Caroline Mansfield BA, PhD

Dr Caroline Mansfield is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Murdoch University. She coordinates undergraduate and postgraduate units focusing on learning, teaching and assessment processes, collaborative learning and motivation. Caroline has received awards of excellence for both teaching and research. In 2009 she received Murdoch University’s Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award in the category of early career teaching. In 2003 Caroline received the Western Australian Institute of Educational Research’s Postgraduate Award for meritorious research for her PhD dissertation. Caroline’s research broadly focuses on students and teachers in learning contexts. Recent research has investigated teacher resilience, teaching and learning in higher education settings, teacher motivation, development of teacher beliefs, and teacher efficacy.

Her publiacations are as follows:
Roe, K., McConney, A., Mansfield, C., (2014), The role of zoos in modern society A comparison of zoos reported priorities and what visitors believe they should be, Anthrozoos, 27, 4, pages -.
Roe, K., McConney, A., Mansfield, C., (2014), How Do Zoos 'Talk' to Their General Visitors? Do Visitors 'Listen'? A Mixed Method Investigation of the Communication Between Modern Zoos and Their General Visitors, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 30, 2, .
Lewis, E., Mansfield, C., Baudains, C., (2014), Ten Tonne Plan: Education for Sustainability From a Whole Systems Thinking Perspective, Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 13, 2, pages 128 - 141.
Mansfield, C., Volet, S., (2014), Impact of structured group activities on pre-service teachers beliefs about classroom motivation: An exploratory study, Journal of Education for Teaching:, 40, 2, pages 155 - 172.
Roe, K., McConney, A., Mansfield, C., (2014), Using evaluation to prove or to improve? An international, mixed-method investigation into zoos' formal education evaluation practices, Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 2, 4, pages 108 - 116.
Mansfield, C., Beltman, S., Price, A., (2014), 'I'm coming back again!' The resilience process of early career teachers, Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice, 20, 5, pages 547 - 567.
Mansfield, C., Beltman, S., (2014), Teacher motivation from a goal content perspective:Beginning teachers goals for teaching, International Journal of Education Research, 65, 2014, pages 54 - 64.
Mansfield, C., Beltman, S., Price, A., McConney, A., (2012), "Don't sweat the small stuff": Understanding teacher resilience at the chalkface, Teaching and Teacher Education, 28, 3, pages 357 - 367.
Mansfield, C., (2012), Rethinking motivation goals for adolescents: Beyond achievement goals, Applied Psychology: an international review, 61, 4, pages 564 - 584.