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Richard Tynan

School of Education

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

Languages

Spanish; Castilian

Degrees

2022, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD
2012, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PGCert LTHE
2006, National College for School Leadership, United Kingdom, NPQH
1987, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, M. Ed.
1978, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, PGCE
1977, Brunel University London, United Kingdom, Bachelor of Technology (Hons), Applied Biology

Highlighted publications

Tynan RJ, McLain MN. 2019. Attitudes to assessing trainee teachers on school experience placement within a group involved in an initial teacher education partnership at an 11-16 academy: a Q-methodology approach Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 11 :3-20 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ, Jones RB. 2018. Assessing trainee secondary teachers on school placement: Subject knowledge and overall teaching grades. Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 10 :20-34 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ, Jones R, Mallaburn A, Clays K. 2016. Subject knowledge enhancement courses for creating new chemistry and physics teachers: the students’ perceptions School Science Review, 98 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ, Mallaburn A. 2016. Assessing teachers in training: Towards understanding and achieving consistency across ITT/E partnerships. Eighth Annual Conference for Research in Education: Values in Education

Tynan RJ, Jones RB, Mallaburn A, Clays K. 2016. Working towards evidence based practice in science teaching and learning School Science Review, 97 :109-115 Public Url

Tynan RJ. 2016. Assessing trainee teachers on placement: is there any consistency? 7th TEAN Conference: Cultivating Learning

Inglis M, Mallaburn A, Tynan RJ, Clays K, Jones RB. 2015. Insights from a Subject Knowledge Enhancement Course for Creating New Chemistry and Physics Teachers School Science Review, 94 :101-107 Publisher Url Public Url

Clays K, Tynan RJ, Mallaburn A, Jones RB. 2014. Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses for creating new chemistry and physics teachers: do they work? School Science Review, 95 :85-94 Publisher Url Public Url

Clays K, Tynan R, Mallaburn A, Jones RB. Science education in the UK – a journey First Pedagogical Conference between LJMU and City Unity College, Athens

Tynan R, Jones RB. Can effect sizes give any clue to the way mentors ascribe numerical grades when assessing trainee teachers against the teachers’ standards in England? Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) Journal, 11 :4-14 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R, Mallaburn A. Consistency counts – or does it? Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) Journal, 9 :90-99 Publisher Url Public Url

Conference publication

Tynan R, Mallaburn A. 2024. What did the Covid-19 pandemic tell us about initial teacher programmes? EDULEARN24 Proceedings, Edulearn24, 16th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R. 2024. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN ADVANCED SPECIAL AND ADVANCED LEVEL BIOLOGY IN ENGLAND EDULEARN Proceedings, 16th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies 1 :109-119 DOI Publisher Url

Tynan R, Mallaburn A. 2024. ONE EFFECT ON PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY SCORES LINKED TO CHANGES IN ANTI-COVID-19 MEASURES AS THE PANDEMIC PROGRESSED IN SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND INTED2024 Proceedings, 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference :695-704 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R. 2024. USING THE SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD TO MEET THE PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ECOLOGY SUBSTANTIVE KNOWLEDGE IN CURRENT BIOLOGY EXAMINATION SPECIFICATIONS IN ENGLAND INTED2024 Proceedings, 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference :705-714 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R, Mallaburn A. 2024. ONE EFFECT ON PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY SCORES LINKED TO CHANGES IN ANTI-COVID-19 MEASURES AS THE PANDEMIC PROGRESSED IN SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND INTED Proceedings, 18th International Technology, Education and Development Conference 1 :695-704 DOI Publisher Url

Tynan R. 2023. Searching for an underlying mechanism governing pre-service teacher assessment in the northwest of England: an example of adopting a critical realism approach for teacher education research ICERI 2023 Proceedings, ICERI 23: 16th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation :2832-2841 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R. 2023. Learning, teaching, and assessing challenging biology concepts and processes using teacher constructed PowerPoint animations ICERI 2023 Proceedings, ICERI 2023: 16th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R. 2023. The Importance of Ecology Fieldwork in English Secondary School Curricula EDULEARN23 Proceedings, EDULEARN 2023 :2789-2797 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R, Mallaburn A. 2023. THE SELF-EFFICACY OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS: LESSONS LEARNED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND EDULEARN Proceedings, 15th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies 1 :2276-2281 DOI Publisher Url

Tynan RJ, Mallaburn A. 2022. THE SELF-EFFICACY OF TRAINEE TEACHERS RECOMMENDED FOR QUALIFIED TEACHER STATUS (QTS) IN ENGLAND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: LOOKING FOR EXPLANATIONS ICERI Proceedings, 15th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI) DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ. 2022. A Critical Evaluation of Criteria-Based Assessment of Subject Knowledge and Other Competencies of Teachers in Training: A Practitioner Research Journey EDULEARN22 Proceedings, EDULEARN22, the 14th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies :490-497 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ, Mallaburn A. 2022. The Self-Efficacy of Trainee Teachers Who Were Recommended for Qualified Teacher Status (Qts) in England During the Covid-19 Pandemic EDULEARN22 Proceedings, EDULEARN22, the 14th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies :484-489 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R, Mallaburn A, Frankham J. 2020. THE COVID-19 GENERATION: NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS’ (NQTS’) SELF-EFFICACY ICERI2020 Proceedings, ICERI 2020 :7853-7853 DOI Publisher Url

Tynan RJ, Mallaburn A. 2016. Assessing teachers in training: Towards understanding and achieving consistency across ITT/E partnerships. Eighth Annual Conference for Research in Education: Values in Education

Tynan RJ. 2016. Assessing trainee teachers on placement: is there any consistency? 7th TEAN Conference: Cultivating Learning

Tynan RJ, Tynan RJ. Out of school learning in science Association for Science Education Conference 2012

Clays K, Tynan R, Mallaburn A, Jones RB. Science education in the UK – a journey First Pedagogical Conference between LJMU and City Unity College, Athens

Tynan RJ. Assessing Trainees LJMU Partnership Confererence

Tynan R, Mallaburn A. The Self-Efficacy of Pre-Service Teachers: Lessons Learned During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Northwest of England EDULEARN23 Proceedings, EDULEARN 2023 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R. Statistical analysis in advanced special and advanced level Biology in England EDULEARN24 Conference Proceedings, Edulearn24, 16th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Thesis/Dissertation

Tynan R. 2022. A critical evaluation of criteria-based assessment of subject knowledge and other competencies of teachers in training Mallaburn A, Seton L, Daly A. Public Url

Journal article

Pratt A, Tynan R. 2019. The journey from reflection on practice to research informed practice: the contribution of MA practitioner research Jackson A. Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, Volune :35-46 Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ, McLain MN. 2019. Attitudes to assessing trainee teachers on school experience placement within a group involved in an initial teacher education partnership at an 11-16 academy: a Q-methodology approach Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 11 :3-20 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ, Jones RB. 2018. Assessing trainee secondary teachers on school placement: Subject knowledge and overall teaching grades. Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 10 :20-34 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ, Jones R, Mallaburn A, Clays K. 2016. Subject knowledge enhancement courses for creating new chemistry and physics teachers: the students’ perceptions School Science Review, 98 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan RJ, Jones RB, Mallaburn A, Clays K. 2016. Working towards evidence based practice in science teaching and learning School Science Review, 97 :109-115 Public Url

Inglis M, Mallaburn A, Tynan RJ, Clays K, Jones RB. 2015. Insights from a Subject Knowledge Enhancement Course for Creating New Chemistry and Physics Teachers School Science Review, 94 :101-107 Publisher Url Public Url

Clays K, Tynan RJ, Mallaburn A, Jones RB. 2014. Subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses for creating new chemistry and physics teachers: do they work? School Science Review, 95 :85-94 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R, Jones RB. Can effect sizes give any clue to the way mentors ascribe numerical grades when assessing trainee teachers against the teachers’ standards in England? Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) Journal, 11 :4-14 Publisher Url Public Url

Tynan R, Mallaburn A. Consistency counts – or does it? Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) Journal, 9 :90-99 Publisher Url Public Url

Conference presentation:

Covid-19: Unwanted but an opportunity for a quasi-experimental approach to investigating pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy., Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) 2023, Manchester, Oral presentation. 2023

Conflicted role, professional judgement: something to consider when assessing aspiring teachers on school experience placement, Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) 2022, on-line, Oral presentation. 2022

The COVID-19 Generation : NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHER (NQT) AND INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION (ITE) TRAINEE SELF-EFFICACY, Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) 2021, Virtual, Oral presentation. 2021

The Covid-19 Generation: Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) and Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Trainee Self-efficacy, TEAN 2021, on-line, Oral presentation. 2021

THE COVID-19 GENERATION: NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS’ (NQTS’) SELF-EFFICACY, ICERI 2020, Seville (on-line), Oral presentation. 2020

Subject knowledge for teachers in training: How do teacher educators help develop what their aspiring teachers need to know?, 10th TEAN Conference, Birmingham, Oral presentation. 2019

The journey from the reflective practitioner to research informed practice: an evaluation of the contribution of MA practitioner research, 10th TEAN Conference, Birmingham, Oral presentation. 2019

Fellowships:

FHEA, Higher Education Academy. 2012

Membership of professional bodies:

Member, Association for Science Education, http://www.ase.org.uk/home/. 1980

Member, Royal Society of Biology, https://www.rsb.org.uk/. 1979

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