Richard Tynan
School of Education

Faculty: Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
School: School of Education
Email address: R.J.Tynan@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 4644
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. 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 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
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