Conversations from the Classroom with Dr David Kennedy

In this episode, the renowned Irish poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama engages in a wide-ranging conversation from the potential of a border poll in Northern Ireland to questions of truth, theology, spirituality, and art. Pádraig's work can be accessed via his website ( Click Here ) and the On Being Poetry Unbound series, which he hosts, can be accessed via the following link ( Click Here ).

This episode is the fourth and final episode of four special episodes dedicated to the relationship between LGBTQ+ matters and the philosophy and theology of Catholic education. In this episode, Dr Seán Henry (Lecturer in Education, Edge Hill University) and Vivek da Silva (Assistant Professor in Religious Education, Dublin City University), in summation of the special series participate in a thou...

This episode is the third of four special episodes dedicated to the relationship between LGBTQ+ matters and the philosophy and theology of Catholic education. In this episode, Dr Claire Jenkins (University of Cambridge, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Senior Fellow) and Mr George White (Religious Education Teacher, St. Paul's Catholic School, Leicester, UK) offer their perspectives, a...

This episode is the second of four special episodes dedicated to the relationship between LGBTQ+ matters and the philosophy and theology of Catholic education. In this episode, Dr Seán Henry (Lecturer in Education, Edge Hill University), discusses the foundations of Queer theologies. He offers his perspective on everything from the unique way in which the term 'queer' is engaged with by ac...

This episode is the one of four special episodes dedicated to the relationship between LGBTQ+ matters and the philosophy and theology of Catholic education. In this episode, Dr Seán Henry (Lecturer in Education, Edge Hill University), Dr Sean Whittle (Visiting Research Fellow, St Mary's University; Director, Network for Researchers in Catholic Education),  Dr Cora O'Farrell (Director, Mate...

In this episode, Dr Daniel O'Connell (Lecturer in Religious Education, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick) discusses the establishment and potential of Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education (GRACE) which is an international research-based partnership between Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Boston College, United States, the University of Notre Dame Fremantle, Australia...

In this episode, Dr Marie Griffin (Chairperson, the Catholic Education Partnership) discusses the establishment of the 'Catholic Education Partnership', the organisation's structure, and why its inception is important for Catholic Education in the Republic of Ireland.

In this episode, Dr Amalee Meehan (Assistant Professor of Religious Education, DCU) and Dr Thomas Carrol (Primary Teacher and Part-Lecturer of Religious Education, MIC) discuss wellbeing and Christian mindfulness in the context of Catholic Education.

In this episode, Ian Corbett (former ACE Teacher Fellow, INTO Intern, and now Primary Languages Advisor PDST) is joined by Dr Cora O'Farrell (Director of Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education, DCU) to discuss his experience using the Grow In Love programme as an early career teacher in Catholic primary schools.

In this episode, Alan Hynes (formally Acting CEO, St Senan's Education Office, and now CEO, Catholic Education Partnership), and Miriam McCabe (Teaching Principal and Management Advisor, Catholic Primary School Management Association) discuss the importance of ethos in Catholic school and its role as part of the interview process in Catholic primary schools.

In this episode, Alan Hynes (formally Acting CEO, St Senan's Education Office, and now CEO, Catholic Education Partnership), and Miriam McCabe (Teaching Principal and Management Advisor, Catholic Primary School Management Association) the role of 'partnership' in the education sector in the Republic of Ireland, and particularly in the Catholic sector.

In this episode, Dr Elaine Mahon discusses her in-class religious education practice as a primary teacher in a Catholic school in relation to the inclusion of all pupils in Catholic Religious Education.

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