Inside Education On 103.2 Dublin City Fm

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