Prof. Helen Boon
Australia
Helen Boon has recently completed research on culturally relevant pedagogy for Indigenous students, an Australian Research Council funded project and a project on teachers’ ethical sensitivity funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Prior to that Helen led an NCCARF Climate Change Adaptation Research Grants Program project on community resilience to disasters.
Professional experience
Helen teaches educational psychology to undergraduates and post graduates at the College of Arts, Education and Society, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
After initial training in the UK, Dr. Boon taught chemistry and mathematics for a number of years. Dr. Boon has actively engaged in research relevant to science education, climate change education, teacher training, ethics, and educational psychology, with a particular focus upon resiliency, students at risk of academic failure, achievement goal motivation and parenting.
Australia
- Place of affiliation
Resilience and Wellbeing
- Teacher Resilience and Wellbeing Measured through Social/Psychological Scales
- Academic Resilience of Students
- Community Resilience
- Teacher Resilience and Wellbeing Measured by Biological Marker
- Boon, HJ., Boon, L, and Bartle, T. (2021) Does iPad use support learning in students aged 9-14 years? A systematic review. Australian Educational Researcher, 48. pp. 525-541.
- Maxwell, B., Boon, HJ, Tanchuk, N., and Rauwerda, B. (2021) Adaptation and validation of a test of ethical sensitivity in teaching. Journal of Moral Education, 50(3), 267-292, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2020.1781070
- Rachel Anne Buchanan, Daniella Jasmin Forster, Samuel Douglas, Sonal Nakar, Helen J Boon, Treesa Heath, Paul Heyward, Laura D’Olimpio, Joanne Ailwood, ScottEacott, Sharon Smith, Michael Peters & Marek Tesar (2021) Philosophy of Education in a New Key: exploring new ways of teaching and doing ethics in education in the 21st century, Educationa, Philosophy and Theory, DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2021.1880387
- Boon, HJ. (2020) What do ADHD neuroimaging studies reveal for teachers, teacher educators and inclusive education? Child & Youth Care Forum, 49. pp. 533-561.
- Johnson, CE, Boon, HJ., and Dinan Thompson, M. (2020) Curriculum alignment after reforms: a systematic review with considerations for Queensland pre- and in-service teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 45 (11). 3.
- Boon, HJ. (2020) Teachers' resilience: conceived, perceived or lived-in. In: Mansfield, Caroline F., (ed.) Cultivating Teacher Resilience - International Approaches, Applications and Impacts. Springer, Singapore, pp. 263-278.
