anseo's Podcast
1) Interview 26: Paula Korsnakova and Eliane Segers (IEA)
As educators, I wonder do we think much about the research that is done about education. I spoke with Paula Korsnakova and Eliane Segers from the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of E...Show More
2) Interview 25: Roisin Brady from LanguageNut
With the new MFL curriculum coming up, I thought I'd speak to someone who knows a thing or two about teaching languages. Róisín Brady from LanguageNut joined me to explain how she thinks the curriculu...Show More
3) The True Cost of Underfunding in Irish Primary Schools
In this episode, I explore the issue of underfunding in Irish primary schools, using the example of Sacred Heart Junior National School in Killinarden, Dublin, which announced it would operate remotel...Show More
4) Who owns the solar panels in schools and why does nobody care?
On this week's show, I'll be talking about solar panels and schools, but maybe not from the angle you might be expecting. As many of you might know, the government decided that every school in the cou...Show More
5) Interview 24: Rob Barnett
Rob Barnett is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Modern Classrooms Project, a really interesting project which, at its core, tries to use technology for better human interaction and rel...Show More
6) A Love Letter to the new Minister for Education
Despite my detective work, it looks like I was completely wrong about who the next Minister for Education was going to be and it's Helen McEntee who is our education minister.Join me as I write a...Show More
7) Interview 23: Muireann Sadlier
In this podcast episode, I interview Muireann Sadlier, the Director of Cyber Smarties Ireland, discussing the importance of keeping children safe online while teaching them to use the internet positiv...Show More
8) 10 Reasons to Be Hopeful for Education in 2025
In this episode I reflect on the challenges faced by the primary education system in 2024 and offer ten reasons for possible optimism in 2025. Topics include improvements in special education, the pot...Show More
9) Review of the Year 2024 - July to December
If you have been listening to the first half of this episode where I covered the education stories from January to June, you'll notice that the first half of 2024 in schools was not exactly filled wit...Show More
10) Review of the Year 2024 - January to June
If there's nothing else you can say about the Minister for Education, Norma Foley. When we look back at 2024, it's likely she will feature heavily. Whether it was her crisis opportunity during the gen...Show More