An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 29, 2015
Wednesday Apr 29, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
The guest on this week's programme was educational historian Antonia McManus. She appeared on the programme to mark the publication by The History Press Ireland of her book Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, 1919-1999. On this part of the interview Antonia McManus describes how the dominant education policy for the first four decades of the new state was the promotion of the Irish language and how four ministers for education rather than just one helped bring about free second level education. The second part of the interview will be on next week's programme.
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Andy Burke, formerly of St. Patrick's College, who discusses his education work in various countries and much more. You can read some of Andy's ideas here.
Wednesday Apr 15, 2015
Wednesday Apr 15, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
The guest on this week's programme is the educator Andy Burke. He taught philosophy of education and history of education for many years in St. Patrick's College and he currently advises policymakers on educational initiatives in several countries.
Wednesday Apr 08, 2015
Wednesday Apr 08, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Joanne Gilmartin following her contribution to the 2015 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI) Teachmeet on the topic of augmented reality in the primary classroom.
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme I speak to three presenters from the 2015 annual meeting of the Computer Education Society of Ireland: Leanne Lynch from St. Mary's Convent Primary School in Nenagh, Richard Millwood from Trinity College Dublin, and Bernie Goldbach from the Youth Media Team.
Wednesday Mar 25, 2015
Wednesday Mar 25, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Frank Furedi, where he discusses authority in teaching.
Wednesday Mar 18, 2015
Wednesday Mar 18, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
The guest on this week's
programme is sociologist and commentator Professor Frank Furedi who
discusses matters such as play, circle time, parental involvement in
education, and multiple intelligences. This is the first of a two-part
interview with Frank Furedi.
Wednesday Mar 11, 2015
Wednesday Mar 11, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme, Bianca Ní Ghrógáin tells me about her approach to teaching, how she became interested in tweeting and how she uses technology in the classroom. Her twitter handle is @bnighrogain
The interview was recorded at CESI 2015.
Wednesday Mar 04, 2015
Wednesday Mar 04, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
This programme was recorded at the 2015 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland which took place at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology on 27 and 27 February 2015. The first interview featured here is with Kelly Kirkpatrick from SOS Ventures and Martina Sexton from St. Peter's Primary School in Bray about Mathletes. The second is with the opening keynote speaker of the conference, Tim Rylands.
Wednesday Feb 25, 2015
Wednesday Feb 25, 2015
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Tim Savage, the Associate Dean for Online Education in Trinity College Dublin about the University's first experience of offering a MOOC - Massive Open Online Course.