Professor Mathias Urban, Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Education and Director of the Early Childhood Research Centre (ECRC) at Dublin City University

Professor Mathias Urban, Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Educate and Director of the Early Childhood Research Centre at DCU is Louise’s guest. He talks about DCU’s decision to use a donation from Mr Dermot Desmond to set up the only dedicated research centre at university level in Ireland that looks at questions around early childhood from an interdisciplinary angle. He tells Louise about early childhood education and care being a fundamental part of the education system in Ireland and they talk about the factors that impact on childrens’ lives, including malnutrition and housing. Prof Urban tells Louise about the teachers who inspired him and how with the work he is doing, ‘we're preparing the next generation of teachers, but also researchers and hopefully policymakers in this field.”

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Professor Mathias Urban, Desmond Chair of Early Childhood Education and Director of the Early Childhood Research Centre (ECRC) at Dublin City University is an episode from Teachers Inspire Ireland by Teachers Inspire Ireland.

This episode is 22:53 long.

This episode was published on Apr 13, 2023.

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