An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Jun 10, 2011
Jun 10, 2011
29 min
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.
Jun 10, 2011
Jun 10, 2011
27 min
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.
Jun 1, 2011
Jun 1, 2011
28 min
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.
May 24, 2011
May 24, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy On this programme Dr. Brendan Walsh spoke to us about the role of the foundation disciplines in teaching and in education studies. This conversation was held to mark the publication by Gill and MacMillan of Brendan Walsh's edited book Education Studies in Ireland: Key Disciplines.
May 9, 2011
May 9, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News Roundup by Barry Hennessy The featured guest on this programme is Professor Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan. In this interview she talks about how a teacher education programme might be designed around the practice of teaching.
May 2, 2011
May 2, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Analysis by Barry Hennessy In this programme I spoke to the deputy general secretaries of each of the teacher unions and asked them to reflect on the highlights of their 2011 conference. My guests were Annette Dolan of the Teachers' Union of Ireland, Diarmaid de Paor of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland and Noel Ward of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation.
Apr 26, 2011
Apr 26, 2011
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. In this programme I spoke to Professor David Labaree of the School of Education in Stanford University. He is the author of books such as The Future of Ed Schools, How to Succeed in School without Really Learning and Someone has to Fail.
Apr 26, 2011
Apr 26, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme I spoke to Alan Bennett of Fighting Words, a creative writing initiative in Dublin's inner city to get children of all ages writing. It was set up by Roddy Doyle and Seán Love, inspired by 826 Valencia in San Francisco. The programme also featured a brief snippet of the interview with Mark Patrick Hederman, Abbot of Glenstal who featured in a recent programme. This was a clip that I was unable to bring you in the previous programme due to lack of time.
Apr 25, 2011
Apr 25, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney In this programme I spoke to Dr. John Harris about his role as a special advisor to three ministers for education in the 1980s: John Boland, Gemma Hussey and Patrick Cooney. The occasion was the announcement by Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, that John Walshe, Education Editor of the Irish Independent was to be his special advisor. Dr. John Harris also spent time as Principal of three schools: Newpark Comprehensive, Sandford Park and Wesley College.
Apr 11, 2011
Apr 11, 2011
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney News roundup by Barry Hennessy On this programme Dr. Sinéad McGilloway from NUI Maynooth describes an evaluation that she conducted of a classroom management programme that is being implemented in Irish schools. Barry spoke to Noel Ward of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation about the job situation for primary school teachers.