An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Nov 1, 2015
Nov 1, 2015
28 min
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.
Oct 21, 2015
Oct 21, 2015
28 min
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).
Oct 14, 2015
Oct 14, 2015
28 min
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.
Oct 7, 2015
Oct 7, 2015
28 min
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.
Jul 1, 2015
Jul 1, 2015
28 min
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.
Jun 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015
28 min
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.
Jun 17, 2015
Jun 17, 2015
28 min
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.
Jun 17, 2015
Jun 17, 2015
28 min
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.
Jun 3, 2015
Jun 3, 2015
28 min
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.
May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015
28 min
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.