University of New England; Manna Institute
Dr Marg Rogers is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at UNE. Marg has taught across all areas of education: early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary. Marg researches marginalised voices within families and education, especially in regional, rural and remote communities. Specifically, she researches ways to support the wellbeing of Defence, Veteran, First Responder and Remote Worker families and early childhood educators. Marg is a Postdoctoral Fellow within the Commonwealth Funded Manna Institute that is building place based research capacity to improve the mental health of regional, rural and remote Australia.
Marg is the lead researcher for the funded Child and Family Resilience Programs. Along with their Steering Committee of stakeholders, this team has co-created award-winning, research-based, free, online, evaluated resources for educators, parents and support workers to better support children from Australian Defence, Veteran, First Responder and Remote Worker families. Many of these resources are currently being culturally adapted for Canadian families in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Military Health Research and other Canadian partners and their stakeholders. New resources are being co-created with these partners and the Kings Centre for Military Health Research (UK) and their stakeholders.
Marg also leads a transnational study called 'Early Childhood Educators work within a highly regulated environment' with colleagues from Denmark, Italy, Georgia and Canada. Marg is a co-investigator in a multi-university study with Southern Cross University and Macquarie University, about Covid-19 and remote-learning in early childhood services. She is also a co-investigator in a study with Southern Cross University. The team are piloting a Peer Mentoring Program in Australia's childcare desert areas and has pilot funding from the Australian Childcare Alliance (Qld Branch).
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