Episodes
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Programme 309, David Didau 3 & Buildup to Christmas (13-12-17)
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I bring you the third and final part of my interview with David Didau, author of What if Everything You Knew about Education Was Wrong? Among the people and websites referred to in this part of our discussion are the following:
The Neuroscience of Intelligence by Richard J Haier
How to Teach by Phil Beadle
My second guest this week is Jane Shimizu who is a primary teacher in a DEIS school in county Galway. For many years she kept a busy classroom blog and current updates are on the school website. As part of her discussion on science week, she mentioned the website www.rokit.com.
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Programme 308, Brendan Culligan on Spellings & Handwriting (5-12-17)
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I welcome back a guest who was on the programme before, Brendan Culligan. Brendan was a keynote speaker at the 2017 annual conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland. His presentation was titled “More than one hundred and twenty five years of Crushing ‘Garlic’!" - in which he honours the memory of an educator who had insightful ideas about teaching spelling.
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Programme 307, David Didau, Part 2 (29-11-17)
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
This week I bring you the second part of my interview with writer, blogger, speaker, trainer and former English teacher David Didau. We focus particularly on his book, What if everything you knew about education was wrong? Among the topics discussed are the following:
- How teachers can use research
- Why less feedback is more
- Carol Dweck’s research on mindsets
- The difficulties in telling if what children learn is retained or transferable
- Why a sat-nav is the perfect “assessment for learning machine”
- The illusion of knowledge
- Assessment for learning
- Why testing should be rebranded as quizzing
- Why differentiation is a “dark art”
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Programme 306, David Didau - Learning Spy pt 1 (22-11-17)
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I speak to David Didau, who is also known as "The Learning Spy." I wanted to find out more about his book, What if everything you knew about education was wrong? Among the topics discussed on the programme with David are the following:
- Opportunity costs in teaching
- Choices teachers make
- Criticism of the teacher education he received
- Who he trusts on questions about education
- How teachers are acquiring incorrect information about education
- The lack of evidence behind learning styles and educational outcome
On next week's programme I'll bring you the second part of my interview with David.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Programme 305, Literacy Association of Ireland Workshops (15-11-17)
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to three people who presented workshops at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland. They were Claire Dunne from the Marino Institute of Education, Damien Quinn from seomraranga.com and Anne Burke from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Among the websites mentioned on the programme were:
Children's Literature Association of Ireland
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13586750-bully
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
Programme 304, Ciarán Gray on Dance Education & Primary Teaching (8-11-17)
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme Ciarán Gray from North Bay Educate Together National School and Company B talks about his own interest in dance and shares some of his thoughts on primary teaching.
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Programme 303, Ciarán Gray on Dance Education (1-11-17)
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Wednesday Nov 01, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme primary school teacher Ciarán Gray talks about dance education and about Company B, the dance company he set up for young males. Ciarán teaches in North Bay Educate Together National School.
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Programme 302, Bernstein and Disadvantage; Teaching in England (25-10-17)
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I speak to a young researcher, Craig Skerritt, who works in the Centre for Evaluation, Quality and Inspection, Dublin City University. We discuss how the work of Basil Bernstein can shed a light on educating students in schools serving areas designated as disadvantaged. We also learn about Craig's experience of teaching in England.
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
Programme 301, Children's Laureate's Perspective on Literacy (18-10-17)
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
Wednesday Oct 18, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
My guest on this week's programme is Laureate na nÓg, PJ Lynch, who is also an award-winning illustrator and author. I spoke to him on the occasion of his giving the keynote address at the 41st Annual Conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland, which held its conference in Marino Institute of Education on October 5 and 6 this year.
During the interview Pj Lynch referred to many children's illustrators and authors, including:Louise O'Neill, Derek Landy, Eoin Colfer, E.R. Murray, Matt Griffin, Nicola Pierce, Mo Willems, Lisbeth Zwerger, Sandy Turner, Oliver Jeffers, Chris Haughton, Niamh Sharkey and Marie Louise Fitzpatrick. He also mentioned the book, Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn.
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
Programme 300, Sandra Austin on Garden-based Learning 2 (11-10-17)
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
Wednesday Oct 11, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
This week I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. Sandra Austin from the Marino Institute of Education on garden-based learning.