Synopsis
An Irish perspective on news and stories from the world of education
Episodes
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Programme 233, Stephen Murgatroyd (2-12-15)
02/12/2015 Duration: 27minPresented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Stephen Murgatroyed who is an educator and describes himself as a "futurist." He is an expert on innovation policy and practice.
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Programme 232, David Rose pt. 2 & English as an Additional Language (25-11-15)
25/11/2015 Duration: 28minPresented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. David Rose of CAST where he talks about Universal Design for Learning and schools having a "print disability." Dr. Barbara O'Toole, who is coordinator of the Masters in Education Studies (Intercultural Education) programme at the Marino Institute of Education discusses some of the challenges faced by children of linguistic minorities in schools.
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Programme 231, Universal Design for Learning with David Rose, Pt. 1 (18-11-15)
18/11/2015 Duration: 28minPresented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme my guest was the co-founder of CAST, and the developer of Universal Design for Learning, Dr. David Rose. He lectures at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Programme 230, Science Teaching and Scifest; & More on Picture Books (10-11-15)
11/11/2015 Duration: 27minPresented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme to mark National Science Week I visited the national finals of Scifest and spoke to its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sheila Porter. I also spoke to two teachers, Catherine Tattersall from Sutton Park School and Dr. Katie Corbett from Skerries Community College. I also bring you a final piece from my interview with Mary Roche, author of
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Programme 229, Critical Thinking and Book Talk (4-11-15)
04/11/2015 Duration: 28minPresented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Dr. Mary Roche who is the author of Developing Children’s Critical Thinking through Picturebooks. You can read more about her book
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Programme 228, John West-Burnham on Leadership & Change in Schools (28-10-15)
01/11/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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
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Programme 227, Kathleen Lynch on Education and Social Justice (21-10-15)
21/10/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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).
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Programme 226, Making Reading Addictive (14-10-15)
14/10/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 225, Literacy Teachmeet & Enirdelm Conference (7-10-15)
07/10/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 224, Mags Amond on Learning to Teach, Teachmeets & More (1-7-15)
01/07/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 223, Catholic Education & Principals Preparing their Successors (24-6-15)
25/06/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 222, Marilyn Cochran-Smith on Teacher Education, pt 2 (17-6-15)
17/06/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 221, Marilyn Cochran-Smith on Teacher Education, pt 1 (10-6-15)
17/06/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 220, Rob Evans on Teacher Congeniality & Collegiality (3-6-15)
03/06/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 219, Áine Hyland pt 2 (27-5-15)
27/05/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 218, Áine Hyland & the Dalkey School Project (20-5-15)
20/05/2015 Duration: 27minPresented and produced by Seán Delaney. In this first part of a two-interview series with Professor Áine Hyland, she talks about her early school experiences and how she came to be involved in setting up the Dalkey School Project National School.
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Programme 217, Technology in Education - A UK perspective (13-5-15)
13/05/2015 Duration: 28minPresented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Dughall McCormick, the Chairman of National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education - the British Equivalent of the Computer Education Society of Ireland.
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Programme 216, Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, pt 2 (6-5-15)
06/05/2015 Duration: 28minPresented and produced by Sen Delaney. This week I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. Antonia McManus about the legacies of Irish ministers for education. It marks the publication of Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy 1919-1999 written by Antonia McManus and published by The History Press Ireland.
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Programme 215, Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, 1919-1999, pt 1 (29-4-15)
29/04/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.
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Programme 214, Andy Burke, pt. 2 (22-4-15)
22/04/2015 Duration: 28minPresented 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.