Stephanie Macmahon
Biographic Data
| ID | 9605569 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Macmahon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Macmahon |
| SIGNATURE | MACMAHON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5881-5726 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Carrying the weight of caring
Compassion fatigue, a psychological burden arising from sustained empathetic engagement, significantly impacts teachers, particularly those working with trauma-affected students. This study investigates how Australian teachers experience and navigate compassion fatigue through the lens of compassion fatigue theory and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. Using qualitative data from 57 educators via an online questionnaire, the study explor…
Assessing the interplay
In Australia, there is a growing concern about the well-being of teachers with many expressing their intention to leave the profession or indeed have already left. Various reasons have been suggested for this trend, with burnout being identified as one of the factors. This study investigates burnout in Australian teachers as one of the constructs which make up compassion fatigue (CF), a reduced ability to empathise with others. Moreover, it explo…
Compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress in teachers
Introduction Teachers play an integral role in providing positive life experiences for their students and are especially crucial for students who are experiencing or have experienced a trauma in their lives. In Australia however, teachers are increasingly stating that they do not plan on remaining in the profession causing media and governments to warn of a teacher shortage. Several key factors for teacher attrition have been proposed, with burno…
A qualitative exploration of expert perspectives on applying the science of learning to higher education
Amid the constant change in higher education, a clear-eyed focus on the mission of higher education to support student learning is critical. Supporting student success, in turn, needs to emphasise rigorous evidence about what matters most for facilitating high-quality learning. With the science of learning, an emerging interdisciplinary field, as the study foundation, a series of 20 interviews was conducted with senior academics with research exp…
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Compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress in teachers
Introduction Teachers play an integral role in providing positive life experiences for their students and are especially crucial for students who are experiencing or have experienced a trauma in their lives. In Australia however, teachers are increasingly stating that they do not plan on remaining in the profession causing media and governments to warn of a teacher shortage. Several key factors for teacher attrition have been proposed, with burno…
A qualitative exploration of expert perspectives on applying the science of learning to higher education
Amid the constant change in higher education, a clear-eyed focus on the mission of higher education to support student learning is critical. Supporting student success, in turn, needs to emphasise rigorous evidence about what matters most for facilitating high-quality learning. With the science of learning, an emerging interdisciplinary field, as the study foundation, a series of 20 interviews was conducted with senior academics with research exp…
Assessing the interplay
In Australia, there is a growing concern about the well-being of teachers with many expressing their intention to leave the profession or indeed have already left. Various reasons have been suggested for this trend, with burnout being identified as one of the factors. This study investigates burnout in Australian teachers as one of the constructs which make up compassion fatigue (CF), a reduced ability to empathise with others. Moreover, it explo…
Carrying the weight of caring
Compassion fatigue, a psychological burden arising from sustained empathetic engagement, significantly impacts teachers, particularly those working with trauma-affected students. This study investigates how Australian teachers experience and navigate compassion fatigue through the lens of compassion fatigue theory and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. Using qualitative data from 57 educators via an online questionnaire, the study explor…
Compassion (3 works) · Compassion fatigue (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Burnout (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (2 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (2 works)