Jenny has extensive experience of successful teaching of secondary science in schools and a strong track record of teaching and leading Initial Teacher Education (ITE), including being Programme Leader of the Secondary PGCE at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln for 10 years and previously contributing to the wider sector as Chair of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) in England PGCE Secondary Forum and member of the UCET Executive.
Current research interests include using the Threshold Concepts Framework (TCF) to explore effective science teaching as well as effective ITE. Jenny is a researcher with the Medical Education Disciplines in Comparison (MEDiC) project which explores epistemic cognition and development in clinical and health professions education disciplines.
Jenny is also involved in promoting environmental education and is a member of the UCET Sustainability and Climate Change Education Group (SCCEG) and regularly attends National Climate Education Action Plan (NCEAP) meetings.
Publications
Dunn, M. & Wynn, J. (2024) Threshold Connections: Engaging trainee teachers in collaborative curriculum research to explore threshold concepts within secondary school science disciplines. In Threshold Concepts in the Moment. Threshold Concepts in the Moment | Brill
Puttick, S. & Wynn, J. (2021) Constructing ‘good teaching’ through written lesson observation feedback. Oxford Review of Education, 47(2): 152-169.
Puttick, S., Nye, Z., Wynn, J., Muir, L. & Hill, Y. (2021) Student teachers’ beliefs about diversity: Analysing the impact of a ‘diversity week’ during Initial Teacher Education. Teacher Development, 25(1): 85-100.
