Lighting a Fire! All things Teaching and Learning with the Teaching Council
This podcast is designed to stimulate conversations, share information, and connect with teachers and stakeholders in the education community. Each episode will focus on contemporary areas of education, and guests will be invited to share their experiences in a reflective way.
Episodes
18 episodes
Sustainability education: Moving beyond the recycling bins
In this episode, Phil Fox, Acting Director of The Teaching Council, is joined by Dr. Patrick Kirwan and Dr. Mary Moore, to discuss sustainability education in schools. The conversation focuses on practical steps that school communities can take...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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42:03
Cultivating an inclusive classroom
In this episode, Phil Fox, Acting Director of The Teaching Council, is joined by Ann Marie Caulfield and Josephine Byrne, to explore their experiences of inclusive education in mainstream schools. Ann Marie has been a post-primary t...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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37:54
FÉILTE 2022 Theme - Respect, Remembering, Reflecting and Reimaging
This panel remembered and reflected on the past two years of the pandemic and reimagined the future of teaching and learning.As we journey from what has been a huge global pandemic affecting not only schools but entire communities, a co...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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41:33
Talking about leadership, initial teacher education and more with Dr. Finn Ó Murchú
In this episode Tomás Ó Ruairc, former Director of the Teaching Council, is joined by Dr Finn Ó Murchú for a conversation about leadership, initial teacher education and much more. Finn is Head of School of Education (post-primary) ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:07:31
Caroline Healy (Principal) and Orla Kenny (teacher) from Scoil Mhuire, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim chat about their experience of welcoming Ukrainian children and parents to their school.
Lighting a Fire! All things Teaching and Learning with The Teaching CouncilIn this episode, Phil Fox, Acting Director of The Teachin...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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40:57
In conversation with Michelle Stowe, Director of Connect RP - restorative practice, professional learning communities and more!
In this episode Tomás Ó Ruairc is joined by Michelle Stowe for a conversation about restorative practice, professional learning communities and much more!Michelle Stowe taught English and Spanish for 16 years and now works as a restorati...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:02:33
Comhrá maidir le cur chun cinn na Gaeilge leis an Dr. T.J. Ó Ceallaigh / A conversation about promotion of the Irish language with Dr. T.J. Ó Ceallaigh
San eagrán seo, in éineacht le Phil Fox, Stiúrthóir Gníomhach na Comhairle Múinteoireachta, tá an Dr T.J. Ó Ceallaigh, Stiúrthóir Staidéar Iarchéime Múinte i gColáiste Mhuire gan Smál (MIC), Ollscoil Luimnigh, le haghaidh comhrá maidir le cur c...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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44:20
In conversation with Ciara O’Donnell, Director of the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST)
Ciara O’Donnell is the National Director of the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), the Department of Education’s largest national cross sectoral continuing professional development service. Ciara is a primary school teacher a...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:02:58
In conversation with Patrick Sullivan, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)
In this episode Tomás Ó Ruairc, Director of The Teaching Council is joined by Patrick Sullivan for a conversation about curriculum, role models, engaging with communities and much more. Patrick Sullivan has worked with the National ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:04:15
In conversation with Roddy Doyle, the opening keynote speaker at FÉILTE 2021.
Roddy Doyle has written twelve novels, including The Commitments, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1993, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, Smile and, most recently, Love. He has written three collections of short...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:06:53
In conversation with Andy Hargreaves
Andy Hargreaves is a Professor at Boston College and the University of Ottawa. He is also a writer, speaker, consultant and policy adviser. Andy is the founder of the ARC Education Project of which Ireland is a...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:03:08
In Conversation with Dr Deborah Netolicky
Dr Deborah Netolicky has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and school leadership in Australia and England. She is currently Head of Teaching and Learning at St Mark’s Anglican Community School, Honorary Research Associate at Murdoch ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:02:20
Talking all things education with Clive Byrne, Director of NAPD
In this episode, Clive Byrne joins Tomás Ó Ruairc, Director of the Teaching Council, and guest host Áine Lynch, CEO of the National Parents ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:03:22
Talking Education, Wellbeing for Teachers and Learners and Donegal dreams with Dr Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children in Ireland
Dr Niall Muldoon is Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children and has worked in the area of Child Protection for over 20 years. In this episode, Niall joins Tomás Ó Ruairc, Director of the
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:08:07
In conversation with Ciara Reilly – communities, COVID, and learning through the porous walls
Ciara Reilly is an Assistant Lecturer in Digital Education at the Marino Institute of Technology, and is well known to many teachers around the country through her contributions on Twitter via #edchatie.Ciara joins Tomás Ó Ruairc, Direct...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:10:18
FÉILTE tackles the perennial issue of inclusion in education
We are revisiting FÉILTE 2019 in NUI Galway, where Dr Finn Ó Murchú stepped in at the last minute to host a panel discussion on Inclusive Education. The focus of the discussion is not only about additional needs or special education needs, but ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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44:19
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, is a keynote speaker at FÉILTE 2020!
Mary Robinson, the Former president of Ireland and former UN Commission for Human Rights, was a guest at FÉILTE 2020, the annual Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence. She was the keynote interviewee at the festival,...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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57:37
Creating safe and supportive places in schools and education for LGBTI+ teachers and students
Moninne Griffith, CEO of BeLonG To, speaks to hosts Tomás Ó Ruairc, director of The Teaching Council, and Máirín Ní Chéilleachair, director of Dublin West Education Centre about supporting LGBTI+ students in schools and in the community. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:13:13