Inside Education - a podcast for educators interested in teaching

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. Today I speak to Dr. David Powell from the University of Huddersfield about teacher education. I met up with David at the 2018 annual conference of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe . Among the topics we discuss are: The soul of teacher education The apprenticeship model of learning to teach Observing teaching using the " Viewing Frame "

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week I'm delighted to bring you the second part of my interview with Niamh Dunphy, the teacher behind the blog and social media resource Irish Primary Teacher . Among the topics we talk about on the programme this week are: Plans for developing Irish Primary Teacher Where she gets her lesson ideas Using the store to encourage users to remain on the websi...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I speak to Niamh Dunphy, the person behind the hugely popular Irish Primary Teacher, blog , Facebook page and Instagram account . Among the topics we discuss in this first part of our interview are: Why she set up the blog, and pages on Instagram and Facebook Her positive and negative experiences of teaching in England What she knows...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I speak to Catherine O'Connor about making the transition from post-primary school to college. Catherine is author of the book, Cracking the College Code: Making the Most of the First Year College Experience . To get your own copy of Catherine O’Connor’s book Cracking the College Code: Making the most of the first year college experi...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week I speak to my colleague in Marino Institute of Education , Dr. Denis Robinson , about leadership in education and specifically leadership in Christian Education. Denis Robinson is the Coordinator of the Masters in Education Studies course, Leadership in Christian Education , a degree accredited by Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin . A...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week I am joined by University College Dublin School of Education Professor, Ciaran Sugrue , to discuss child-centred education, school leadership and educational research in Ireland. Among the topics we discuss are: Children-centred education Lack of mobility for teachers Privileging good relations in school Unmasking school leadership Continuous profes...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I am joined again by Dr. Karen Hammerness who is the Director of Edcuational research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History . This week we talk about the Museum as a site for education, including teacher education and we hear about the innovative programmes the museum has in place for educating people in and about s...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I speak to one of the most prominent scholars of teacher education in the United States, Dr. Karen Hammerness . Dr. Hammerness is the Director of Educational Research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where I met up with her recently. She has conducted research into teachers' visions and into t...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I speak to four educational researchers who have just had their third book about educational research published by Bloomsbury. The new boook by Máirín Glenn , Mary Roche , Caitríona McDonagh , and Bernie Sullivan is titled Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships: Action Research as Transformation . They have also set up a we...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I speak to online strength and fitness coach Mike Vacanti who runs the On the Regimen website. He also has his own YouTube Channel , which contains hundreds of vlogs and videos about health and fitness. I speak to Mike about his own physical education and about his participation in the Ultimate Sweat Challenge. Among the topics discu...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I bring you my interview with Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot from the Harvard Graduate School of Education . Professor Lawrence-Lightfoot has written 10 books, including The Good High School: Portraits of Character and Culture and The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other. In the course of our...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with someone who was listed as one of the most eminent psychologists of the twentieth century, Professor Jerome Kagan of Harvard University . In the course of this interview we discuss some of Professor Kagan's recent publications. The topics covered included: Psychology's Ghosts: The Crisi...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I speak to one of the pre-eminent developmental psychologists of the twentieth century who continues publishing books and articles up to the present day. Professor Jerome Kagan of Harvard University has conducted research into infants' temperaments and how they are related to personality in later life. He is interested in how psychol...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney This week I look ahead to the upcoming conference of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) with Professor Ciarán Sugrue . The theme of the conference is " 50 Years On: Reflecting on the Legacy of Free Second-Level Education ." In the interview we discuss educational research, teacher education, and the impact that free education has had on t...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I am in conversation with five people asking them questions about education. I begin with Dr Pádraig Hogan, a Senior Lecturer in Maynooth University and then I speak to the authors of a new book on educational research titled Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships: Action Research as Transformation . The authors are Máirín...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme my guest is teacher educator and philosopher Dr. Pádraig Hogan of the Department of Education at Maynooth University . I spoke to Pádraig at the annual conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland . Among the topics we discussed in a wide-ranging interview were: The purpose of schools Truth and education Teaching as a...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I speak to two keynote speakers from the 2018 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland , Elizabeth Oldham and Richard Millwood , both from Trinity College Dublin . They discuss the past, present and future of the organisation and among other topics Richard discusses how computational thinking relates to teaching...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme my guest is Joanna Norton, a lecturer at the University of the Arts in London . In the course of our interview she told me about the App she developed called Keywords Biology .

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney   This week I speak to the Chairperson of the Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI), Adrienne Webb, about the new Leaving Certificate course in Computer Science and other matters. During the interview we discuss how CESI has been working with various players, such as the NCCA and the PDST , to facilitate the smooth introduction of the syllabus; Adrienn...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I speak to lecturer in mathematics and programming at LIT ( Tipperary Campus ), Pamela O'Brien . Among the topics we discuss are: Her workshop on “ Breakoutedu ” Her job at LIT – Tipperary Campus The ICT in Education Conference The difference between coding and computer science Transitions she made from working in insurance to lectur...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with primary teacher and mathematics teacher educator, Claire Corroon. You can access resources and opinions about mathematics teaching on her website, Primary CPD . Among the topics we discuss this week are the following: Her Views on Curriculum Revision in primary mathematics Differentiat...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week my guest on the programme is Claire Corroon a primary teacher and teacher educator with a particular interest in mathematics education. She has many resources on her website, Primary CPD , where she also blogs. In this, the first part of our interview, among the topics discussed are: How she got involved in mathematics education Courses she gives f...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week I conclude my interview with Dr. Alf Coles from the School of Education at the University of Bristol . Among the topics we discuss this week are:   Planning for the unexpected in mathematics classes His work with the charity “Five by Five by Five Equals Creativity” Using Cuisenaire rods and a tens chart to teach mathematics How the number naming sy...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's programme my guest is Dr. Alf Coles from the University of Bristol School of Education . Among the topics discussed are:   What teachers learn from using video Responding to video through description versus judgment Using video clubs for teacher professional development The centre for researching education across boundaries Who was Caleb Gatte...

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Páiríc Clerkin, the Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN). In this part of the interview our conversation covers topics such as: What the IPPN does How he finds the role of CEO of the IPPN What teachers should think about before applying for roles as pr...