Jenny Byrne

TL;DR: In this article, the value and purpose of the traditional peer observation process has been explored, along with what can be done to improve the new peer development process and its value to those who have participated in it as a mechanism for professional development.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the recent rise in interest in the concept of learning styles as VAK (visual, auditory, kinaesthetic) in primary schools in England and Wales and begin to identify and interrogate some of the more unorthodox claims frequently used to legitimise and lend support to its validity.

TL;DR: This paper described the expressed models that children aged 7, 11, and 14 years have about microorganisms and microbial activity using a variety of data collection techniques that complemented each other, resulting in a rich dataset, and provided information about the level of knowledge and progression of ideas across the age range studied.

TL;DR: The research was carried out in primary and secondary schools in the South of England and involved 414 children aged 7,11 and 14 years and three different research techniques were used to elicit children's ideas about micro-organisms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the anthropomorphic and anthropocentric ideas children have about micro-organisms and whether they affect their understanding, and find that anthropomorphic ideas seem to help children to explain their understanding of some aspects of microorganisms.