Inside Education - a podcast for educators interested in teaching

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 psychology can inform teachers' work. Among the topics we discuss in this part of the interview are: The relationship between temperament and personality How knowing about temperament helps teachers Children who find it harder to work in groups Insights the discipline of psychology offers to teachers Auditory and visual acuity Short-term, recall and episodic memory Ability to Infer Deduction Questions he’d like educational psychologists to answer What teachers need to know about human emotions

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 the teaching profession.

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 Glenn, Mary Roche, Caitríona McDonagh and Bernie Sullivan and they coordinate Educational Action Research Ireland. Among the books mentioned on the programme are the following: Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire Teacher by Sylvia Ashton-Warner An Experiment in Education by Sybil Marshall This book doesn’t make ... by Jean Augur

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 way of life Learning as a way of life for teachers Supervision on school placement Challenging our prejudices as teachers and teacher educators Deference and difference in education Ethics and education Ethics and teaching Becoming a discerning reader of your own teaching

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 the visual arts. 

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; Adrienne tells us about how she became interested in technology; she discusses resources for teaching computer science; and she describes her approach to working with technology in school.

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 lecturing and from mathematics to computer science How teachers can become more involved in coding Who inspires her Why she likes EDCHATIE

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 Differentiation in mathematics Assessment in mathematics Mathematics curricula in other countries Jerome Bruner Singapore Maths Sherry Parrish (https://twitter.com/numbertalks?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Jo Boaler Marilyn Burns Christina Tondevold Graham Fletcher (three act tasks for maths) The usefulness of mini-whiteboards

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 for teachers in summer and at evenings Number talks Concrete, pictorial and abstract representations in mathematics Her approach to teaching tables