Doctor Katrina Barker

Biography

Katrina received her PhD in Education from the University of Western Sydney in 2007. She is an Academic Course Advisor for the Primary Program and coordinates units in educational psychology and research methods and design. Katrina has been recognised for her teaching excellence with a number of national awards as well as some from UWS. Her research focus links well to her teaching as it relates to student motivation, self-concept, school retention, classroom management and teacher self-efficacy. She is a member of the Centre for Positive Psychology and Education. Most of her research employs sophisticated quantitative analyses. Prior to being employed at UWS, Katrina completed a teaching degree and worked as a primary school teacher.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Motivation and engagement; Self-concept; Information processing; School retention; Classroom management, Teacher self-efficacy; Quantitative analyses

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Grants / Current Projects

Australian Research Council Linkage Grant - Staying on at school: Strategies for increasing high school completion rates in low-retention regions of NSW.

Australian Research Council Linkage Grant- Enabling schooling success: Psychosocial drivers and impact of Positive Behaviour for Learning intervention on behaviour, wellbeing, academic engagement and achievement.

University of Western Sydney and Department of Education and Training Partnership Grant - Staying on at school.

University of Western Sydney and Department of Education and Training Partnership Grant - Positive behaviour for learning: Investigating the transfer of a United States system into the Department of Education & Training.

 

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Awards and Recognition

2010 – Australian Learning and Teaching Citation for Creating an atmosphere of intellectual excitement to influence, inspire and motivate diverse groups of students preparing for careers in teaching

2010 – UWS Excellence in Teaching: Highly commended

2009 - UWS College of Arts Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning Award.

2008 - 2010 - UniJobs Australia: Top 10 Lecturer at UWS.

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Publications

Books
 Whitton, D., Barker, K., Sinclair, C., Nosworthy, M. & Nanlohy, P. (2010). Learning for teaching: Teaching for learning. (2nd ed.). South Melbourne, Vic.: Cengage Learning Australia.

Whitton, D., Sinclair, C., Barker, K.L., Nanlohy, P, & Nosworthy, M. (2005). Learning for teaching: Teaching for learning (2nd ed). Thomson: Victoria.

Journals

Yeung, A. S., Mooney, M., Barker, K., & Dobia, B. (2009). Does school-wide positive behaviour system improve learning in primary schools? Some preliminary findings. New Horizons in Education, 57, 17-32.

Barker, K.L., Dowson, M., & McInerney, D.M. (2002). Performance approach, performance avoidance and depth of information processing: A fresh look at relations between students' academic motivation and cognition. Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 22 (5). 571-589
Refereed Papers

Barker, K., Dobia, B., Mooney, M., Watson, K., Power, A., Ha, M., Yeung, A.S., Schofield, J., McCloughan, G., & Denham, A. (2008). Positive Behaviours for Learning: Changing Student Behaviours for Sustainable Psychosocial Outcomes. Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Brisbane.

Mooney, M., Watson, K., Dobia, B., Power, A., Barker, K., Ha, K., Yeung, A., McCloughan, G., Schofield, J., & Denham, A. (2008). Positive Behaviours for Learning: Local Features of an Adapted US Model of Behaviour Management. Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Brisbane.

Mooney, M., Dobia, B., Power, A., Watson, K., Barker, K., Yeung, A., Denham, A. McCloughan, G., & Schofield, J. (2008). Why Positive Behaviour for Learning: The How's and Why's of Translating a US Model for Local Sustainable Education. Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Brisbane.

Power, A., Mooney, M., Barker, K., Dobia, B., Watson, K., & Yeung, A. (2008). Positive Behaviour for Learning: School-wide Student Behaviour Intervention in Western Sydney. Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association Conference in Singapore, November 2008.

Barker, K.L. (2007). Students' goals, academic self-concept and academic achievement: Testing competing models of causation. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Educational Research (AARE), Perth.

Barker, K.L, Dowson, M., & McInerney, D.M. (2006). Relations between students' goal orientations and academic self-concept: A more comprehensive model of student motivation. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Educational Research (AARE), Adelaide.

Barker, K.L, Dowson, M., & McInerney, D.M. (2006). Unifying the literature on students' academic motivation: A multidimensional and hierarchical representation of students' goals and academic self-concept. Paper presented at the 4th International Biennial Conference, University of Western Sydney, Michigan, United States of America, 23-27th July.

Barker, K.L, Dowson, M., & McInerney, D.M. (2006). Specifying causal relations between students' goals and academic self-concept: An integrated structural model of student motivation. Paper presented at the 4th International Biennial Conference, University of Western Sydney, Michigan, United States of America, 23-27th July.

Barker, K.L, Dowson, M., & McInerney, D.M. (2005). Effects between motivational goals, academic self-concept and academic achievement: What is the causal ordering? Paper presented at the Australian Association of Educational Research (AARE), Sydney, 28th November - 2nd December.

Barker, K.L, Dowson, M., & McInerney, D.M. (2005). The first step toward examining the question: What do students' motivational goals and self-concept have to do with academic achievement? Paper presented at the Australian Association of Educational Research (AARE), Sydney, 28th November - 2nd December.

Barker, K.L, Dowson, M., & McInerney, D.M. (2004). Evolvement of students' goals and academic self-concept: A multidimensional and hierarchical conceptualisation. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Educational Research (AARE), Melbourne, 27th November- 1st December.

Barker, K.L., McInerney, D.M., & Dowson, M. (2004).
Transcending students' achievement goals and academic self-concept: A multidimensional and hierarchical structure. . Paper presented at the 3rd International Biennial Conference, University of Western Sydney, Berlin, Germany, 4-7 July.

Barker, K.L., McInerney, D.M., & Dowson, M. (2004). Advances in conceptualising student

 

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