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Jamie Tinney

Jamie Tinney

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Staff Group(s)
Secondary and Continuing Education

Role

Jamie Tinney teaches on the PGCE Secondary Design and Technology programme at Nottingham Trent University, working with student teachers preparing to become Design and Technology teachers in secondary schools. His teaching focuses on subject pedagogy, curriculum planning and developing trainees’ confidence and professional practice as they enter the teaching profession.

Jamie is the Placement Lead for Secondary Initial Teacher Education, working closely with partnership schools to support trainees throughout their school placements. In this role he provides guidance to schools, supports and develops mentors, and helps to sustain strong collaborative partnerships between the University and schools that underpin the PGCE programme.

He also leads the Assessment Only (AO) route to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), supporting experienced but unqualified teachers to gain QTS while continuing in their school roles.

His professional interests include Design and Technology pedagogy, teacher mentoring and development and strengthening University–school partnerships in teacher education.

Research areas

Jamie’s scholarship focuses on teacher education, particularly the experiences and development of trainee teachers. His Master’s research explored the emotional pressures and hidden performativity experienced by trainee teachers, examining how scrutiny and judgement shape early confidence and professional identity. This work informs his approach to supporting student teachers and developing humane, purposeful teacher education practices.

He has published in design and technology education, including a chapter on teaching design communication skills in Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School (Routledge) and collaborative research on digital game making and learner engagement published in Technology, Knowledge and Learning. His broader interests include teacher identity, curriculum design in design and technology education, and the relationship between research, practice and partnership working in teacher education.

Jamie is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Publications

Hughes-Roberts, T., Brown, D., Burton, A., Shopland, N., Tinney, J., & Boulton, H. (2023). Digital game making and game templates promotes learner engagement in non-computing-based classroom teaching. Technology, Knowledge and Learning.

Tinney, J. & Mellors, M. (2020). Teaching design communication skills. In Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School, Routledge.

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