James Cook University is a proud supporter of the UN SDGs, and there are many ways in which JCU researchers, teachers, students and alumni are working to help make these goals happen.
The fourth goal is Quality Education. The aim of this goal is to improve the education of all people across all socio-economic groups, genders, cultures and ethnicities. No one should have the quality of their education adversely impacted by who they are or where they're from.
In a recent report by the Times Higher Education University Impact Ratings, JCU was ranked 10th in world for supplying Quality Education.
Not only does JCU provide education to people in regional areas, with a unique focus on the tropics, but we also have a commendable level of first-in-family, low socio-economic, regional and remote, and Indigenous Australian students. We're also part of the Australia Awards scholarships, which enable higher education students from developing countries to undertake the Introductory Academic Program (IAP), and learn how to operate in an academic environment in Australia.
And let's not forget that the Education degrees offered by JCU are raising the next generation of teachers to provide quality education in schools across regional and remote Australia (and many other places as well).
So this week we'd like to shine a spotlight on the work of two of our Education lecturers - one who has over 80 publications to her name, and an early career researcher.
Associate Professor Helen Boon has published research in a wide variety of topics regarding Quality Education, including culturally responsive classroom management strategies for helping new teachers effectively teach Australian Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander children. Her topics also include inclusive teaching practices for students with disabilities, and multicultural education.
Dr Florence Boulard has a particular research focus on language teaching in Australia, and looking at using language education to build an awareness of Australia's Pacific neighbours. Florence's current research is looking at encouraging Australian schools to consider our "eastern neighbours" when it comes to offering language education.
These two researchers are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the great work being undertaken by Education researchers. And we also have great research into tertiary education being undertaken by many of our other lecturers and researchers as well.
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