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Dr Jinjin (Helen) Lu has over 15 years of international experience in educational research and professional roles in education. Dr. Lu obtained her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in the U.S.A and her Ph.D. in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania. After she finished her Ph.D, Helen successfully completed a range of education research projects in interdisciplinary teams in Tasmania and New South Wales in Australia. She has developed her professional and academic skills in China, Europe, USA and Australia and her leadership skills as a leading researcher. Between 2018 and 2020, Dr Lu attracted a large amount of funding from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme in Europe. In the last two years, Helen closely collaborated with senior staff at the Czech Ministry of Education and Early Start UOW, Australia to assist multilingual and multicultural young children and their families in Europe and Australia.Currently, Dr. Lu’s research interests include language and literacy in early years, developmental psychology, and social media technology in early childhood education.
Experience
Senior Associate Professor, Academy of Future Education, Xian Jiaotong- Liverpool University August 2021-present
Research Fellow, Faculty of Education and Arts, Charles Sturt University, Australia 2015-2017
Survey Manager, DVC office, Penrith campus, Western Sydney Universty, Australia 2017
Research Fellow, Early Start, University of Wollongong, 2020-2021, Australia
Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 2018-2020
Research Assistant and Tutor, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Australia 2012-2014
Research interests
Language and literacy in early years
Developmental psychology
Social media technology in early childhood education
Teaching
EDS 419 Developing and Evaluating Programmes for Children
EDS450 Principles & Practices In Early Childhood Education
ALA 006 Research Method
EDS 412 School and Educational Psychology
Awards and honours
Adjunct Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Honorary Chair Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Chaoyang University of Technology in Taiwan.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
B.A. South-Central University For Nationalities, 2000-2004
M.A. University of Wisconsin, 2004-2006
Ph.D University of Tasmania 2012-2014
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Early Childhood Teachers’ Well-being and home-preschool collaboration in China
1/11/24 → 1/11/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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International Comparative Study on Socialization Education in Primary and Secondary Schools and Database Construction
Zhao, Y., Yu, J. J., Yan, R., Lu, J., Qin, J., Jin, L., Shcheglova, I., Mao, Z., Ren, L., Day, M., Wu, M., Zhou, Q. & Wang, Y.
1/05/24 → 1/05/25
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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A theoretical and empirical study of using drama-in-education to promote young children's social and emotional development
Xu, S., Lu, J., Ren, L., Jin, L., Wu, A. & Tateo, L.
1/07/23 → 1/07/26
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Digital Game-Based Innovative Teaching for Student-Centred Active Learning
Li, N., Huijser, H., Kim, J., Lu, J., Limniou, M., Wang, Q., Zhang, Q., Tay, T. T., Zhang, X., Purwanto, E., Zhou, Q., Albano, S., Ji, Q., Xiong, L., Zhao, Y., Fu, J. & Ma, T.
1/03/23 → 31/03/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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Collaborative Auto-ethnographic Reflections on Experiences of Migrant Learning and Teaching in Australia
Lu, J. & Throssell, P., 26 Jun 2024, Educational Research and the Question(s) of Time. Springer Singapore, p. 281-295Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Entrepreneurial fear of failure among college students: A scoping review of literature from 2010 to 2023
Gao, Y., Wang, X., Lu, J., Chen, B. & Morrin, K., 30 May 2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 10, e31072.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Is screen exposure beneficial or detrimental to language development in infants and toddlers? A meta-analysis
Xie, W., Lu, J. & Lin, X., 7 May 2024, In: Early Child Development and Care. 194, 4, p. 606-623 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Relationships between teacher–child relationships, resilience, and emotional competence: an empirical study of left-behind children in regional China
Yang, N., Lu, J., Galang, A. J. & Xie, H., 28 Apr 2024, In: Early Years.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Virtue research collaboration between European and Chinese interdisciplinary academics
Lu, J., Xu, X. & Gao, Y., 2024, In: Cogent Education. 11, 1, 2355827.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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中国幼儿教师对使用人工智能遇到的基于与挑战
Jinjin Lu (Speaker)
3 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Digital Health (Journal)
Jinjin Lu (Reviewer)
30 Oct 2024 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Editorial work
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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Journal)
Jinjin Lu (Reviewer)
1 Aug 2024Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Editorial work