An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Monday Sep 05, 2011
Monday Sep 05, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News interview by Barry Hennessy. This week we bring you the second part of an interview conducted recently with Dr. Anne Looney of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. In the programme Anne Looney shares her views on assessment, what education can learn from computer games, Junior Cert reform, the Leaving Certificate, the CAO points system and Transition Year. In the news interview Barry presents an interview with Lorraine Dempsey about cutbacks to Special Needs Assistants in schools.
Monday Aug 29, 2011
Monday Aug 29, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. This was the first programme in the 2011-2012 school year. The guest on this programme was Dr. Anne Looney who is Chief Executive Officer of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA). In this part of the interview she discusses the role of the NCCA, the breadth of the Primary School Curriculum and how some teachers are teaching without textbooks.
Saturday Jul 16, 2011
Saturday Jul 16, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News Report by Barry Hennessy On this programme I spoke to Martina Gannon and Lána McCarthy from Write Minded, a service of Young Ballymun. They spoke about the Summer Slide initiative that they are implementing this year. Barry reports on the launch of Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life: The National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among Children and Young People 2011-2020. He plays an excerpt from the Minister's speech on launch day and gets a response from Peter Mullan of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation.
Friday Jul 08, 2011
Friday Jul 08, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy The guest on this programme was Professor Suzanne Wilson from the College of Education at Michigan State University. Reference was made to the Initial Teacher Education:Criteria and Guidelines for Programme Providers developed by the Teaching Council.
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Presented and produced by Barry Hennessy News roundup by Barry Hennessy In this programme Barry spoke to the principal, teachers and pupils of Balbriggan Educate Together N.S. about their student council. The principal of the school is Fintan McCutcheon and you can read his blog.
Friday Jun 24, 2011
Friday Jun 24, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. Analysis by Barry Hennessy. The guest on this 100th programme is Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn.
Sunday Jun 19, 2011
Sunday Jun 19, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. News roundup by Barry Hennessy. This week's featured interview is with the Chief Executive of the National Parents' Council (Primary), Áine Lynch, to mark their annual education conference. The theme of the conference was parental involvement, summarised by the slogan "Your child needs you."
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy In this second of two interviews with Professor Constance Kamii from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, we hear about constructivism and her time spent as a student of renowned psychologist Jean Piaget.
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Friday Jun 10, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy In this first of two interviews with Professor Constance Kamii from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, we hear about learning mathematics in the early years.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2011
Wednesday Jun 01, 2011
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News by Barry Hennessy On this programme Professor Pam Grossman from the School of Education at Stanford University describes how teacher education can be designed around the practice of teaching. She also explains that teacher education is just one form of professional education and teacher educators can learn from the preparation of other professionals.