Episodes

  • Reflections on Academic Integrity - Insights and Beyond

    Reflections on Academic Integrity - Insights and Beyond
    Jan 20 2025
    In this episode, Dr Mary Claire Kennedy, Academic Integrity Lead at the University of Limerick, is in conversation with Dr Katherine Whitehurst, Director of Teaching and Learning and a Senior Lecturer at Mary Immaculate College. Mary-Claire and Katherine discuss the Navigating the New Frontier: Generative AI and Academic Integrity conference (14 & 15 Oct 2024). This was an internationally esteemed hybrid event hosted in partnership by UL, Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), and in association with NAIN and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
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  • Curious and Critical GCE Episode 11 - Storytelling, cross-curricular teaching, and worldviews with Orlaith O’Brien and Róisín Kelly

    Curious and Critical GCE Episode 11 - Storytelling, cross-curricular teaching, and worldviews with Orlaith O’Brien and Róisín Kelly
    Nov 27 2024
    Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years.
    In this episode I talk with recent MIC BEd graduates Orlaith O’Brien and Róisín Kelly who are now working as primary school teachers. Róisín and Orlaith both completed a specialism in global citizenship education during their degrees and share their experiences of learning about and teaching GCE themselves. Listen to them discuss how engaging with GCE helped them to broaden their understanding of the world and learn how to communicate complex issues in child-friendly ways.
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  • Curious and Critical GCE Episode 10 - Inclusive practice and global citizenship education with Fionnuala Tynan

    Curious and Critical GCE Episode 10 - Inclusive practice and global citizenship education with Fionnuala Tynan
    Nov 20 2024
    Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years.
    In this episode I talk to Dr Fionnuala Tynan, a lecturer in Inclusive Educational Methodology at MIC. Fionnuala discusses the interconnections between inclusive education, the hidden curriculum and global citizenship education, highlighting how an inclusive approach to education can also enhance global citizenship for learners and teachers alike.
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  • Curious and Critical GCE Episode 9 - Human Rights education, opportunities and challenges with Benjamin Mallon

    Curious and Critical GCE Episode 9 - Human Rights education, opportunities and challenges with Benjamin Mallon
    Nov 6 2024
    Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years.
    In this episode I talk to Dr Benjamin Mallon from the Institute of Education at DCU about Human Rights. Ben is an Assistant Professor in Geography Education and is co-director of the DCU Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education. Ben discusses the interconnection between global issues, human rights, and values. During the discussion, Ben focuses on how human rights connects with education and offers ideas around opportunities and challenges within our current system.
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  • Curious and Critical GCE Episode 8 - Antiracism, intercultural education, and inclusive classrooms with Niamh McGuirk and Ryma Halfaoui

    Curious and Critical GCE Episode 8 - Antiracism, intercultural education, and inclusive classrooms with Niamh McGuirk and Ryma Halfaoui
    Oct 31 2024
    Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years.
    In this episode I talk to Dr Niamh McGuirk and Ryma Halfaoui. Niamh is an Assistant Professor in Ethical and Intercultural Education in DCU Institute of Education and Ryma, a first-generation migrant, is a primary school teacher, facilitator and activist based in Dublin. Niamh and Ryma discuss what antiracism and interculturalism mean and provide lots of hopeful, practical tips and ideas for how to create inclusive classrooms.
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  • Curious and Critical GCE Episode 7 - Active learning for global citizenship education with Niall Quigley and Abigail Gallagher

    Curious and Critical GCE Episode 7 - Active learning for global citizenship education with Niall Quigley and Abigail Gallagher
    Oct 23 2024
    Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years.
    In this episode I talk to newly qualified teachers Niall Quigley and Abigail Gallagher who recently completed their B Ed Degree in MIC with a specialism in global citizenship education. Niall and Abigail discuss their experiences of teaching and researching GCE throughout their degrees and share insights into what they learned about active learning, choosing resources, and integrating GCE into lessons in primary schools.
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  • Curious and Critical GCE Episode 6 - Reflection and self-awareness for GCE with Joanne O’Flaherty

    Curious and Critical GCE Episode 6 - Reflection and self-awareness for GCE with Joanne O’Flaherty
    Oct 16 2024
    Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years.
    In this episode I talk to Dr Joanne O’Flaherty who is an Associate Professor at the School of Education, University of Limerick and Research Lead for the Ubuntu Network. The Ubuntu Network, funded by Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs is a national centre of excellence for global citizenship education in post-primary initial teacher education. Joanne talks to me about the idea of reflective practice and challenges many common ideas of reflection as teachers and within GCE.
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  • Curious and Critical GCE Episode 5 - Structural inequality and financial justice with Vicky Donnelly and Adedotun Adekeye

    Curious and Critical GCE Episode 5 - Structural inequality and financial justice with Vicky Donnelly and Adedotun Adekeye
    Oct 8 2024
    Curious and Critical GCE is a podcast series all about global citizenship education which was developed to accompany the book Global Citizenship Education: Curious Teachers, Critical Classrooms. The podcast series is hosted by Dr Brighid Golden, lecturer in Global Citizenship Education at MIC, and member of the national DICE Project Network for over ten years.
    In this episode I talk to Vicky and Ade about structural inequality and financial justice. Vicky works with Financial Justice Ireland as education and outreach worker, delivering workshops on justice and solidarity approaches to global issues to groups around Ireland. Ade delivers workshops for NGOs such as Galway One World Centre and Comhlámh on social justice and inequality. Vicky and Ade share their understanding of structural inequality and give an insight into why we should be thinking and talking about and taking action on financial justice.
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