D'Arcy Thomas S Dee Thomas S Dee 2 Lisa Delpit Lorraine Dempsey Diarmaid de Paor Diarmaid de Paor 2 David Didau David Didau 2 David Didau 3 Anne Dolan Annette Dolan Annette Dolan 2 Annette Dolan 3 Annette Dolan 4 Annette Dolan 5 Annette Dolan 6 James Dolan Sheila Donegan Tony Donohoe Tony Donohoe 2 Tony Donohoe 3 Thérèse Dooley Erika Doyle Erika Doyle 2 John Doyle John Doyle 2 John Doyle 3 John Doyle 4 John Doyle 5 Maria Doyle Marianne Doyle Orla Doyle Robert Doyle Walter Doyle Walter Doyle 2 Sylvia Draper Nell Duke Claire Dunne Michelle Dunne Niamh Dunphy Niamh Dunphy 2 Victoria Durrer

E Eemer Eivers Eemer Eivers 2 Mick Evans Rob Evans Rob Evans 2

F Emer Farrell Audrey Farrelly Audrey Farrelly 2 Niamh Farren Patrick Felicia Jim Ferguson Pip Bruce Ferguson Pip Bruce Ferguson 2 Clara Fiorentini Siobhán Keenan Fitzgerald Siobhán Keenan Fitzgerald 2 Siobhán Keenan Fitzgerald 3 Gabriel Fitzmaurice Gabriel Fitzmaurice 2 Gabriel Fitzmaurice 3 Marva Fitzpatrick Tony Finn Tony Finn 2 Tanya Flanagan Michael Flannery Michael Flannery 2 Michael Flannery 3 Brian Fleming Larry Fleming Larry Fleming 2 Mary Fleming Noreen Flynn Joseph Fogarty Anna Forde Michael Fullan Frank Furedi Frank Furedi 2

G Antoinette Gagné Ray Gallon Caitlin Galvin Conor Galvin Martina Gannon Rory Geoghegan Tim Geraghty Gail Gilbert Allen Gilhooly Eoin Gill Lorraine Gilleece Michael Gillespie Catherine Gilliland Joanne Gilmartin Michael Gleeson Michael Gleeson 2 Máirín Glenn Máirín Glenn 2 Brian Glennon Pat Goff Pat Goff 2 Pat Goff 3 Paul Gogarty Bernie Goldbach A. Lin Goodwin A.Lin Goodwin 2 Ciarán Gray Ciarán Gray 2 Kevin Graziano Matthew Grenby Niamh Grogan Pam Grossman Pam Grossman 2 Pam Grossman 3 Brendan Guilfoyle

H Neil Hallinan Karen Hammerness Karen Hammerness 2 Aaron Hannon Eric Hanushek Andy Hargreaves Andy Hargreaves 2 Colm Harmon Adam Harris Clodagh Harris John Harris Gillian Harty Seán Haughey Brian Hayes Brian Hayes 2 Michelle Healy Paddy Healy Séamus Heaney Mark Patrick Hederman Mark Patrick Hederman 2 Ann Heelan John Heffernan Manuela Heinz Caroline Higgins Yvonne Higgins Aideen Hodgins Pádraig Hogan Pádraig Hogan Annette Honan Annette Honan 2 Thomas Horvath Jean Hughes Richard Hughes Steve Humble Lucy Hunt Tim Hurley Áine Hyland Áine Hyland 2

 

People

Seán Delaney presents and produces Inside Education. He is a primary teacher (registered with the Teaching Council) who taught in primary schools for eleven years - ten of those in the Kilkenny School Project N.S. He works in Marino Institute of Education in Dublin, where he is Registrar. He received a Masters in Education from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of Michigan in the United States. His research interests are in mathematics education, teachers' mathematical knowledge, and the practice of teaching. He is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the American Educational Research Association and the Irish National Teachers' Organisation. He is also on the Board of Studies of Project Maths. He authored the report Knowing What Counts: Irish Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching which was published in February 2010. His website and blog can be viewed at www.seandelaney.com

 

Barry Hennessy was a news reporter on Inside Education from 2009 until June 2012. Barry has been a secondary teacher of French and Spanish for the past ten years. He holds a BA in Applied Languages and a research MA in Intercultural Studies from DCU and a Higher Diploma in Education from UCD. He was an Erasmus exchange student at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and worked as Lector in English at the Université de Haute Alsace in Mulhouse, France. He is an experienced oral and written examiner with the State Examinations Commission and adjudicates French debates for the Alliance Française in Dublin. Barry has nearly twenty years’ experience in radio. In addition to Dublin City FM, which he first joined in 1992, he has reported freelance for the BBC and RTE and been a subject expert on exam advice programmes on RTE 2FM. In the mid-1990s, he was one of the main current affairs presenters on Dublin Weekend Radio. Through a happy marriage of his linguistic and broadcasting skills, he has contributed to programmes on France Inter, Radio Nacional de España and Catalunya Radiò. Away from teaching and broadcasting, Barry is an avid independent traveller, seldom happier than when swapping tales from the road in some far off hostelry on a balmy tropical evening!

Programme 327, Jerome Kagan on Psychology & Education 2 (9-5-18)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with someone who was listed as one of the most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century, Professor Jerome Kagan of Harvard University. In the course of this interview we discuss some of Professor Kagan's recent publications. The topics covered included:

• Psychology's Ghosts: The Crisis in the Profession and the Way Back
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Stress
• Language and phenomena in psychology
• The crisis in psychology and what can be done about it
• The biggest unanswered question of all in developmental psychology
• Unresolved issues in human morality
• Five Constraints on Predicting Behavior

Programme 190, SEED & RAI Conferences (8-10-14)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week I spoke to Paddy Madden about the second annual conference of  School Earth Education. I also spoke to two keynote presenters at the Reading Association of Ireland annual conference, Elizabeth Birr Moje of the University of Michigan and Gene Mehigan of the Marino Institute of Education.

Programme 16, Teaching English as an Additional Language (25-10-09)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. ELSTA website Jim Cummins's website Guest on the programme: Professor Jim Cummins, University of Toronto

Programme 15, Bilingualism and multiculturalism, and News (18-10-09)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. ELSTA website Jim Cummins's website Guest on the programme: Professor Jim Cummins, University of Toronto

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