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Programme 237, Career Planning for School Leavers (6-1-16)

06 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week I am joined by Brian Mooney to discuss how school leavers can plan their career and the kind of...

Programme 236, Review of 2015 and Preview of 2016

23 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I am joined by Brian Mooney, who edited the Education Matters Yearbook 2015-2016...

Programme 235, Action Research and Professional Development for Teachers (16-12-15)

16 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to three of the authors of the book Enhancing Practice through Classroom R...

Programme 234, Sharon Todd on Ethics & Leadership in Education (9-12-15)

09 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Professor Sharon Todd who is Head of the Maynooth University Department...

Programme 233, Stephen Murgatroyd (2-12-15)

02 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Stephen Murgatroyed who is an educator and describes himself as a "fu...

Programme 232, David Rose pt. 2 & English as an Additional Language (25-11-15)

25 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented 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...

Programme 231, Universal Design for Learning with David Rose, Pt. 1 (18-11-15)

18 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented 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 L...

Programme 230, Science Teaching and Scifest; & More on Picture Books (10-11-15)

11 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme to mark National Science Week I visited the national finals of Scifest and spoke t...

Programme 229, Critical Thinking and Book Talk (4-11-15)

04 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented 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...

Programme 228, John West-Burnham on Leadership & Change in Schools (28-10-15)

01 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Professor John West-Burnham who is an independent consultant in educati...

Programme 227, Kathleen Lynch on Education and Social Justice (21-10-15)

21 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme my guest was Professor Kathleen Lynch, Head of the School of Social Justice at U...

Programme 226, Making Reading Addictive (14-10-15)

14 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney The guest on this week's programme was Catherine Gilliland from St. Mary's University College, Belfast. She...

Programme 225, Literacy Teachmeet & Enirdelm Conference (7-10-15)

07 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I interviewed presenters at the Teachmeet that was organised as part of the Lite...

Programme 224, Mags Amond on Learning to Teach, Teachmeets & More (1-7-15)

01 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme my guest is Mags Amond, a recently retired science teacher, a prolific tweeter and...

Programme 223, Catholic Education & Principals Preparing their Successors (24-6-15)

25 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme my guest is Fr. Ron Nuzzi from the Alliance for Catholic Education at the Univer...

Programme 222, Marilyn Cochran-Smith on Teacher Education, pt 2 (17-6-15)

17 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith, a former presi...

Programme 221, Marilyn Cochran-Smith on Teacher Education, pt 1 (10-6-15)

17 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. The guest on this week's programme is Marilyn Cochran-Smith, who is the Cawthorne Professor of Teacher Ed...

Programme 220, Rob Evans on Teacher Congeniality & Collegiality (3-6-15)

03 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented 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 P...

Programme 219, Áine Hyland pt 2 (27-5-15)

27 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented 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 s...

Programme 218, Áine Hyland & the Dalkey School Project (20-5-15)

20 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. In this first part of a two-interview series with Professor Áine Hyland, she talks about her early schoo...

Programme 217, Technology in Education - A UK perspective (13-5-15)

13 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Dughall McCormick, the Chairman of National Association of Advisors f...

Programme 216, Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, pt 2 (6-5-15)

06 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented 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 ...

Programme 215, Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, 1919-1999, pt 1 (29-4-15)

29 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney The guest on this week's programme was educational historian Antonia McManus. She appeared on the programme...

Programme 214, Andy Burke, pt. 2 (22-4-15)

22 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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. Pat...

Programme 213, Andy Burke, Pt. 1 (15-4-15)

15 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. The guest on this week's programme is the educator Andy Burke. He taught philosophy of education and hist...

Programme 212, Joanne Gilmartin on IT in Education (8-4-15)

08 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Joanne Gilmartin following her contribution to the 2015 annual confer...

Programme 211, Three Interviews from CESI 2015 (1-4-15)

01 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Programme 210, Frank Furedi pt 2 (25-3-15)

25 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 discusse...

Programme 209, Frank Furedi pt 1 (18-3-15)

18 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. The guest on this week's programme is sociologist and commentator Professor Frank Furedi who discusses m...

Programme 208, Bianca Ní Ghrógáin at CESI (11-3-15)

11 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme, Bianca Ní Ghrógáin tells me about her approach to teaching, how she became in...

Programme 207, Mathletes & Tim Rylands (4-3-15)

04 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This programme was recorded at the 2015 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland whic...

Programme 206, Massive Open Online Courses - MOOCs (25-2-15)

25 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Tim Savage, the Associate Dean for Online Education in Trinity Colleg...

Programme 205, Assessment in Education & Fitness Testing in PE (18-2-15)

18 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. Michael O'Leary from St. Pa...

Programme 204, Michael O'Leary on Assessment (11-2-14)

11 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Dr. Michael O'Leary, from St. Patrick's College, about assessment. O...

Programme 203, Rob Evans on Principalship (4-2-15)

04 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme my guest is Dr. Rob Evans who was a keynote speaker at the 2015 annual conference ...

Programme 202, Kevin Williams Discusses "School Ethos" (28-1-15)

28 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. Kevin Williams who recently...

Programme 201, Kevin Williams - Appreciating Teachers & Education Reform (21-1-15)

21 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Dr. Kevin Williams who recently retired as Senior Lecturer from Ma...

Programme 200, Review of 2014 & Preview of 2015 (17-12-14)

18 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I am joined by Dr. Mary Fleming, Head of the School of Education at NUI Galway, ...

Programme 199, Scifest & Irish Poetry (10-12-14)

10 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week's programme featured interviews from the National Finals of Scifest, with its founder, Sheila P...

Programme 198, Doug Clements on Early Years Mathematics (3-12-14)

03 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week my guest was Professor Doug Clements from the University of Denver. He had previously been a k...

Programme 197, Early Years Education (26-11-14)

26 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme my guest was Professor Elizabeth Wood, from the University of Sheffield. She was...

Programme 196, Multicultural Education (19-11-14)

19 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week I hear about a new book by an Irish author which aimes to promote awareness of multicultural ma...

Programme 195, The Teaching Council - Pt 2 (12-11-14)

12 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme, you can hear the second part of my interview with Tomás Ó Ruairc, the Directo...

Programme 194, Steiner Education and The Teaching Council (6-11-14)

05 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Lindsay Myers, the organiser of a conference on "The Art of Education i...

Programme 193, Autism, IMTA & Movement (29-10-14)

30 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. For this programme I spoke to Michelle Shiels, a graduate of Stranmillis University College, who gave a w...

Programme 192, Pamela Munn (22-10-14)

22 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week's programme is an extended interview with Professor Pamela Munn, one of the authors of the Repo...

Programme 191, Maths Week, Religious Ed and Diversity in Teaching (15-10-14)

15 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Sheila Donegan about Maths Week, I spoke to Elaine Mahon about the Na...

Programme 190, SEED & RAI Conferences (8-10-14)

08 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week I spoke to Paddy Madden about the second annual conference of  School Earth Education. I a...

Podcast 189, Catholic Schools in the United States (6-7-14)

06 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Most primary schools in Ireland are under the patronage of the Catholic Church. However, outside Ireland, state supported primary schools that are Cat...

Podcast 188, Interview with Sociologist Mark Berends (29-6-14)

29 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast I interview eminent educational sociologist, Professor Mark Berends about his career to date. He is a fellow of the Institute for Educ...

Podcast 187, Darcia Narvaez on Moral Education (22-6-14)

22 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Professor Darcia Narvaez from the University of Notre Dame discusses the topic of moral education. She mentions the following two web...

Podcast 186. Nicole McNeil on the Equals Sign & Manipulatives (15-2-14):

16 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this podcast we hear why many young children don't understand the meaning of the equals sign and what ca...

Podcast 185, Catherine Snow on Language and Literacy, Pt 2 (18-12-13)

18 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. In this podcast I bring you the second part of my two-part interview with Harvard University Professor, C...

Podcast 184, Catherine Snow on Language and Literacy, Pt 1 (16-12-13)

16 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

On this podcast in the first of a two-part interview I speak to Professor Catherine Snow from Harvard Graduate School of Education about several aspec...

Podcast 183, John Mighton on JUMP Maths (4-11-13)

04 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. In this podcast I speak to John Mighton the founder of JUMP Maths.

Programme 182, International School of Dublin (30-6-13)

27 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Sarah Pepper who is the Principal of the International School of Dubli...

Programme 181, Influences on Teaching Maths, Reading and Science (23-6-13)

24 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I speak to Dr. Eemer Eivers, Aidan Clerkin and Dr. Mary Lewis of the Educational R...

Programme 180, History of Computer Education Society of Ireland

16 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Elizabeth Oldham from the School of Education in Trinity College Dublin...

Programme 179, School Tours and the Burren (9-6-13)

09 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney For this week's programme I went on location to the Burren where Gordon D'Arcy and Paddy Madden were bringi...

Programme 178, Collaborative & Cooperative Learning (2-6-13)

02 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I spoke to Professor Angela O'Donnell who is originally from Ireland but who has ...

Protramme 177, A Profile of Bridge 21 (26-5-13)

26 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I speak to staff and students from Bridge 21, an initiative to promote work that i...

Programme 176, Teaching Films and the Primary School Curriculum (19-5-13)

20 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, retired teacher and philosopher John Doyle discusses how he taught using films in...

Programme 175, John Naughton and Education for a Networked World (12-5-13)

12 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme, Professor John Naughton, who is Vice-President of Wolfson College Cambridge, exp...

Programme 174, An Economics View of Education from Eric Hanushek (5-5-13)

05 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney For this interview I met up with Professor Eric Hanushek from Stanford University and spoke to him about im...

Programme 173, Fionnuala Waldron on Teaching History (28-4-13)

29 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, Dr. Fionnuala Waldron from St. Patrick's College discusses the teaching of histor...

Programme 172, Fionnuala Waldron on Teacher Education (21-4-13)

21 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Dr. Fionnuala Waldron, who is Dean of Education in St. Patrick's College talks abo...

Programme 171, Education in and to Avoid Prison (14-4-13)

14 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme former governor of Mountjoy Prison, John Lonergan, discusses what the education s...

Programme 170, President of DCU, Prof. Brian MacCraith Envisions the Future of Education (7-4-13)

07 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme, I speak to Professor Brian Mac Craith, President of Dublin City University, abou...

Programme 169, Teacher Union General Secretaries Preview 2013 Conferences (31-3-13)

31 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I speak to the general secretaries of the three teaching unions to preview their ...

Programme 168, Sociologist Stephen Ball on Education Policy (24-3-13)

24 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, Professor Stephen Ball from the Institute of Education at the University of Londo...

Programme 167, Joe Dale on Technology and Language Teaching (17-3-13)

18 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, Joe Dale, who presented at the CESI Conference 2013, talks about many ways in whi...

Programme 166, Interviews from CESI 2013 Pt. 2 (10-3-13)

12 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Catherine Cronin, who is Academic Coordinator of online IT programmes a...

Programme 165, Interviews from CESI 2013 Pt. 1 (3-3-13)

04 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Anne White from the NCCA about plans for technology courses for the new...

Programme 164, Teaching Poetry in the Primary School (24-2-13)

24 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme retired primary teacher and philosopher, John Doyle, shares his experiences and reflectio...

Programme 163, Previewing Two Conferences - IPPEA and CESI (17-2-13)

17 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I previewed two conferences that have a healthy following each year. The Irish Pri...

Programme 162, Managing Challenging Behaviour among Adults in School (10-2-13)

10 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, Dr. Joe O'Connell of Limerick Education Centre discusses how to manage challengin...

Programme 161, CoderDojo: James Whelton, Mentors & Participants (3-2-13)

03 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to James Whelton, co-founder with Bill Liao of CoderDojo. I then visited t...

Programme 160, Retired Special School Principal Reflects on a Career in Education, pt. 2 (27-1-13)

27 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney In the second of a two-part interview, retired principal of Scoil Chiaráin, and teacher educator, Éamon Ó...

Programme 159, Retired Special School Principal Reflects on a Career in Education, pt. 1 (20-1-13)

20 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I bring you the first part of a two-part interview with retired Principal of Scoi...

Programme 158, Young Scientists Study Education 2013 (13-1-13)

13 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to some students at the BT Young Sciensts who studied topics related to ed...

Programme 157, Paddy Madden on Teaching SESE in Winter Time (6-1-13)

06 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Paddy Madden spoke to us about teaching Social, Environmental, and Scientific Educ...

Programme 156, Comparing Performance on Reading, Maths & Science (16-12-12)

01 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Dr. Eemer Eivers, research fellow, and Aidan Clerkin, research associat...

Programme 155, Deborah Ball on Teacher Education, Mathematics Education and U.S. Education (9-12-12)

13 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Professor Deborah Loewenberg Ball, who is Dean of the School of Education at the U...

Programme 154, Reflections on School Attendance, Discipline and Suspension (2-12-12)

02 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I continue my discussion with Síle Ní Fhearáin, a recently retired post-primary...

Programme 153, Síle Ní Fhearáin on Post-primary Teaching and Teaching Irish (25-11-12)

26 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Síle Ní Fhearáin discusses how she became a teacher, her time in Belcamp College ...

Programme 152, Margaret Clark on Teaching Reading and More (19-11-12)

19 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Professor Margaret M. Clark, who was in Ireland as a guest of the Reading Associat...

Programme 151, David McWilliams & Derek Lynch on Economics Teaching (11-11-12)

13 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme we marked this year's Kilkenomics festival and considered the topic of economics t...

Programme 150, Jo Boaler on Teaching Mathematics (4-11-12)

09 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney In this week's programme Professor Jo Boaler from Stanford University discusses the teaching of mathematics...

Programme 149, Paddy Madden on Teaching in & about Autumn (28-10-12)

04 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme I continued my seasonal coverage of teaching social, environmental and scientific educati...

Programme 148, Colum Kenny on Need for Educational Reform (21-10-12)

21 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme, Professor Colum Kenny from DCU's School of Communications talks about the need for our e...

Programme 147, How Parents can Help Children with Maths, & Lefthandedness (14-10-12)

16 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Valerie O'Dowd from the Marino Institute of Education talks about the videos she m...

Programme 146, Reading Multi-modal Texts & More (7-10-12)

07 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

On this programme I spoke to Dr. Frank Serafini, from Arizona State University about learning to read multi-modal texts, about reading workshops, abou...

Programme 145, Walter Doyle on Learning to Teach (1-7-12)

02 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week Professor Walter Doyle, of the College of Education at the University of Arizona tells us how the...

Programme 144, Walter Doyle on Classroom Management & Tasks (24-6-12)

25 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, Professor Walter Doyle, of the College of Education at the University of Arizona ...

Programme 143, Dyslexia (17-6-12)

20 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme Psychologist, Dr. Erika Doyle, from the Growing Up in Ireland study, explains what dyslex...

Programme 142, Mark Candon on Being Principal of a School Serving a Disadvantaged Area (10-6-12)

12 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme Mark Candon, who is currently on study leave from his position as principal of St...

Programme 141, Paddy Madden on Teaching in & about Summer (3-6-'12)

07 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Paddy Madden from the Marino Institute of Education talks about what teachers can ...

Programme 140, Photovoice - a research methodology (20-5-12)

21 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme Dr. Kevin Graziano of Nevada State College discusses how the research method phot...

Programme 139, Reasonable Accommodations for Students Doing State Exams (13-5-12)

14 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Barry Hennessy On this week's programme Barry spoke to Sally Maguire, resource teacher in St. Raphaela's School in Stillo...

Programme 138, Lisa Delpit on Educating Minority Learners (6-5-12)

06 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, Professor Lisa Delpit from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and auth...