An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Wednesday Oct 04, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
This week I speak to scientist, horticulturalist, and educator Dr. Sandra Austin about her research on school gardens. Sandra Austin lectures in social, environmental, and scientific education in the Marino Institute of Education.
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme philosopher and retired primary school teacher, John Doyle, explores his relationship to the Irish language. It's a complicated picture but one that he attempts to portray because it informs his teaching of the language. He considers such excavation for teaching as being like the preparation a boxer does in the gym before stepping into a boxing ring for a fight. The essay is abridged in order to fit in the 30-minute duration of the radio programme.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2017
Wednesday Jun 21, 2017
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme, philosopher and retired primary school teacher, John Doyle, reflects on teaching. First he uses the boxing ring as a metaphor for the classroom and preparation for teaching is like the time spent in a gym. Later in the programme he answers questions on books that influenced his teaching and advice for a beginning teacher. John taught for several years in St. Brigid's National School in Castleknock; I first met him when I was placed as a student teacher in his class in the mid 1980s.