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Sean Delaney
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May 6, 2015 • 28min
Programme 216, Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, pt 2 (6-5-15)
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 ministers for education. It marks the publication of Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy 1919-1999 written by Antonia McManus and published by The History Press Ireland.

Apr 29, 2015 • 28min
Programme 215, Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, 1919-1999, pt 1 (29-4-15)
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
The guest on this week's programme was educational historian Antonia McManus. She appeared on the programme to mark the publication by The History Press Ireland of her book Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, 1919-1999. On this part of the interview Antonia McManus describes how the dominant education policy for the first four decades of the new state was the promotion of the Irish language and how four ministers for education rather than just one helped bring about free second level education. The second part of the interview will be on next week's programme.

Apr 22, 2015 • 28min
Programme 214, Andy Burke, pt. 2 (22-4-15)
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. Patrick's College, who discusses his education work in various countries and much more. You can read some of Andy's ideas here.

Apr 15, 2015 • 28min
Programme 213, Andy Burke, Pt. 1 (15-4-15)
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
The guest on this week's programme is the educator Andy Burke. He taught philosophy of education and history of education for many years in St. Patrick's College and he currently advises policymakers on educational initiatives in several countries.

Apr 8, 2015 • 28min
Programme 212, Joanne Gilmartin on IT in Education (8-4-15)
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I spoke to Joanne Gilmartin following her contribution to the 2015 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI) Teachmeet on the topic of augmented reality in the primary classroom.

Apr 1, 2015 • 28min
Programme 211, Three Interviews from CESI 2015 (1-4-15)
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 Society of Ireland: Leanne Lynch from St. Mary's Convent Primary School in Nenagh, Richard Millwood from Trinity College Dublin, and Bernie Goldbach from the Youth Media Team.

Mar 25, 2015 • 28min
Programme 210, Frank Furedi pt 2 (25-3-15)
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 discusses authority in teaching.

Mar 18, 2015 • 28min
Programme 209, Frank Furedi pt 1 (18-3-15)
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
The guest on this week's
programme is sociologist and commentator Professor Frank Furedi who
discusses matters such as play, circle time, parental involvement in
education, and multiple intelligences. This is the first of a two-part
interview with Frank Furedi.

Mar 11, 2015 • 28min
Programme 208, Bianca Ní Ghrógáin at CESI (11-3-15)
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme, Bianca Ní Ghrógáin tells me about her approach to teaching, how she became interested in tweeting and how she uses technology in the classroom. Her twitter handle is @bnighrogain
The interview was recorded at CESI 2015.

Mar 4, 2015 • 28min
Programme 207, Mathletes & Tim Rylands (4-3-15)
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
This programme was recorded at the 2015 annual conference of the Computer Education Society of Ireland which took place at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology on 27 and 27 February 2015. The first interview featured here is with Kelly Kirkpatrick from SOS Ventures and Martina Sexton from St. Peter's Primary School in Bray about Mathletes. The second is with the opening keynote speaker of the conference, Tim Rylands.