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Programme 235, Action Research and Professional Development for Teachers (16-12-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme I spoke to three of the authors of the book Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research: A Teacher's Guide to Professional Development. I spoke to Caitriona McDonagh, Mary Roche and Bernie Sullivan. Máirín Glenn is the fourth author.

The mentioned the website they developed together, Educational Action Researchers in Ireland to build a network of action researchers.

Programme 234, Sharon Todd on Ethics & Leadership in Education (9-12-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme I spoke to Professor Sharon Todd who is Head of the Maynooth University Department of Education.

Programme 233, Stephen Murgatroyd (2-12-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme I spoke to Stephen Murgatroyed who is an educator and describes himself as a "futurist." He is an expert on innovation policy and practice.

Programme 232, David Rose pt. 2 & English as an Additional Language (25-11-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. David Rose of CAST where he talks about Universal Design for Learning and schools having a "print disability."

Dr. Barbara O'Toole, who is coordinator of the Masters in Education Studies (Intercultural Education) programme at the Marino Institute of Education discusses some of the challenges faced by children of linguistic minorities in schools.

Programme 231, Universal Design for Learning with David Rose, Pt. 1 (18-11-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme my guest was the co-founder of CAST, and the developer of Universal Design for Learning, Dr. David Rose. He lectures at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Programme 230, Science Teaching and Scifest; & More on Picture Books (10-11-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme to mark National Science Week I visited the national finals of Scifest and spoke to its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sheila Porter. I also spoke to two teachers, Catherine Tattersall from Sutton Park School and Dr. Katie Corbett from Skerries Community College.

I also bring you a final piece from my interview with Mary Roche, author of Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks, in which she names some of her favourite picture books.

Programme 229, Critical Thinking and Book Talk (4-11-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme I spoke to Dr. Mary Roche who is the author of Developing Children’s Critical Thinking through Picturebooks. You can read more about her book here.

Programme 228, John West-Burnham on Leadership & Change in Schools (28-10-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

On this week's programme I spoke to Professor John West-Burnham who is an independent consultant in educational leadership and a Professor of Educational Leadership at St. Mary's University College, Twickenham. He was a keynote presenter at the ENIRDELM conference held in Malahide in September.

Programme 227, Kathleen Lynch on Education and Social Justice (21-10-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme my guest was Professor Kathleen Lynch, Head of the School of Social Justice at University College Dublin. She was a keynote speaker at the 2015 annual conference of the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS).

Programme 226, Making Reading Addictive (14-10-15)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

The guest on this week's programme was Catherine Gilliland from St. Mary's University College, Belfast. She was a keynote speaker at the 2015 annual conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland.