Circles of Connection Circles of Connection

In this short epilogue, Dorothée talks about how the podcasts were produced and some of the lessons she learnt from interviewing practitioners around Ireland. 


References:
The UBUNTU project: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/news/ubuntu-project-brings-young-black-adults-and-garda-together-dialogue-dublin-west
Connolly, C. et al. (2022) ‘New actors and new learning spaces for new times: a framework for schooling that extends beyond the school’, Learning environments research, pp. 1–13. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-022-09432-y.

John Biggins, Lawyer, Lecturer at Maynooth University, and Academic knowledgeable on the Brehon Laws, gives some perspective to understand how restorative the ancient Celtic Legal system, the Brehon laws, were. 


To know more about John’s interest in the Brehon Laws: https://thebrehonlawyer.com/

Michelle Stowe, founder and director of Connect RP, a service for teachers and schools which offers training and support in co-creating relational schools communities, talks about her experience of working with schools, the obstacles and enablers of whole school implementation, how to support participants in the shift of culture RP require and the lessons she gathered from her vast experience. 


For more information about Connect RP: https://www.connectrp.ie/

Kate O’Neill, acting team leader for the primary health and well-being team in the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST), talks about the work the PDST does to train teachers and support RP implementation in schools. 
For more information about PDST: https://pdst.ie/

Tom McGauley, James O’Loughlin and Ciara O’Byrne, teachers at Casltenock College in Dublin, talk about their training and journey in RP, the shift in mindset and culture that it fosters, their practices, modelling or explicitly teaching RP, the challenges they meet and what they learn from them.

Brian Fox and Becky Ryan are back in this episode. While episode 8 was focusing on the whole school implementation process, in this one, they talk about their personal journey in RP, their training, the shift in mindset and culture that it fosters, their practices, modelling or explicitly teaching RP, the challenges they meet and what they learn from them.