An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Monday Nov 14, 2011
Monday Nov 14, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA series by Barry Hennessy Reporter: Sinéad Burke On this programme, Professor Thomas S. Dee from the University of Virginia, discussed the research he conducted with Professor Brian Jacob from the University of Michigan on the topic of student plagiarism at college level. In this interview he discusses what plagiarism and estimates its prevalence. This interview will continue on next week's programme. Sinéad Burke spoke to Róisín Ní Niadh about the Irish Studies programme at the Marino Institute of Education. Barry Hennessy spoke to Emily Richmond from the National Education Writers' Association about how U.S. students performed on the most recent PISA test.
Sunday Nov 06, 2011
Sunday Nov 06, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA report by Barry Hennessy Guests on the programme this week included Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, and CEO of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Dr. Anne Looney. They were interviewed at the launch of the plan for reforming the post-primary junior cycle programme. Minister Quinn's address to the NCCA can be read here.
Sunday Oct 30, 2011
Sunday Oct 30, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA Investigation by Barry Hennessy Interactive Whiteboard report by Sinéad Burke On this week's programme my special guest was poet and retired teacher Gabriel Fitzmaurice from Moyvane in Co. Kerry. He spoke about teaching writing and teaching Irish, and read his poem Proud to Be Me from his collection of the same name, published by Mercier Press. One of the websites referred to by Sinéad in her report is www.anseo.net.
Wednesday Oct 26, 2011
Wednesday Oct 26, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News Roundup by Barry Hennessy Book Review by Sinéad Burke On this week's programme, Dr. Thérese Dooley, from St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, explained how and why children can learn more mathematics when the teacher doesn't tell. Thérese Dooley was a keynote speaker at the MEI conference in September and the piece was broadcast this week to coincide with the end of Maths Week. Sinéad Burke reviewed a book written by DES inspector Dr. John White and Queen's University Professor John Gardner, titled The Classroom X-Factor: The Role of Body Language and Non-verbal Communication in Teaching.
Monday Oct 17, 2011
Monday Oct 17, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney PISA report series by Barry Hennessy On this programme Barry begins a new series where he investigates the international PISA test of literacy and numeracy. On this week's programme he speaks to Jude Cosgrove of the Educational Research Centre and to Professor Svein Sjoberg of the University of Oslo. I speak to Annie Murphy of the Marino Institute of Education who remembers Dorothy Heathcote, a major figure in drama education who passed away recently. Dr. Erika Doyle of Trinity College Dublin provides an introductory guide to how standardised tests are devised.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2011
Tuesday Oct 11, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. The featured guest on this week's programme is Professor P. David Pearson from the Graduate School of Education of UC Berkeley, who delivered the keynote address at the 35th Annual Conference of the Reading Association of Ireland. This is the second of a two-part interview with Professor Pearson.
Monday Oct 03, 2011
Monday Oct 03, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. The featured guest on this week's programme is Professor P. David Pearson from the Graduate School of Education of UC Berkeley, who delivered the keynote address at the 35th Annual Conference of the Reading Association of Ireland. This is the first of a two-part interview with Professor Pearson. The second part of the interview will be broadcast on next week's programme.
Monday Sep 26, 2011
Monday Sep 26, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy On this programme Dr. Paul Andrews from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education discussed the role of culture in mathematics teaching and learning. In particular, he claimed that Finland might not be the best role model for improving mathematics teaching in Ireland. Paul Andrews was in Dublin to deliver a keynote address at MEI4, a mathematics education conference organised by St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra.
Wednesday Sep 21, 2011
Wednesday Sep 21, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. On this programme Professor Aostre Johnson from St. Michael's College in Vermont discusses how spirituality can influence education.
Monday Sep 12, 2011
Monday Sep 12, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy On this week's programme Professor Suzanne Wilson from Michigan State University talks about teaching methods for history and geography, about the carnival of professional development opportunities that teachers have to choose from, and about the power of social networks in professional development. She talks about a specific, successful professional development initiative, the Urban Advantage programme, that is organised at the American Museum of Natural History. Barry discusses the Hyland Report in his coverage of the week's news.