An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 07, 2015
Wednesday Oct 07, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I interviewed presenters at the Teachmeet that was organised as part of the Literacy Association of Ireland 2015 conference.
The first person I spoke to was Susan Nic Réamoinn from Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School. She spoke about Sheppard Software, Michael Rosen's website and Teacher's Pet
Next I spoke to Mary Jo Bell from Mrs. Bell's Class about Flipsnackedu. Mary Jo also told me about how she uses Animoto.
Then I spoke to Ian Roller from DIT about their news website for Irish children called CLiC News.
Finally, from another conference, Enirdelm, I spoke to Tim Hurley from Drumcondra Education Centre.
Wednesday Jul 01, 2015
Wednesday Jul 01, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme my guest is Mags Amond, a recently retired science teacher, a prolific tweeter and the woman who introduced Teachmeets to Ireland.
Thursday Jun 25, 2015
Thursday Jun 25, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme my guest is Fr. Ron Nuzzi from the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame. He was in Ireland to address the "Education in Crisis" conference in Mary Immaculate College in May this year. We spoke about Catholic education in the United States, about principals preparing their successors, and about multiple intelligences.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2015
Wednesday Jun 17, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
This week I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith, a former president of the American Educational Research Association. In this part of the interview she discusses what teachers and teacher educators can do to promote social justice.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2015
Wednesday Jun 17, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
The guest on this week's programme is Marilyn Cochran-Smith, who is the Cawthorne Professor of Teacher Education for Urban Schools and Director of the Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College. This is the first of a two-part interview in which she discusses the preparation of future teachers.
Wednesday Jun 03, 2015
Wednesday Jun 03, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme, Rob Evans, who was a keynote speaker at the 2015 annual conference of the Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) discusses whether staff rooms in schools are congenial or collegial places and more.
Wednesday May 27, 2015
Wednesday May 27, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Áine Hyland. In it she talks about multiple intelligences, influencing policy, professional education and more.
Wednesday May 20, 2015
Wednesday May 20, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
In this first part of a two-interview series with Professor Áine Hyland, she talks about her early school experiences and how she came to be involved in setting up the Dalkey School Project National School.
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Dughall McCormick, the Chairman of National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education - the British Equivalent of the Computer Education Society of Ireland.
Wednesday May 06, 2015
Wednesday May 06, 2015
Presented and produced by Sen Delaney.
This week I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. Antonia McManus about the legacies of Irish ministers for education. It marks the publication of Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy 1919-1999 written by Antonia McManus and published by The History Press Ireland.