Inside Education - a podcast for educators interested in teaching

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's podcast I speak to Viv Grant who is Executive Coach and Director of Integrity Coaching . She was a keynote speaker at the 2020 annual conference of the Irish Primary Principals' Network . Among the topics we discuss are the following: Identifying your stories as a school leader: why are you in the profession? What motivates you? What inspires...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's podcast I speak to the President (Damian White), Deputy President (Brian O'Doherty) and Chief Executive Officer (Páiric Clerkin) of the Irish Primary Principals' Network at the annual conference of the Network. The IPPN is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Among the topics we discuss are the following: Damian White Workload and makin...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I speak to Professor Mark Morgan from Dublin City University about psychology, education, his career and his thoughts on education. Among the topics we discuss are the following: How he became interested in psychology as a student teacher in St. Patrick’s College Being taught by John McNamara (who was known for his study of bilinguali...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week I bring you an interview with the new Chief Executive Officer of Educate Together , Dr. Emer Nowlan in the week she takes up her new appointment. Among the topics we discuss are: Her career in education to date: becoming a PE teacher, running a language school in Portugal Doing a masters and doctorate in UCD Being project manager for setting up seco...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's podcast I speak to Professor Paola Valero from Stockholm University about the political aspects of teaching in general and of teaching mathematics in particular. Professor Valero was in Ireland as a keynote speaker at the 2019 Mathematics Education in Ireland conference , which was held in Dublin City University in October. This podcast will be...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's podcast I am joined by author Dave Rudden who created the Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy. Dave talks about his own writing, about teaching writing to adults and children and he discusses the bullying that was a feature of his life in post-primary school. The specific topics discussed on the podcast are: How he began writing Knights of the...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week's podcast is a solo episode in which I riff on the topic of homework. Your feedback and thoughts on the topic and on the podcast are welcome as always. Among the topics mentioned on the podcast are the following: Is time spent on school homework a good return on investment? Overview of podcast Why teachers give homework The Goldilocks principle and...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's podcast I bring you interviews from students, teachers and organisers who attended the National Finals of Scifest 2019 in Marino Institute of Education on Friday, 22 November. Among the guests I speak to are the following: Sheila Porter, the founder and CEO of Scifest Aideen Hodgins from TU Dublin – Blanchardstown Students Ella, Eva and Willem...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I bring you an interview with Liam Murray who is secretary of Ficheall , a network of teachers around Ireland who teach chess in primary school. Among the topics discussed and the resources mentioned are the following: Is chess a curricular or extra-curricular activity? What students learn from playing chess: developing their social,...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's podcast I speak to Professor Nell Duke from the University of Michigan School of Education about literacy education and project-based instruction. Professor Duke was a keynote speaker at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland . Among the wide range of topics we discuss on the podcast and the resources mentioned are th...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week on the podcast I speak to Michael Moriarty, who has been leading in education and other sectors for a number of decades, as a teacher, a principal, Head of Education and Training Boards Ireland and as CEO of a local radio station. His new book, Every Leader's Reality Guide: Strategies to Release Your True Leadership Potential has been released and i...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's Inside Education I bring you another chance to meet with Jane Shimizu where she tells us about her participation in Science on Stage over the midterm break. We also discuss the participation of her class in the Scoil Féile Drámaíochta. From research I bring some insights around education and sleep following my reading of Matthew Walker 's book...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's podcast I discuss several matters related to teacher education with Professor Ian Menter from Oxford University's Department of Education . The topics we discuss are the following: The Teacher Education Groups study of teacher education policy across the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. How England is an outli...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I bring you a special episode for Maths Week and to mark the seventh conference of Mathematics Education in Ireland held last weekend in Dublin City University 's Institute of Education . First I speak to Dr. Siún Nic Mhuirí (from 1'43") from Dublin City University about the Maths4All project she's working on. Among the topics we disc...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I discuss how research can inform teaching with Professor Chris Brown from Durham University 's School of Education . Professor Brown discusses his work with teachers in professional learning networks, how teachers can apply research in their schools, and the barriers to doing so. Among the topics discussed are the following: How freq...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune: David Vesey My guest on the programme this week is my colleague in Marino Institute of Education and the person behind the social media identity, Little Miss Teacher . She is Clara Fiorentini and we talk about play, literacy, phonics, early years education and much more. Here are the topics we discuss and the times at which they appear.   Why she...

Presented and Produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey This week my guest on the programme is Leadership expert Professor Andy Hargreaves . Andy Hargreaves is Research Professor at Boston College , Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa , Distinguished Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University, Professor at the University of Stavanger, and Honorary Professor at Swansea Universit...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey This week's programme is the last for the school year 2018-19. We look at topics relating to the end of the primary school year: school tours (in a continuation of my conversation with Caitriona Cosgrave and Martin Kennedy from last week's programme), summer courses for teachers (with my colleague, Dr. Gene Mehigan), and presents for...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey This week I follow up on last week's programme where I shared some of my own ideas about school tours by talking to two practitioners who have lots of experience of organising school tours and field trips - as teacher and as principal. Caitriona Cosgrave teaches second class in Scoil Áine Girls School in Raheny and Martin Kennedy is...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey On this week's programme I talk about school tours and how to make them more educational. Among the topics discussed on the programme are: Where to go Health and safety Risk Assessment Cost Planning the tour Bringing the route to life Communicating with parents about the school tour Other venues Resources Here is a link to ships and...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey On this week's programme I bring you the second and final part of my interview with Professor John P. Miller from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto . John P. Miller is the author of The Holistic Curriculum , the third edition of which was recently published. Among the matters we discussed on...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey On this week's programme I speak to John P. (Jack) Miller, of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto , and author of of The Holistic Curriculum , about holistic education. Among the topics discussed on the programme are: What is holistic education? In a tradition from indigenous people, Buddha, So...

 Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Barbara Schneider from Michigan State University . Among the topics discussed this week are the following: The need to review the Irish science curriculum in line with other countries How can a curriculum value both knowing and doing, especially doin...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey This week on the programme my guest is Professor Barbara Schneider from Michigan State University . She uses sociology and psychology in her work and talks about how that works. She discusses optimal learning moments in science teaching and learning and about helping students make transitions from middle school to high school. Here a...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney Theme tune by David Vesey On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Lin Goodwin from the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong . We continue the discussion we began on last week's programme about mentoring and progress onto other topics. Among the matters discussed this week are: How to recognise when th...